Current Legal Challenges to COVID-19 Rules
As the coronavirus pandemic upends life and work, we dig into the latest virus-related legal developments.
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We’ve all been watching the unprecedented situation with COVID-19 play out. At IJ, we have a particular interest in what’s happening in the law. This episode discusses the kinds of constitutional litigation we’re seeing, as well as legal avenues that can help make life better now and those that lend themselves to longer term strategic litigation.
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