The Year So Far
September/October 2020
Between the spread of COVID-19 and renewed calls for racial justice, whatever trends and expectations held true at the end of 2019 have inevitably been upended in one way or another.
September/October 2020
The Year So Far
Between the spread of COVID-19 and renewed calls for racial justice, whatever trends and expectations held true at the end of 2019 have inevitably been upended in one way or another. Given the complexities of the moment, it is all the more necessary to continue to capture as much data and information as possible to learn what works and what doesn’t in the new normal as well as what should and what shouldn’t change going forward.
Rallying Around Racial Justice
The ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab is one example of how the legal profession is responding in real time to growing demands for justice and social change.
Playing Through the Pandemic
Looking at how Major League Soccer navigated the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of its lawyers helps us understand how sports and law found ways to play through the pandemic.
Lawyers at Warp Speed
While doctors and scientists are understandably at the forefront of efforts to make a COVID-19 vaccine, the legal profession also has a critical role to play. Major U.S. law firms are working closely with pharmaceutical companies on the many regulatory and contract issues at play
Capital Ideas
Rebecca M. Henderson argues that the convergence crises can be viewed as an inflection point for lasting change to the economic systems that help preserve, and even perpetuate, many of the interrelated ills now cast in sharp relief by today’s challenges—among them, racial disparities in key indicators of wealth and health, deteriorating climate conditions, and a lack of trust and accountability in governing institutions.
Radical Signs
Daniel Tarullo has been at the center thinking about macroeconomic policy for many years. In this interview, he gives us his take on these issues in our current context, and particularly what they mean for lawyers, for clients, and for advisers to those clients going forward.
