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Alice Jump Discusses Retail Grower Relationships Post-COVID-19 with American Vegetable Grower Magazine

COVID-19 has introduced tensions into the contractual relationship between vegetable growers and grocery retailers. Despite being open, many grocery stores tried to limit produce stock because they didn’t have enough, or consistent, labor to unload and process. That meant growers had to discard large percentages of their harvest and incur...

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Nafsika Karavida Discusses U.S. and EU Approaches to Vaccine Patents and Compulsory Licensing Amid COVID-19

Governments, pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers around the world are racing to produce a vaccine for COVID-19, as well as potential drugs to fight the virus in those who contract it. The numbers show at least 70 reported potential vaccines and 150 other drugs for treatment that are in development...

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Nicole Page Quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek on Post-Pandemic Changes to Corporate Contracts

As companies start to re-write contracts and plan for deals in a mid- and post-pandemic world, lawyers everywhere have started to edit emergency and force majeure clauses to shift the focus from price reduction to risk management. Bloomberg Businessweek published an article this morning covering the issue, which projects that businesses will...

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Deena Merlen Featured in Yahoo Money Article on Landlords Checking on Renters’ Stimulus Payments

Last week, Yahoo Money published an article discussing the growing concern over landlords and other creditors checking on the status of renters’ federal stimulus payments through the IRS’s online “Get My Payment” portal. Because landlords often have renters’ social security numbers and birthdates on hand, some have taken to checking up...

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Alice Jump Quoted in Law360 Article “Legal Pitfalls Loom for Employers Reopening Post-Pandemic”

RPJ Partner Alice K. Jump was quoted Law360's April 22 article entitled, “Legal Pitfalls Loom for Employers Reopening Post-Pandemic.” The article was published on Law360's website, and as the lead story in its Employment and Corporate newsletter, and covers the legal dangers and logistical challenges faced by employers as states begin to...

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IndieWire Quotes Nicole Page on How Production Companies Will Cope with Coronavirus Uncertainty

Since the coronavirus outbreak hit, TV and film production shut down nearly everywhere, but now the industry is looking towards what it will mean for production practices and policies when the cameras start rolling again. An article for IndieWire, published on April 20, discusses the measures production companies may have...

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