Critical Mass: How Plaintiffs Firms Are Faring With COVID-19. Find Out Which Talc Trials Are On Hold.
How are plaintiffs' firms dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak?
March 25, 2020 at 12:46 PM
6 minute read
Welcome to Critical Mass, Law.com's weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. How are plaintiffs' firms dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak? Also, the coronavirus has put several talcum powder trials on hold. And, in an apparent Equifax redux, plaintiffs' lawyers lashed out at objectors to a $117.5 million data breach settlement with Yahoo.
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Plaintiffs' Lawyers: "We Are Fully Remote."
As the coronavirus outbreak expands, Big Law firms have scrambled to work from home, while also setting up COVID-19 practice groups and webinars for their clients. But what are plaintiffs' firms doing?
I reached out to some of the firms that file class actions and mass torts to see how the coronavirus outbreak has impacted them. Here's some of their responses:
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