When COVID-19 Meets the Litigator’s Office
“COVID-19, an enduring public health challenge that stretches across the world, raises interesting legal ethics issues for lawyers. Ethical considerations while practicing law during the COVID-19 epidemic have been written about at length during the past few months, but one question has received relatively little attention: What ethical issues arise when attorneys or their clients contract COVID-19?” asks Esquire Deposition Solutions.
“With more than 6.9 million reported COVID-19 cases in the United States (as of Sept. 22, 2020), the question is not trivial. The likelihood that attorneys and their clients will contract the disease is high. This post looks at the ethical issues that arise in both scenarios.”
