Emerging Issues Law Center: Pandemic & Infectious Disease Resources: Pandemic & Infectious Diseases: Commentary

Pandemic & Infectious Diseases

5/4/2009 11:33:43 AM EST

Commentary

Posted by LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff

For an expert issue analysis on biosecurity and biosecurity legislation, read Lawrence O. Gostin on Biosecurity Policy: Are We Safer Today? (Excerpt). or LexisNexis Store for non-subscribers.

Adam W. Goldberg of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP identifies issues that the flu outbreak presents to companies and makes recommendations as to how to address them in Swine Flu Contingency Planning: Legal and Communications Considerations.

Reed Smith LLP attorneys James Davis, Richard Lewis, and Noel Paul explain why insurance cannot be relied upon to meet the needs of many victims of a pandemic or protect large numbers of parties affected from a pandemic from liability or loss in the Limits of Insurance Coverage to Compensate Victims of a Swine Flu Pandemic (Excerpt). The full version can be accessed on by subscribers on lexis.com.

Blogs

Huhnsik Chung and Eric D. Fader of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP discuss possible economic fallout of the recent flu outbreak and potential pandemic: Global Pandemic: Potential Economic Fallout from H1N1 influenza A.

Thomas H. Clarke, Jr., Chair of the Environmental Practice Group at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, discusses the development of the H1N1 swine flu virus: Genetic analysis of A/H1N1 flu virus finds a mixture of diverse parts, and support basis for concern about future mutations.

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