Government,
Civil Litigation
Apr. 17, 2020
Attorneys are busy persuading authorities their clients’ business is essential
With multiple agencies continually updating emergency orders, California attorneys steer clients into “essential” status when they can.
A. Marisa Chun, a member of Crowell & Moring LLP's COVID-19 response task force (Courtesy of Catharine S. Paik)
During the first week of the statewide stay-at-home order, a large number of people in the greater Los Angeles area decided to get their dogs groomed. This was evidenced by the number of mobile van pet salons parked across the city.
A week later: no mobile salons. Only pet food and pet medications were considered essential business.
As businesses hopped in or were pushed out of the "essential" cat...
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