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Legal Issues Related to the COVID-19

Outbreak: An Overview



Updated June 12, 2020
The COVID- 19 outbreak rapidly shifted the congressional agenda, while altering the daily lives of
millions of American residents. Alongside the many medical, economic, social, and public policy
questions raised by the pandemic are a range of legal issues. These include both short-term legal
questions related to the unfolding outbreak as well as longer-term legal issues that are anticipated to
persist in the wake of the crisis. Among the most immediate questions were those related to the scope of
state and federal authorities concerning quarantine measures, travel and entry restrictions, the movement
of medical goods, health care coverage, and the like. Of more ongoing concern may be legal issues
ranging from those related to the development of vaccines, testing, treatments, and other medical
countermeasures, to postponing national elections, to civil liability for COVID-19 exposure, to criminal
actions related to hoarding and price gouging, to providing economic assistance to individuals and
businesses, to foreclosure, eviction, and debt collection moratoria.
This Legal Sidebar provides a list of legal resources discussing these and other legal topics related to the
COVID- 19 pandemic. It will be updated intermittently as additional legal issues emerge.


















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