EDITOR’S DESK
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ishful thinking is inevitable in a situation as dire as a pandemic, and in this country much of it has centered around “getting America back to work.” Anyone who
thought that project would be easy now that vaccinations are becoming widely available was daydreaming. In this issue of Today’s General Counsel, Barry Hartstein discusses a survey of employers that his firm conducted about mandating or incentivizing vaccinations. It shouldn’t be a surprise given the level of invective and misinformation around Covid, but an astounding three-fourths of employers singled out employees who refuse to be vaccinated as the main issue they will face. In other articles, William P. Fiske writes about increased investor scrutiny of environmental, social and governance issues, and Sabrina Atkins and Pamela Lee discuss a wave of lawsuits alleging that hotels, motels and truck stops are turning a blind eye to sex trafficking. On the issue of best practices in mass and toxic tort, Ronald B. Lee and Moira H. Pietrowski argue that collegiality and cooperation are often the best tactics for getting a dismissal from class actions that are by nature acrimonious.
Bob Nienhouse, Editor-In-Chief bnienhouse@TodaysGC.com
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