Lisa A. Copland, PC, Attorneys at Law

08/10/2020

http://www.cookcountycourt.org/MEDIA/ViewPressRelease/tabid/338/ArticleId/2783/All-Cook-County-Courts-closed-except-bond-courts.aspx?fbclid=IwAR26oqSbYvBrYcbn_MNPx5zIZQmrZE2l4YqVa3ohIo0DGKHfbX6k-Bol1Jk

All Cook County Courts closed, except bond courtsReleased On 08/10/2020 Due to restricted access to Chicago’s downtown area resulting from public safety activities and limits on public transportation, Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans on Monday ordered the closing of all court...

06/24/2020

https://apple.news/AzmoEkDtYT6GA0siH0pXVLw

The partyline vote to elevate Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reflects the breakneck speed at which Republicans have been moving to reshape the federal judiciary.

06/15/2020

https://apple.news/AvsbRdHHRQd6nxPCd2x_-Lg

A majority of justices ruled that an employer violates federal law when they fire someone for being gay or transgender.

04/13/2020

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/11/jpmorgan-chase-to-raise-mortgage-borrowing-standards-as-economic-outlook-darkens.html

JPMorgan Chase, the country's largest lender by assets, is raising borrowing standards this week for most new home loans as the bank moves to mitigate lending risk stemming from the novel coronavirus disruption.

04/13/2020

https://apple.news/AWQk7U_fPS9iZQW0Kh8Fvrg

While the death toll of the coronavirus pandemic mounts, another list of casualties is steadily increasing out of sight.

04/10/2020

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-brooklyn-supreme-court-civil-covid-19-judges-attorneys-20200409-byebigdbpbcv3he7wf5hxombju-story.html

It was business as usual March 12 in Brooklyn Supreme Court's civil courthouse. A lawyer unnerved by the spreading coronavirus pandemic complained to Judge Johnny Lee Baynes that his courtroom was too crowded. “If you don’t like it, you can leave,” the lawyer recalled Baynes telling her. Two w...

04/06/2020

Mortgage lenders are tightening qualifying guidelines on FHA loans thanks to coronavirus concerns.

04/01/2020

Last month, President Donald Trump had signaled that he was considering a special enrollment period.

03/18/2020

Trump to invoke Defense Production Act to expand production of hospital masks and more

President Donald Trump said during Wednesday's White House press briefing that he will be invoking the Defense Production Act.

03/15/2020

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6201/text

Text for H.R.6201 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Families First Coronavirus Response Act