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Exclusive: Countries to face a ‘wave’ of corporate lawsuits challenging emergency COVID-19 measures

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Research claims top law firms are preparing to ‘cash in’ on the pandemic by helping corporations sue states for measures that have impaired profits. Neoliberalism turns morality around on its head. How much longer are we going to have to put have with this? Countries could soon face a ‘wave’ of multi-million dollar lawsuits from multinational corporations claiming compensation for measures introduced to protect people from COVID-19 and its economic fallout, according to a new report. Open Democracy  Exclusive: Countries to face a ‘wave’ of corporate lawsuits challenging emergency COVID-19 measures

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Research claims top law firms are preparing to ‘cash in’ on the pandemic by helping corporations sue states for measures that have impaired profits.


Exclusive: Countries to face a ‘wave’ of corporate lawsuits challenging emergency COVID-19 measures


Neoliberalism turns morality around on its head. How much longer are we going to have to put have with this?


Countries could soon face a ‘wave’ of multi-million dollar lawsuits from multinational corporations claiming compensation for measures introduced to protect people from COVID-19 and its economic fallout, according to a new report.

Open Democracy 

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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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