News and Insights

How the CARES Act Will Affect Federal Criminal Justice

News and Insights

How the CARES Act Will Affect Federal Criminal Justice

PublicationMarch 31, 2020LinkedIn

LSW partner Gabi Friedman and counsel Rosie Rubin consider the effects on criminal justice of the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) signed into law of March 27, 2020. The article highlights some of the CARES Act’s important changes to procedures in federal criminal prosecutions, including its provisions relating to remote proceedings, and to certain conditions of confinement