Harvard, Duke, Other Schools Turn to Big Law in Virus Suits

Ivy League and other schools are turning to Big Law to defend against a flood of coronavirus-fueled lawsuits that seek millions in refunds of tuition and fees, and to help rewrite the rules of campus life.

Holland & Knight, Jones Day, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Cooley, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr are among firms tapped by Harvard University Law School, Cornell University, Duke University, Arizona State University, Purdue University and dozens of others facing pandemic-related claims.

“The pandemic has accelerated the volume and frequency of our work,” said Paul Lannon, co-chair of Holland ...