During the April 24 status conference, U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz referenced a line from Scottish Poet Robert Burns: “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” No truer sentence could be said in 2020. The only thing certain this year has been uncertainty.

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...