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Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens
On April 17, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission again updated and expanded its prior guidance on legal issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is what you need to know most from the EEOC’s new FAQs.
Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens
On April 15, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam extended the life of several COVID-19 emergency measures.
Paul R. Lynd, Jeffrey B. Weston
In addition to other leave issues during the current COVID-19 pandemic, some employers in Los Angeles now must comply with the city's new supplemental paid sick leave ordinance.
FDA continues at a relatively fast clip to issue policies intended to help solve a dire problem: the ongoing need to expand the availability of certain medical products in the US that are critical to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
To address provider shortages, CMS issued a declaration on April 9, 2020, setting forth new “Blanket Waivers,” which, among other things, allow practitioners to practice across state borders (if permitted by the state) and at the top of their license.
Timothy J. Feighery, Lee M. Caplan, Hunter T. Carter, Malcolm S. McNeil, Ucheora Onwuamaegbu*
The world’s major arbitration institutions have jointly issued a statement encouraging parties and arbitrators to collaborate and discuss “any impact of the pandemic and potential ways to address it in an open and constructive manner.”
Sarah G. Benator
The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has issued additional health professional licensing waivers to help the healthcare industry better respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D.
On April 14, 2020, the journal Science published on-line a “First Release Notification” paper entitled “Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS CoV-2 through the postpandemic period” by scientists from the Departments of Epidemiology and of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard Scho
The case reveals the Trump administration’s express recognition of the importance of the bureau’s work and highlights the declining ability of companies to challenge bureau investigations on constitutional grounds.
Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens
On April 15, to further stem the spread of COVID-19, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued a new face-covering and physical-distancing Order. Here are the highlights.
Richard J. Krainin, Amal U. Dave, Justin A. Goldberg
The CARES Act specifies that a PPP borrower will be eligible for forgiveness of indebtedness on a PPP loan in an amount equal to the sum of payroll costs, covered mortgage interest payments, covered rent payments, and covered utility payments made during the eight week period after loan origination.
Ralph V. De Martino
In continuation of the comprehensive nationwide regulatory effort to mitigate adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. capital markets and ensuing market volatility, the NASDAQ Stock Market has proposed listing rule changes designed to ease the compliance burden.
Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens
On April 15, Mayor Muriel Bowser extended Washington, DC’s state of emergency and public health emergency through May 15, 2020.
As businesses adjust to the new reality of shelter-in-place orders compelling non-essential employees to conduct a growing amount of work at home, the exposure risk to businesses’ trade secret and other confidential information has increased exponentially.
Rachel J. Richardson, Alyssa L. Gould
On April 14, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued an interim final rule to temporarily defer the requirement for real estate-related appraisals and evaluations.
Ricardo Fischer
Although it is generally accepted that tattoos are copyrightable, one of the only definitive judicial statements on the issue came by way of a preliminary injunction hearing in 2011 involving Mike Tyson’s famous tribal face tattoo, wherein Judge Perry of the Eastern District of Missouri stated, “
Terree A. Bowers, Lynn R. Fiorentino, Douglas E. Hewlett, Jr.
This impacts every criminal defendant, but has particular relevance to white collar defendants.
Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens
Last week, Gov. Ralph Northam approved a spate of new pro-employee laws covering a broad array of matters.
Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens
Governor Ralph Northam has approved a new statute that broadens the legal protection available to whistleblowers. Before the new law, whistleblowers had limited legislative protection and the state’s wrongful discharge tort extended to few whistleblowers.
Michael L. Stevens, Henry Morris, Jr.
Last week, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Virginia Values Act.
Victor P. Danhi, Justin A. Goldberg
A Maryland federal District Court Judge declined to issue an emergency temporary restraining order on April 13, which was intended to remove eligibility restrictions put in place by Bank of America under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Securities Act’s Paycheck Protection Program.
David M. Martin, Kimberly A. Wachen, Kenneth S. Jacob, Karoline Nunez
Many senior living owners and operators have found that the Payroll Protection Program loan program either provides insufficient support to them or that they are ineligible for PPP loans.
Lynn R. Fiorentino, Debra Albin-Riley, Brian P. Waldman, Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D.
Read the Label: Prop 65 News Coverage
Rachel J. Richardson, Patrick A. Nickler, Alyssa L. Gould
Using the authority contained in Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of the Treasury established the Main Street Lending Program to make up to $600 billion in loans available to small and mid-sized businesses.
Michael L. Stevens
What questions may employers ask their employees about their health status in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic? In today’s episode, Valerie Samuels and Michael Stevens address what’s permissible under the ADA and state and local equivalents.