COVID-19 / Coronavirus Resource Center
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- Client Alert: Vaccination Required for Employees Working in Connection with Government Contracts or in Shared Facilities
- Client Alert: Biden Administration Calls for Prompt Vaccination of Federal Employees and Government Contractors; No Testing Opt-Out Available.
- Partner Melissa Root Discusses the Pandemic in Interview with TMA Chicago
- Client Alert: OSHA’s Updated COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance: Now Employers Have the Hard Part
- Client Alert: New ARPA COBRA Subsidy Guidance: IRS Issues Notice 2021-31
- Client Alert: College COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements: Legal Issues to Consider
- Client Alert: Cook County Jury Trials to Resume
- Client Alert: Recent Rulings in COVID-19-Related Lease Disputes
- Client Alert: Where is OSHA’s COVID-19 ETS? No Where the Ides of March
- Client Alert: What Colleges and Universities Can Expect from the American Rescue Plan
- Client Alert: OSHA Issues Immediately Effective COVID-19 National Enforcement Program and Updated Enforcement Guidance: No ETS Yet
- Client Alert: “The Order is Rapidly Fadin’”—Courts Begin to Protect Landlords’ Rights in the Face of Eviction Moratoria
- "Guide to COVID-19 Workplace Safety Regulation in Four State-Plan States"
- Client Alert: OSHA under Deadline for a Nationwide COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rule: Four States’ Existing Laws and New Federal Guidance and Orders Foretell the Future
- Client Alert: Three Key Takeaways from the DOJ Fraud Section’s 2020 Annual Report
- "Virginia’s COVID-19 Workplace Safety Regulation Is Permanent: A National Model"
- "Biden Administration Confirms COVID-19 Liability Protections for Federal Contractors, Employees and Volunteers," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- "EPA Approves Additional Pesticide Products to Use as COVID-19 Disinfectants," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- “COVID-19 and the Practice of IP Law: Litigation,” Texas Bar
- Client Alert: California OSHA Issues Comprehensive and Demanding COVID-19 Emergency Regulation
- Partner Neil Barofsky Says CARES Lending Programs Should Be Allowed to Continue
- Insurance Law Update, “Can Businesses ‘Waive’ Goodbye to COVID 19 Liability? Basic Principles of Third Party Liability Waivers and CGL Insurance Protections,” Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance Bad Faith
- Amazon Workers’ COVID-19 Workplace Safety Lawsuit Dismissed
- Client Alert: CDC Changes Definition of “Close Contacts” for Contact Tracing Purposes: What Does This Mean for Employers?
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – October 15, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – October 9, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – October 1, 2020 Update
- Client Alert: SEC Issues Guidance on Perquisite and Personal Benefits Disclosure in Response to COVID-19
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – September 22, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – September 18, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – September 15, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – September 11, 2020 Update
- Partner Neil Barofsky Responds to Questions from Senator Kamala Harris about CARES Oversight
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – September 1, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – August 28, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – August 25, 2020 Update
- Partners David Robbins and Cindy Robertson Provide an In-Depth Look at DOD Guidance on the CARES Act
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – August 21, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – August 18, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – August 14, 2020 Update
- "State Court Legal Challenge to Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s COVID‑19 Executive Orders," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- "Federal Courts Beat Back Legal Challenges to Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s COVID‑19 Executive Orders," Corporate Environmental Lawyers
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – August 7, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – August 4, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – July 31, 2020 Update
- "Virginia Issues First COVID-19 Emergency Workplace Safety and Health Standard," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – July 21, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – July 17, 2020 Update
- “How are Airlines and Airports Restoring Confidence and Providing a Safe Environment for Travelers during the Pandemic?” International Aviation Club
- Client Alert: CDC Announces Guidance on Testing Persons Returning to University and College Campuses
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – July 14, 2020 Update
- SBA Lawsuit Ends in Victory for Business Owners with Criminal Records Seeking COVID-19 Relief Loans
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – July 10, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – July 8, 2020 Update
- Partner Neil Barofsky Discusses Ethics of How Paycheck Protection Program Loans were Disbursed
- Partner Neil Barofsky Discusses the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – July 3, 2020 Update
- Client Alert: Guidance from SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance on COVID-19 Financial Reporting
- Client Alert: Submission Agreements – How to Join the Pandemic Arbitration Party Even If You Weren’t Invited
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – June 26, 2020 Update
- "US OSHA Issues Guidance on Returning to Work," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- “How COVID-19 May Influence SEC's Enforcement Analysis,” Law360
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – June 19, 2020 Update
- "US Court of Appeals Denies AFL-CIO’s Petition for OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – June 12, 2020 Update
- Client Alert: OSHA Faces FAQs on Face Coverings
- Client Alert: Careful Choices: Title IX and the Selective Return of College Athletics
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – June 8, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – June 4, 2020 Update
- Insurance Law Update: “Federal Pandemic Insurance Can Help Prepare for Next Crisis,” Law360
- Client Alert: Senators Introduce the Exposure Notification Privacy Act
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – June 1, 2020 Update
- “May an Employer Require the Use of a Contact Tracing App?” Westlaw
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – May 28, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – May 26, 2020 Update
- "Enforcement and the Coronavirus Stimulus -- Lessons And Predictions From TARP Insiders,” ABA White Collar Crime Sub-Committee On Public Corruption
- “Wis. Executive Power Ruling Has a Downside for Businesses,” Law360
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – May 21, 2020 Update
- Client Alert: Employers are Back in the Workplace: So is OSHA!
- Client Alert: Democrats Unveil the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – May 15, 2020 Update
- Client Alert: Mergers and Acquisitions in the COVID-19 Environment
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – May 12, 2020 Update
- Client Alert: Poison Pills during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Client Alert: COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape – May 8, 2020 Update
- State Reopening Orders Tracker Provides Updated Information on the Changing Economic Landscape
- Client Alert: COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act 2020
- In Radio Interview, Partner Neil Barofsky Discusses “Visceral Outrage” at Bailout Inequities
- Partner Neil Barofsky Highlights the Example of Shake Shack in Critiquing Stimulus Bailout
- Illinois Judge Blocks Current and Future Extensions of Illinois Stay-at-Home Order
- Client Alert: New COVID-19 Securities Developments: Class Action Omissions Theory and SEC Enforcement Actions
- Client Alert: May an Employer Require Its Employees to Use a Contact Tracing App?
- "USEPA Warns E-Commerce Platforms to Scrub Fake Coronavirus Disinfectant Products," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- Partner Neil Barofsky Discusses Leaderless Oversight Committee with MarketWatch
- “Are Litigation Funding Documents Protected from Discovery?” Law360
- COVID-19: Essential Business Orders – Issued Before April 21, 2020
- “Amid COVID Market Volatility, Are CLOs the Next RMBS?” Law360
- Client Alert: An Update on the State of Litigation Under COVID-19
- "OSHA Promises Relaxed Enforcement during Pandemic if Employers Make “Good Faith Effort” to Comply with Non-Achievable Recurring Requirements," Corporate Environmental Lawyers
- "OSHA to Manufacturers: Coronavirus 'Safety Tips' in an 'Alert' to Manufacturing Employers," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- Client Alert: White House Reopening Guidelines: How Will Workplaces Open Up Again?
- Client Alert: Lobbying Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- CBS Interviews Partner Neil Barofsky about How Stimulus Dollars Are Being Disbursed
- Client Alert: Safeguarding Company Trade Secrets in a “Work from Home” Environment
- "EPA Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Impacts for Ongoing Cleanups," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- Client Alert: Colleges and Universities: What to Know When You Accept and Distribute CARES Act Emergency COVID-19 Funds
- “How to Stay SEC-Compliant after Virus Brings Bad Market News,” Bloomberg
- "New York State Temporarily Modifies Regulations Governing Mortgage Payments and Consumer Fees," Consumer Law Round-Up
- COVID-19: Essential Business Orders – Issued Before April 13, 2020
- "OSHA to Most Employers: Limited Exemption from Recording Requirement for Employees’ COVID-19 Cases," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- Client Alert: Office of Civil Rights Issues Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Community-Based Testing Sites
- "Former CFPB Director Releases White Paper Encouraging CFPB to Protect Consumers Amid COVID-19 Crisis," Consumer Law Round-Up
- New York Courts to Resume Pending Nonessential Matters Virtually
- Client Alert: DOJ Approves First Competitor Collaboration in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
- Client Alert: Litigation Strategies For Colleges and Universities Sued Over COVID-19 Campus Closures
- Insurance Law Update: “D&O Insurance Tips For Coronavirus-Related Claims,” Law360
- OSHA to Employers: Some Relief from Respiratory Protection Rules in the Face of N95 Shortages
- MSNBC Talks with Partner Neil Barofsky about Navigating Oversight of $2 Trillion Bailout
- ABC News Radio Discusses Weeding Out Potential Fraud in Coronavirus Stimulus Package with Partner Neil Barofsky
- COVID-19: Essential Business Orders – Issued Before April 8, 2020
- Defending Against a Wave of Hand Sanitizer Class Actions, Law360
- Bill Moyers Interviews Partner Neil Barofsky on Fighting Corruption in Coronavirus Bailout
- COVID-19: Essential Business Orders – Issued Before April 3, 2020
- COVID-19: Essential Business Orders – Issued Before April 2, 2020
- Associated Press Quotes Partner Neil Barofsky on How Coronavirus Stimulus Package Will Be Distributed
- Client Alert: The State of Litigation Under COVID-19
- New York Times Taps Partner Neil Barofsky for Insight on Inspector of Coronavirus Bailout
- Client Alert: COVID-19: Essential Business Orders – Issued Before March 31, 2020
- Client Alert: SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Issues Guidance on Financial Reporting as a Result of the Ongoing Outbreak of COVID-19
- Partner Neil Barofsky Looks Ahead to Challenges Facing the Special Inspector General of the Coronavirus Stimulus Package
- Client Alert: Price Gouging and Law Enforcement: Is Your Compliance Program Ready?
- La pandemia del COVID-19 y el impacto de las medidas de protección sobre las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados en materia de inversión
- Client Alert: COVID-19 Workplace Impact – DOL Issues Additional Guidance on Employee Leave Rights Under the FFCRA
- Client Alert: Key Takeaways from the Essential Business Orders Issued Thus Far
- Client Alert: Does the OSH Act Give an Employee the Right to Refuse to Work Due to Fear of Workplace COVID 19 Exposure?
- EPA’s Temporary Enforcement Discretion Policy for COVID-19 Pandemic
- Client Alert: Prepare for Disruption: An Update on Commercial Litigation in New York Courts
- Client Alert: DOJ and FTC Provide Guidance on Collaborating with Competitors in Response to COVID-19
- Partner Neil Barofsky Looks to History to Offer a Cautionary Tale about Planned Coronavirus Bailout
- Client Alert: COVID-19 Workplace Guidance – DOL Issues Guidance Regarding Expanded Family and Medical Leave and Sick Leave Under Families First Response Act
- Client Alert: Insider Trading Issues Raised by News of Senators’ Reported Trades
- Client Alert: How Landlords and Real Estate Lenders are Responding to Defaulting Tenants and Borrowers in Light of COVID-19
- "Does Environmental Investigation and Remediation Continue Despite COVID-19 Business Restrictions and Social Distancing?"
- COVID-19: "Working From Home: the Data Privacy Risks You Are Not Thinking About"
- Client Alert: Considerations of the Effects of COVID-19 on M&A Transactions
- Client Alert: State and Federal Legislation May Combat Insurance Coverage Denials for COVID-19
- COVID-19: "EEOC Updates Guidance on Disability Discrimination"
- "White House and Congress Use Liability Immunity to Address the Shortage of Respirators in Healthcare Settings," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- Client Alert: California Quickly Adopts DHS Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce, While New York and Pennsylvania Promulgate Their Own Lists of Essential Businesses
- "OSHA Issues Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Healthcare Employers’ Requirements for Fit-Testing of Respirators," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- Guidance for Employers Addressing the Workplace Impact of COVID-19
- COVID-19: "Employer Guidance for Addressing Possible Layoffs and Closures"
- Client Alert: First COVID-19 Securities Class Action Lawsuits Hit Cruise Line and Pharmaceutical Company
- Client Alert: COVID-19: Issues Facing the Airline Industry
- Client Alert: "SEC Reacts to COVID-19 Crisis and Issues Relief Relevant to Public Companies and Regulated Entities"
- COVID-19: "Managing Financial Disruption"
- Client Alert: "Evaluating Force Majeure Clauses in Connection with the COVID-19 Outbreak"
- Client Alert: "Cybersecurity Concerns with Regard to Work-from-Home Policies"
- Insurance Law Update: “Applying Commercial Property Insurance to COVID-19 Losses," Law360
- Client Alert: "Action Plan for Government Contractors: An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure: Be Prepared for Coronavirus (COVID-19)"
- "US OSHA Issues Guidance for Employers Regarding Preparing for COVID-19 Risks," Corporate Environmental Lawyer
- "EPA Issues Emergency Guidance to Mitigate Spread of Coronavirus in the United States," Corporate Environmental Lawyer