Coronavirus: Impact and Insight
McGuireWoods and our wholly-owned subsidiary, McGuireWoods Consulting, provide business, legal, public affairs and crisis management expertise to clients navigating myriad challenges arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Our nationally recognized COVID-19 Response Team helps clients navigate legal and business issues and meet federal, state and local government relations challenges arising from the pandemic. Lawyers and consultants in our 25 offices are ready to assist in every way possible, providing strategic business guidance and practical legal advice. Our highly developed industry teams assure that our approach is rooted in your world, not ours, so the guidance you receive is carefully tailored to your business and markets. This includes: financial institutions, energy, healthcare, private equity, transportation, retail, education, technology, media and telecommunications, defense, food and beverage, infrastructure, construction, real estate, and life sciences.
Antitrust / Competition
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy
Commercial Litigation / Class Actions
Contracts / Force Majeure
Data Privacy & Security
Education
Employment / Employee Benefits
Energy
CORONAVIRUS INSIGHTS
Antitrust / Competition
FTC Brings Fourth Enforcement Action Under Made in USA Labeling Rule
European Competition Law Newsletter – November 2020
European Competition Law Newsletter – October 2020
European Competition Law Newsletter – September 2020
Banking & Finance
Federal Reserve Sanctions Former Bank Employees for Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds: Five Things Governments Need to Know
$350 Billion Slated for State, Local Governments as President Signs American Rescue Plan
Senators Propose COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act to Extend Covid-19 Changes to the Bankruptcy Code
Bankruptcy
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Stop and Go — Supreme Court Halts Some (but Not Other) Employee Vaccine Mandates
Biden Administration Announces COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Mandates for Most Employers
Senators Propose COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act to Extend Covid-19 Changes to the Bankruptcy Code
Commercial Litigation / Class Actions
FTC Brings Fourth Enforcement Action Under Made in USA Labeling Rule
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Biden Administration Announces COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Mandates for Most Employers
Colleges Should Brace for Next Phase of COVID-19 Class Actions
Contracts / Force Majeure
Data Privacy & Security
Arizona Passes Broad Telehealth Law With Audio-Only Coverage
Colleges Should Brace for Next Phase of COVID-19 Class Actions
2020 NASAA Fintech and Cybersecurity Symposium — Key Comments
Privacy vs. Containment, Part 2: The Democratic Answer to a Framework for Federal Privacy Legislation on COVID-19
Education
IRS Offers Automatic Penalty Relief for Certain Nonprofits and Electronic Filing Tips
7th Circuit Reopens COVID-19 Tuition and Fees Lawsuit
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Stop and Go — Supreme Court Halts Some (but Not Other) Employee Vaccine Mandates
Employment / Employee Benefits
Homeland Security Provides New Flexible Option for Remote Form I-9 Document Inspection
DHS to End Remote I-9 Inspection Temporary Flexibility on July 31, 2023
End of an Era: White House Ends Many Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Remains Paused, Pending Guidance
Energy
Wind PTC and Solar ITC Gain COVID-19 Construction Relief From IRS
Evaluating IP Assets: Practical Considerations for Today’s Oil and Gas Companies
FERC Schedules Technical Conference on MISO’s Storage as Transmission-Only Proposal
Storage Wars — The Force Majeure Awakens
Environmental
EPA Establishes Aug. 31 End Date for COVID-19 Era Discretion Policy
Additional EPA Guidance and Developments During the COVID-19 Era
Virginia General Assembly Permits Local Governments to Meet Electronically
State Environmental Enforcement Policies During COVID-19 and Response to EPA “Discretion” Policy
Food & Beverage
Keep Vaccination Decisions Out of the Courtroom
CPSC Issues “Unofficial” COVID-19 Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment, Disinfectants
Got More Hand Sanitizer? (Part 2) More Legal and Business Considerations for New Market Entrants
One of These Things Is Not Like the Others: FDA Flexibility With Food Ingredients During COVID-19
Government Contracts
End of an Era: White House Ends Many Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Remains Paused, Pending Guidance
Eleventh Circuit Narrows Scope of Contractor Vaccine Mandate Injunction
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Government Investigations
Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Remains Paused, Pending Guidance
Eleventh Circuit Narrows Scope of Contractor Vaccine Mandate Injunction
Remote Form I-9 Inspection of Employee Documents Likely to Become Permanent Option
DOJ Ramps Up Resources, Renews Focus on Combating COVID-19-Related Fraud
Government Relations – Federal & State
CMS Vaccine Mandate Enforcement Begins — Understanding the Three Deadlines
Supreme Court Upholds CMS Vaccine Mandate: Next Steps for Healthcare Providers
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Stop and Go — Supreme Court Halts Some (but Not Other) Employee Vaccine Mandates
Healthcare
Five Things to Know: Hospital Joint Venture Arrangements in Today’s Landscape
CMS Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Medicare- and Medicaid-Certified Providers and Suppliers
HRSA Allows Post-May 11 Provider Relief Fund Spending, Adds Two Reporting Periods
End of an Era: White House Ends Many Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Ensuring ITC Domestic Industry Is Not Too Domestic: Employees Working Remotely
Asserting Ownership of Employee Inventions in a Work-From-Home Environment
Evaluating IP Assets: Practical Considerations for Today’s Oil and Gas Companies
Patent Infringement for the Public Good
M&A
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Stop and Go — Supreme Court Halts Some (but Not Other) Employee Vaccine Mandates
New Budget and Stimulus Package Includes Changes to Paycheck Protection Program
Main Street Lending Program Opens to Nonprofits, Multiborrower Loans
Private Equity
New Budget and Stimulus Package Includes Changes to Paycheck Protection Program
Dental Industry Leader: Grace Yum, DDS
Main Street Lending Program Opens to Nonprofits, Multiborrower Loans
Managing Coronavirus Risk Through Insurance
Private Wealth Services
Fourth Circuit: School’s 501(c)(3) Status Does Not Constitute Federal Financial Assistance for Title IX Purposes
Donor Advised Funds: Proposed Regs Offer Guidance, But Leave Big Questions Unanswered
IRS Halts ERC Claims Processing Amid Surge of Questionable Submissions
Reminder: Private Foundations Are Subject to 1.39% Excise Tax on Net Investment Income
Real Estate
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Stop and Go — Supreme Court Halts Some (but Not Other) Employee Vaccine Mandates
Fairfax County, Virginia, Extends Emergency Ordinances Permitting Flexibility During COVID-19
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds: Five Things Governments Need to Know
Securities & Capital Markets
What’s Next for Employers After the Supreme Court’s Vaccine Rulings?
Stop and Go — Supreme Court Halts Some (but Not Other) Employee Vaccine Mandates
An Epidemic of Dissatisfaction
New Budget and Stimulus Package Includes Changes to Paycheck Protection Program
Tax
IRS Halts ERC Claims Processing Amid Surge of Questionable Submissions
IRS Offers Automatic Penalty Relief for Certain Nonprofits and Electronic Filing Tips
Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts: Planning Opportunities in Today’s Low-Interest-Rate Environment
Wind PTC and Solar ITC Gain COVID-19 Construction Relief From IRS
Technology
UK Guidance
An Epidemic of Dissatisfaction
UK Extends Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Until End of September 2021
Budget Launches Taskforce to Uncover Exploitation of UK COVID-19 Financial Rescue Schemes
UK Self-Employed Income Support Scheme: An Update
Antitrust
Matthew Hall
Amy Manning
Commercial Finance
Naho Kobayashi
Raj Natarajan
Staci Rosche
Complex Commercial Litigation
Sabrina A. Beldner
Jonathan Blank
Gregory Hinojosa Evans
Tom Farrell
Dion Hayes
Ava Lias-Booker
Robert Muckenfuss
Brian Schmalzbach
Courtney Schorr
Jarrod Shaw
Gerald Stubenhofer Jr.
Contracts/Force Majeure
Michael Daglio
Matthew Fender
Steve Foresta
Andrew Gann Jr.
Aaron Jaroff
Henry “Hal” L. Kitchin Jr.
Kristen Moye
Robert Muckenfuss
Ed Pittman
Corporate M&A
Anthony J. Carna
Hannah Thompson Frank
Mehboob Dossa
Rick Viola
Mike Woodard
Crisis Communications
Steve Horton
Mark Hubbard
Joe Reid
Mike Reynold
Data Privacy
Mehboob Dossa
Andrew Konia
Ashley Matthews
Education
Heidi Siegmund
Employee Benefits & Tax
Gerald Thomas
Carolyn Trenda
Energy
Joanne Katsantonis
Joe Reid
Environmental
Gregory Hinojosa Evans
Dave Franchina
Federal Government Relations
Ryan Bernstein
Financial Services
Cheryl Haas
Noreen Kelly
Brad Kutrow
Food & Beverage
Clare Lewis
Jim Neale
Government Contracts/Investigations
John Adams
Ben Hatch
Abe Pafford
Todd Steggerda
Healthcare
Sam Bernstein
Holly Buckley
Chris Greene
Stephanie Kennan
David Pivnick
Amber Walsh
Insurance
Matthew Fender
Steve Foresta
Labor & Employment
Brian Barger
Peter Farley
David Greenspan
Cameron Kynes
Melissa Hensley
Dave Leishman
Meghaan Madriz
John McDonald
Chen Ni
Dan Peyton
Bruce Steen
John E. Thomas, Jr.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Dana Rust
Products Liability
Jim Neale
Martha Swicegood Stwodah
Sam Tarry
Davis M. Walsh
Public Finance
T.W. Bruno
Lisa Williams
Real Estate
Greg Riegle
Dennis Mensi
Chris Thanner
Restructuring & Insolvency
Sarah Boehm
Dion Hayes
Beth Sieg
Brian Swett
Securities/SEC
Rick Viola
Greg Kilpatrick
State Government Relations
Mark Bowles – Virginia
Sara Clements – Florida
Holly Deshields – Texas
Brian Flynn – South Carolina
Kent Gaffney – Illinois
James Hodges – South Carolina
Sean Stafford – Florida
Michael Shelnutt – Georgia
Michael Thomas – Virginia
Transportation
Bryan Brantley
John Padgett