Coronavirus: Impact and Insight

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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.

Coronavirus: Impact and Insight

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

Navigating the Debt Ceiling: Legal Issues for Federal Contractors

Contract Implications Amid COVID-19 Concerns: Force Majeure, Impossibility, and Frustration of Purpose

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

OIG Recommends Increased RPM Oversight

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

Insurance

Court Finds Virginia Law Supports Policyholder’s Potential Recovery for COVID-19 Losses

Policyholders Must Give Timely Notice to Preserve COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

Managing Coronavirus Risk Through Insurance

Intellectual Property