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.
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.
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
Arent Fox International Trade Practice Leader Kay Georgi will speak during the live webinar “The Impact of COVID-19 on International Trade” hosted by American Bar Association Section of International Law’s International Trade Committee on April 20, 2020, at 5 PMET.
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.
When a practitioner does not meet the medical staff’s standards, leaders have a wide variety of remedial and corrective action choices. Join us for a discussion on some of those surprisingly numerous options.
On April 15, partners Aaron Jacoby and Russell McRory participated in a NADA-hosted webinar titled, Legal and Regulatory Implications of Online Sales - What Dealers Need to Know.
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, “
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.
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.
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.
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.
Join us for a discussion on the key legal issues related to COVID-19 that international companies need to consider and watch out for. During this webinar, we will discuss the latest developments in the employment, international trade, insurance, and the CARES Act.
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.
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.
Recognizing the need to make health services available during the current state of emergency, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the “Order”) on April 3, 2020.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued updated FAQs on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) issues relating to confidentiality, reasonable accommodation, hiring, and other pandemic-related topics.