Californians Will Soon Receive Their Supplemental $300 A Week Unemployment Benefits
9/8/20
By: Michelle Harrington
California has secured $4.5 billion from the Lost Wages Assistance Program (LWAP) that will result in a $300 per week boost in unemployment benefits to millions of unemployed people in California impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. …
Pandemic Rent-Related Evictions Stopped Until 2021 – Legal Challenges Expected
9/3/20
By: John Bennett.
Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surprisingly issued a nationwide order halting many pandemic-related residential evictions through the end of 2020.
This action followed President Trump’s Executive Order of August 8, 2020. That …
US Department of Labor Issues New Guidance on Leave Under the FFCRA for Hybrid/Remote Schooling for Children
9/2/20
By: Catherine Scott
On August 27, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued three new answers to its Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). All three of these questions addressed employees’ questions regarding whether they would be entitled …
Slip and Fall Damages: A Changing Landscape For Residential Landlords In Massachusetts
9/2/20
By: Marc Finkel
In an important development for Massachusetts based residential landlords, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) recently narrowed the availability of certain claims tenants may bring against landlords for slip and falls arising out of the accumulation of …
Efficacy of Covid-19 Liability Waivers
9/2/20
By: Caleb Saggus
Liability waivers are not new, but Covid-19 is. As we try to venture back to some form of normalcy, the effects of Covid-19 remains a topic of legal uncertainty. The private sector is playing a part in shaping the …
California Expands Attorney Cooperation Requirement
9/1/20
By: Chuck Horn
In California, for more than ten years, upon request of another party, a party has been required to provide an electronic version of its separate statement in connection with a motion for summary judgment. Since the separate …