Stay at Home Orders Under Attack – What are the Limits and Rights of State Governments?
4/22/20
By: Marc Finkel
Faced with the uncertainty of navigating through a global pandemic, governors throughout the United States have issued a series of executive orders aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Many of these executive orders have …
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Remotely, Including TCPA Constitutional Challenge
4/16/20
By: Matthew Foree
This week, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would hear oral arguments remotely for the first time in its history. The Court will hear oral arguments by telephone conference on certain dates in May in …
COVID-19’s Cascading Impact on Corporate Finances and Loan Obligations: Key Issues Facing Lenders and Borrowers
4/15/20
By: Jill Dunn and Travis Cashbaugh
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt financial markets and businesses across the country, now is a good time for borrowers and lenders to review the terms of any loan documents to consider the impact of …
Considerations For CPAs Dealing With Unpaid Fees
4/15/20
By: Nancy Reimer, Nicole Graham, Elizabeth Lowery, Zinnia Khan, and Caroline Wu
Many
Certified Public Accountants and accounting firms will likely be increasingly confronted
with collecting fees as the COVID-19 health crisis continues. In dealing with …
When Business Operations Resume, Employers Will Encounter A New “Normal” In The Workplace
4/15/20
By: Justin Boron
After about a month into business shutdowns across the
country, employers and employees alike are hoping that a return to the
workplace is not too far off into the future.
In anticipation for that moment, employers should …
Los Angeles Mayor Issues Executive Order Requiring Employers To Provide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave For Employees
4/14/20
By: Michelle Harrington
What Does The Executive Order Require: The COVID-19 crisis has employers scrambling to stay on top of legal obligations imposed by recent federal legislation, including the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES Act, and …
Game, Set, Match: Wimbledon’s Decision To Purchase Pandemic Insurance Coverage Could Be A Winner
4/13/20
By: Bill Buechner
Among many other more serious impacts related to the COVID-19
pandemic, many prominent sporting events have been cancelled or postponed,
including the NCAA Tournament, the Masters, the Kentucky Derby and the French
Open tennis tournament. Also, all …
Congress Considers Reinsurance Program for Business Interruption Losses Due to Coronavirus
4/9/20
By: Zach Moura
Business interruption coverage typically requires that there be direct physical loss of or damage to property, and many business interruption policies contain virus exclusions. But there are currently a number of legislative proposals at the state and …
COVID-19: Bankruptcy and its Impact on Managing Risk
4/7/20
By: Jake Carroll
In the
wake of COVID-19 and the now-present economic uncertainty, individuals and
companies may be considering the impacts of bankruptcy. While bankruptcy can
offer certain protections, including delayed payments, discharge of some debts,
and a general “fresh-start,” …
Federal Judge Refuses to Enjoin Kentucky Governor from Restricting Interstate Travel
4/6/20
By: Barry Miller
A federal judge has refused to halt enforcement of an order that directed Kentuckians not to travel outside the state for two weeks because of COVID-19.
Governor Andy Beshear issued the order on March 30. It makes
…
Plaintiffs and Lawmakers Raise Bad Faith Issues in COVID-19 Claims
4/3/20
By: Adrianna Michalska and Eric Retter
Every American is reminded daily that Coronavirus
spreads easily and quickly. So has the impact on the insurance industry. How
fast? Less than a month after the first U.S. death attributed to the virus …
COVID-19: Protecting Those Who Protect Us
4/2/20
By: Parisa Saleki
The Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–19)
came into effect over two decades ago with a simple goal: promote volunteerism
by limiting, and sometimes eliminating, a volunteer’s risk of tort liability. The
recently enacted Coronavirus …