ArticlePrice Gouging Weekly Round Up - August 17, 2020Price gouging enforcement and litigation is front and center for company counsel and business managers nationwide.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Proskauer Rose LLP
ArticleProtecting Against False Advertising Of COVID-19 Molecular Or Antibody TestsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has recently granted EUAs to test manufacturers and labs offering molecular and antibody tests for COVID-19. United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Jones Day
ArticleQuarantine Restrictions For Travelers To The Tri-State AreaThe governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut last week issued a joint travel advisory that calls for a 14-day quarantine for individuals who travel into their states from states with...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Seyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleReturn To Business: COVID-19 Immigration Compliance – I-9 Update Webinar May 18thAs employers consider whether it is safe for employees to return to work, busy in-house counsel and HR leaders need I-9 and E-Verify answers. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Seyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleSan Francisco Enacts "Tourist Hotel" Ordinance Requiring New Cleaning And Disinfecting Protocols And Prohibiting Retaliation"Tourist hotels" in San Francisco must soon comply with Ordinance No. 208-20 enacted on October 9, 2020, which establishes cleaning and disease prevention standards and practices to help contain COVID-19. United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Littler Mendelson
ArticleSanitizer Law During A PandemicRecently, we blogged about some of the legal issues involved in the sale and marketing of Personal Protective Equipment ("PPE") during the Covid-19 pandemic. Similar legal issues are triggered when businesses pivot from their usual operations and turn to help meet the demand for alcohol-based hand sanitizer. United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Klein Moynihan Turco LLP
ArticleSEC Chair Clayton Highlights Need For Complete Disclosure Even If Periodic Reports Are Delayed Due To COVID-19 In a statement issued today, SEC Chair Jay Clayton emphasized that, although the timing of certain company filings may be impacted by COVID-19...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Cooley LLP
ArticleSEC Division Of Enforcement Warns Of COVID-19 Insider Trading RisksOn March 23, the SEC Division of Enforcement (Enforcement) issued a public statement bluntly warning issuers and insiders connected to them, along with broker-dealers and investment advisersUnited StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Foley Hoag LLP
ArticleSEC Enforcement Co-Director Discusses COVID-19-related Enforcement PrioritiesIn his keynote address to Securities Enforcement Forum West 2020, SEC Enforcement Co-Director Steven Peikin discussed some of the efforts of the Division of Enforcement...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Cooley LLP
ArticleTemperature Check Requirements For The New Phase Of Reopening In San DiegoAs San Diego County, California employers scrambled to find thermometers to comply with the county health order temperature check requirement, the county did an about-face on its employee health screening directives.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Littler Mendelson
ArticleThe FTC Sends Additional Rounds Of Warning Letters Over Health And Earnings Claims Related To CoronavirusThe Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced it has issued twenty-one additional warning letters to marketers throughout the United States for making unsubstantiated claims that their products and therapies...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Reed Smith
ArticleTrial Alert: VLSI Technologies v. Intel — Waco Weather Delays And Robust COVID-19 ProtocolsJury selection was slated to begin today in the long-anticipated jury trial in the patent matter VLSI Technologies v. Intel in the Western District of Texas in Waco before Judge Albright.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Winston Taylor
ArticleAs Coronavirus Spreads, Businesses Must Be Prepared For A Crisis All Their OwnAs of today, there are reportedly more than 90,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with the virus having reached every continent except Antarctica.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
ArticleESMA Chair Steven Maijoor Discusses The Status Of €STR, EONIA And EURIBOROn 21 September 2020, Steven Maijoor, Chair at the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA"), delivered a speech at City Week 2020 in London. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMayer Brown
ArticleGuidance For Companies To Plan And Respond To Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19Since the first reports of cases of an acute respiratory syndrome resulting from a novel coronavirus in the Chinese Wuhan municipality at the end of December 2019, steps taken worldwide in response to the rapidly evolving epidemic ...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
ArticleRegulation Best Interest And Form CRS ComplianceSince June 2019 when the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted Regulation Best Interest ("Reg BI") and Form CRS, the SEC and its staff have extensively engaged broker-dealers...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMayer Brown
ArticleFamilies First Coronavirus Act Compliance: Leave, Notice And DocumentationThe new Families First Coronavirus Act went into effect on April 1, 2020 and will continue through December 31, 2020.United StatesEmployment and HRFrankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
ArticleJudge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking To Enjoin Employer To Implement Additional Safety Measures In Rural Community Worker's Alliance et al v. Smithfield Foods, Inc. et al., No. 5:20-cv-6063 (W.D. Mo. May 5, 2020), Western District of Missouri Judge Greg Kays granted Smithfield's motion to dismiss.....United StatesEmployment and HRSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleCovid-19: Building Resilience And Preparing For RecoveryFINRA described four common scams used to target firms during the COVID-19 pandemic and outlined measures that may be taken to alleviate related risks. United StatesFinance and BankingHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleMississippi Development Authority Opens Portal For PPE And Testing ReimbursementMississippi healthcare providers seeking relief for expenses incurred for PPE and COVID-19 testing for staff during the COVID-19 pandemic may now submit applications through the...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesButler Snow LLP