As previously reported, CMS has expanded Medicare coverage for telemedicine services provided in the office, hospital, and other visits furnished via telehealth including in patients' places of residence starting March 6, 2020.

On July 24, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed his 63rd executive order in response to the public health emergency posed by COVID-19.

On April 13, 2020, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission established an emergency rule amending the Illinois Administrative Code for workers' compensation hearings that creates a rebuttable evidentiary presumption...

Darkreading reported that "One issue that may be overlooked is that many cyber liability insurance policies make a distinction between computer hardware owned...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group is considering relief for insurers for an interim period.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law.

On 1 May 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK's conduct regulator for general insurers, published a statement announcing that it intends to take a representative sample of cases to Court as soon as possible ...

On October 31, 2022, the district court for the District of New Jersey granted American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company's motion to dismiss a healthcare provider network's COVID-19...

Pennsylvania recently joined New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, New York and Louisiana in proposing legislation that would force insurers to retroactively cover business interruption claims due to COVID-19.

On August 13, 2020, a Texas federal court granted insurer State Farm's motion to dismiss, finding that there was no coverage for plaintiffs' claims for business interruption losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Louisiana has joined North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming in adopting laws that grant businesses immunity from civil liability for claims relating to COVID-19.

The central tenets of ERISA are to provide as much freedom as possible, within minimal parameters, to draft ERISA plans, and then to honor the terms of the plans.

On February 25, 2021, Wisconsin joined Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming in enacting a COVID-19 litigation shield law.

There has been a drumbeat of news reports about Wuhan, China, a city more populous than any in the United States, which is in effective lock-down because of the coronavirus.

Governor Lamont's Executive Order No. 7U Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response.

The spread of the coronavirus from Wuhan, China, and the ensuing reactions from governments and corporations are causing tremendous disruption in the global supply chain.

Every passing day brings stark new reports of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and increasing numbers of cancelled conventions, concerts, and other major events.

Litigation concerning COVID-19 has already begun. A number of lawsuits have been filed against cruise lines alleging that they were negligent by operating with infected passengers and crew...

New York has joined New Jersey, Ohio and Massachusetts in attempting to mandate eradication of the "virus exclusion" in business interruption policies...

In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court has recently agreed to answer a question involving insurance coverage for COVID-19 related losses.