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On September 6, 2021, New York's Commissioner of Health designated COVID-19 as an airborne infectious disease under the Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act)...

On April 29, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration, "EBSA") and Treasury (IRS) published a final regulation, and EBSA issued a package of guidance and relief, for employee benefit plans ...

COVID-19 (a.k.a. the Coronavirus) is upon us and it looks like it is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. In January, the Department of Health and Human Services declared ...

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, House speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a 1,815 page,[1] $3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that would touch on almost every area of the economy and impose new obligations on employers.

Ropes & Gray offers immediate practical guidance on how to navigate the legal and ethical issues raised by the need to have a clear plan for allocating scarce resources as COVID-19...

Seyfarth Synopsis: As Massachusetts has entered Step 1 of Phase 3, the Commonwealth has updated its reopening guidance for several sectors...

On Thursday April 2, 2020, the County Health Office for San Diego County issued Addendum 1 to the County's existing Order and Emergency Regulations. Effective at 12:00 am, April 4, 2020,...

The OCIE of the SEC highlights that responses to COVID-19 present important regulatory and compliance issues for SEC registrants, including ...

On August 12, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued its latest Risk Alert describing COVID-19-related issues...

About half of the U.S. working age, vaccine-eligible population has now been vaccinated, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") tracking data.

Most employees lack the secured physical infrastructure and technological safeguards their employers have undoubtedly invested in over the years.

The Senate Banking Committee reconvened in person and by video on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, to hold a hearing on President Trump's nomination of Brian D. Miller...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently took enforcement actions that demonstrate the Agency's focus on online retailers that market and distribute ...

The novel coronavirus and resulting global health pandemic and economic crisis created a perfect storm for bad actors to engage in fraud and financial crimes.

With more people working remotely than ever before in light of COVID-19, firms in the private equity and hedge fund space should review their Regulation S-P privacy and information-safeguarding...

The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held a stakeholder security briefing that led to an alert (CISA Alert) issued on March 13, 2020.

As we continue to cope with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important for participants in the construction industry to take affirmative actions to protect your investments in...

On May 5, the Department of Justice announced its first criminal fraud charges related to funds obtained under the $2.2 trillion federal relief program established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...