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How Employers Should Prepare for the Restart of Business
April 6, 2020
While many employers have made and continue to make difficult employment decisions due to state-mandated business closures, this too shall…
Judicial and Legislative Updates: Business Interruption Coverage for First-Party Losses Caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
April 6, 2020
In my last blog on this subject, I discussed some of the first-party insurance issues for recovering losses caused by…
DOL and IRS Issue Guidance and Temporary Rule on Paid Leave Under New COVID-19 Legislation
April 3, 2020
On April, 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) posted a temporary rule issuing regulations…
Paycheck Protection Program COVID-19 Relief Window Is Open for Business as of April 3
April 3, 2020
Small and mid-size businesses needing economic relief to help tide them over during the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic may start…
CARES Act Extends Tax Relief to Businesses Hit Hard by COVID-19
March 31, 2020
In addition to providing stimulus checks to most American taxpayers and funding loans to small- to mid-size businesses hit hard…
The CARES Act and Its Impact on Real Estate Investors
March 31, 2020
The $2 trillion-dollar stimulus package, the “CARES Act”, signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020 contains…
U.S. Department of Labor Updates its Guidance on FFCRA Paid Leave Provisions
March 31, 2020
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) for employers and employees addressing the…
CARES Act Loans: An Overview of the Paycheck Protection Program
March 31, 2020
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the highly anticipated Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the…
Governor Wolf Announces Pennsylvania School and Non-Life-Sustaining Business Closure “Until Further Notice”
March 30, 2020
On March 30, 2020, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on his website that “all Pennsylvania schools will remain closed until…
Force Majeure and Impossibility in the Context of Commercial Lease Obligations
March 30, 2020
In the wake of coronavirus, there undoubtedly will be hundreds, if not thousands, of commercial tenants who seek relief from…
M/V GOLDEN RAY: Deviating from an OPA 90 Non-Tank Vessel Response Plan
March 30, 2020
The M/V GOLDEN RAY capsized and grounded in St. Simons Sound on September 8, 2019 in an environmentally sensitive area….
$73M Judgment in Maritime Case Upheld by SCOTUS
March 30, 2020
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision yesterday, March 30, 2020, on a major issue of importance…
WARN Obligations In Light of COVID-19
March 27, 2020
Numerous states are issuing orders requiring all non-life sustaining businesses to cease operations in order to limit the spread of…
CARES Act Provisions Impacting Retirement Plans
March 27, 2020
On Wednesday, March 25th, the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was passed by a unanimous Senate…
Pirates Old and New Appear Before the US Supreme Court
March 27, 2020
In a case involving a modern form of piracy, the US Supreme Court handed down a decision last week involving…
Ocean Carriers Seek Emergency Anti-Trust Immunity
March 27, 2020
On March 23, 2020, Crowley Liner Services, Seaboard Marine, and King Ocean filed an Emergency Cooperative Working Agreement with the…
U.S. Department of Labor Provides Additional Guidance Regarding Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave under the FFCRA
March 26, 2020
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) released new guidance on the notice requirements under the…
Get Ready to Confront the Force (Majeure)
March 26, 2020
The maritime industry is awash with contracts that have a force majeure clause. It is understandable in an industry that…
Does the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Constitute A Material Adverse Change for Purposes of Merger and Acquisition Agreements?
March 26, 2020
You signed a non-binding letter of intent with a target company in June 2019. You spent the next five or…
IRS Explains Coronavirus (COVID-19) Business Payroll Tax Credits
March 25, 2020
Implementing the business tax relief provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, signed March 18, 2020 by President Donald…