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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
In September 2023, federal trial courts in Wisconsin and Kentucky issued decisions dismissing plaintiffs' claims related to employers' COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia recently rejected a school principal's argument that remote work was a reasonable accommodation for her asthma and restrictive...
McGuireWoods LLP
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released data on its 2021 and 2022 settlements of voluntary self-disclosures related to past violations...
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
The IRS issued a Memorandum last month addressing when an employer may be considered to have experienced a full or partial suspension of operations during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020...
Jones Day
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has charged a group of small companies with making deficient filings on Form 12b-25, harkening back to the SEC's "broken windows" strategy from the last decade.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
In this podcast, Amanda Mullane and Claudia Martorell provide an overview of the temporary COVID-19 policy permitting employers to inspect documents...
Foley Hoag LLP
When hiring employees, employers must verify employees' identities and employment authorizations and record their verification...
Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP
In a unanimous 14 page decision issued on July 10, 2023, the Appellate Division of the State Board of Worker's Compensation held...
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Kathryn Lang (Associate-White Plains) and Katherine McCrink (Partner-White Plains) moved to dismiss a COVID-19 nursing home...
Nossaman LLP
May 11, 2023 marked a milestone in the pandemic response with the expiration of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
On July 11, 2023, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) declined to extend its early COVID-19 emergency orders to the time limits established for filing a complaint...
Shulman Rogers
On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the discontinuation of the temporary flexibility policy that allowed remote inspection of Form I-9 documents, originally...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
Fifth Circuit precedent recognizes the "general consensus among courts" that regular, in-person work is an essential function of most jobs. Yet the continued viability of this premise has been...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
On June 20, 2023, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) updated its guidance to local health departments on the definition of a COVID-19 outbreak. The new definition changes the timeframe for counting...
Holland & Knight
The IRS recently issued Notice 2023-37 (Notice) relating to pre-deductible coverage of COVID-19 testing and treatment under high-deductible health plans (HDHPs).
L&E Global
The U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end on May 11, 2023, one week after the World Health Organization determined that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency...
Bass, Berry & Sims
Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys Brian Irving and Hannah Choate authored an article published in the June 2023 issue of the American Bar Association's
Alvarez & Marsal
In the wake of the pandemic's impacts to an already fragile system, superintendents face the next wave of financial and operational challenges, including...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
Tennessee has permanently extended its COVID-19 statute under an enactment that went into effect earlier this year.
Reed Smith
The construction industry in the United States has faced serious economic headwinds in the past several years. An exceptionally tight trade labor market and dramatic increases...