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COVID-19 Legal Updates: Critical Business Considerations
March 10, 2020
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is dramatically impacting business operations across the United States and around the world. The below timely legal alerts, presentations, and other helpful content are provided to inform and support your consideration of the critical issues, and will be updated accordingly as the situation evolves. Please contact us with your questions or to discuss related concerns at this time. We are here to help!
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TOPICS:
- Most Recent
- Corporate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Labor & Employment
- Product Liability Litigation
- Construction
- Insurance Coverage
- Cybersecurity
- Estate Planning
- Supporting the Effort
Most Recent:
- March 24, 2021 — The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021—Key Implications for Employers
- January 8, 2021 — New SBA Guidance Released: Interim Final Rules on the Revived Paycheck Protection Program
Corporate:
- January 8, 2021 — New SBA Guidance Released: Interim Final Rules on the Revived Paycheck Protection Program
- December 28, 2020 — Coronavirus Relief Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
- June 5, 2020 — CARES Act PPP Reform: Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020
- April 27, 2020 — New SBA Guidance Released: PPP Loan Certification Requirements for Good Faith
- April 16, 2020 — CARES Act: Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness
- April 10, 2020 — CARES Act: The Main Street Lending Program Offers Relief for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
- April 2, 2020 — CARES Act: Paycheck Protection Program - Proactive Steps to Apply
- March 30, 2020 — COVID-19: Key Business Resources Under the CARES Act
- March 26, 2020 — COVID-19: Key Business Considerations for Minnesota Emergency Executive Order 20-20
- March 20, 2020 — COVID-19 Business Update: Tax Deadline and Proposed CARES Act
- March 16, 2020 — COVID-19: Force Majeure Contract Clauses
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- April 18, 2020 — Video: COVID-19 Business Owner's Survival Guide—M&A After COVID-19 (29:00), Presented by Terri Krivosha
Labor & Employment:
- March 24, 2021 — The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021—Key Implications for Employers
- December 30, 2020 — New Year, New Rules: Employer Implications of the New COVID-19 Relief Legislation
- December 22, 2020 — Employers: EEOC Releases New Vaccine Guidelines to Address Five Key Concerns
- September 14, 2020 — FFCRA Update: Department of Labor Revises Regulations, Largely Rejects SDNY Court Ruling
- August 5, 2020 — Key FFCRA Regulations Vacated by Federal Court, Dramatically Expand FFCRA Leave Eligibility
- July 24, 2020 — #MaskUpMN: Key Employer Requirements Per Minnesota Governor Walz's New Face Covering Order
- June 11, 2020 — New OSHA Guidance For Cloth Face Coverings in the Workplace
- May 21, 2020 — Addressing Employee Fears: Legal Implications When Employees Refuse to Return to Work
- April 20, 2020 — CARES Act: Employers Guidance on the Expansion and Extension of Unemployment Benefits
- April 7, 2020 — Employers: DOL and IRS Provide Further Guidance on FFCRA
- March 30, 2020 — COVID-19: Compliance with the FFCRA - Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
- March 25, 2020 — Employer Update: Department of Labor Provides Initial Guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- March 19, 2020 — Emergency COVID-19 Legislation is Now the Law: Employers Need to Prepare to Provide Paid Sick and FMLA Leave to Eligible Employees
- March 16, 2020 — Employer Update: Federal Government Expected to Pass Emergency COVID-19 Legislation to Provide Paid Leave to U.S. Employees
- March 10, 2020 — COVID-19: Steps Employers Should Take Now
Product Liability Litigation:
- April 20, 2020 — COVID-19: Impact on Product Liability Litigation
Construction:
- May 18, 2020 — COVID-19 Policyholder Road Map: Trending Insurance Coverage Issues
- March 31, 2020 — Policyholders May Win Round 2 of the Coronavirus Fight: Coronavirus Insurance Claims and the CGL Policy Pollution Exclusion
- March 26, 2020 — COVID-19: Construction Sites Exempted from Minnesota's Emergency Executive Order 20-20
Insurance Coverage:
- May 29, 2020 — COVID-19: Policyholders—Watch for "Falling Objects"
- May 18, 2020 — COVID-19 Policyholder Road Map: Trending Insurance Coverage Issues
- March 31, 2020 — Policyholders May Win Round 2 of the Coronavirus Fight: Coronavirus Insurance Claims and the CGL Policy Pollution Exclusion
- March 13, 2020 — COVID-19: Recommended Insurance Action Items and Potentially Responsive Coverages
Cybersecurity:
- April 24, 2020 — Video: Reasonable Safeguard Standards: Physical Safeguards (3:50)
- April 21, 2020 — Video: Reasonable Safeguard Standards: Technical Safeguards (4:19)
- April 17, 2020 — Video: Cybersecurity Safeguards: How to Comply with Legal Requirements (3:35)
- April 13, 2020 — Video: Contractual Obligations Around Confidential Information (2:24)
- April 6, 2020 — Video: The NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Focus on the "Protect" Function (1:54)
- March 30, 2020 — Video: Cybersecurity Best Practices Across a Remote Workforce (2:11)
- September 22, 2020 — The "Reading of the Will" and Other Common Myths About Death and the Probate Process
Supporting the Effort
Maslon is proud to offer pro bono support in the following efforts to help address critical needs at this time:
Project N95: Maslon Attorneys Terri Krivosha and Susan Markey offered quick pro bono guidance for formation and provide ongoing counsel to support the mission of Project N95—a dynamic nonprofit organization created to deliver critical PPE to Healthcare Workers in Frontlines of COVID-19. + LEARN MORE
Minnesota Wills For Heroes: To ensure the Minnesota State Bar Association's Minnesota Wills for Heroes program (WFH) continues to address the needs of our first responders—particularly as they work in the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis—Maslon Estate Planning Attorney Susan Link and colleague Andrea Bischoff have transitioned the operation to virtual services. As Program Directors for WFH, their mutual dedication and coordinated effort with attorney volunteers helps further the program's mission to provide quality, no-cost estate-planning services to the families of the state's first responders—EMTs, police, firefighters and more—who daily risk their lives to help others. Proudly, the WFH Foundation has now granted permission to expand the program to include health care workers during this time of crisis. + LEARN MORE