This past week, the Indiana General Assembly passed, and Governor Eric Holcomb signed, Senate Bill 1 to provide civil tort immunity from claims arising from COVID-19. This immunity includes claims related to premises...more
On December 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar issued a new notice of declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act (the Declaration) to provide...more
On December 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) amended its Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) Declaration for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 in order to clarify...more
This alert discusses the scope of claims that may be covered under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act’s (the PREP Act) immunity provision. If you are a product manufacturer or distributor, government...more
On April 14, 2020, the General Counsel for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued an Advisory Opinion (the Opinion) concerning the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (the PREP Act) and the March...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has called upon manufacturers and distributors of products to develop, supply and administer the protective tools necessary to combat the spread of infectious disease. For companies that wish to...more