On January 30, 2023, President Biden announced the Administration’s plan to extend the current declarations of the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) through May 11, 2023, and end both emergencies...more
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On May 6, 2020, the Seventh Circuit decided Acheron Medical Supply, LLC v. Cook Medical Inc., Nos. 19-2315 and 19-2410. The underlying dispute occurred long before COVID-19, but two aspects of the Court’s decision could...more
As described in our May 1 blog post, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has millions of Americans under orders to stay home and/or restrict their travel and other activities. In times of emergency, state and municipal authorities have vast powers to close institutions and...more
All levels of government are issuing declarations, orders, and guidance directing individuals and businesses to socially distance, isolate, and quarantine under certain circumstances. Some overlap. Others conflict. With so...more