News & Analysis as of

Coronavirus/COVID-19 › Veterans

Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms... more +
Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Veterans Affairs Ending Mortgage Rescue Program

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will end the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program on May 1, 2025. This decision comes just shy of one year since the program’s...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

DEA Announces New Telemedicine Rules Expanding Access to Controlled Substances

Rivkin Radler LLP on

On January 16, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced three new telemedicine rules that extend prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances, following the expiration of temporary flexibilities granted...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 2023

PilieroMazza PLLC on

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - Remedies for NLRA Violations Now Include Consequential Damages: Important Takeaways for Employers - Last year, the National Labor Relations Board, the agency tasked with enforcing employee rights...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – October 2022 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Overcoming the Inflation Crisis: The Ins-and-Outs of Extraordinary Contractual Relief for Government Contractors - An all-but-forgotten remedy in government contracting, Extraordinary Contractual...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: August 9, 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include . . . ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 22, 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include ...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

COVID Labor Shortages: Here Comes the Cavalry!

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Like most businesses, you probably are in dire need of qualified, motivated employees. One often overlooked source is transitioning service members and veterans. These men and women are truly special because they understand...more

Fisher Phillips

Top 5 New Workplace Laws Passed by Texas Lawmakers in 2021

Fisher Phillips on

The Texas legislature had a jam-packed legislative session over the summer that will end up having a profound impact on workplace law in Texas. Among the most significant new laws that passed and took effect were measures...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

A Recent Case Highlights Equal Protections In The American Rescue Plan Act

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

A case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit highlights that, even in times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, prioritizing federal grant money based on race and gender will likely violate the equal...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Residential Evictions: What Homeowners Need To Know (Spanish)

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

A partir del 20 de abril, 2021- CIERRES PATRONALES- ¿Puedo ser excluido de mi casa durante la emergencia del COVID-19? No. El 19 de marzo de 2020, el gobernador de Nueva Jersey, Philip Murphy, emitió la Orden...more

Roetzel & Andress

The American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021

Roetzel & Andress on

Update: President Biden signed The American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, 2021- On Wednesday afternoon, Congress passed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a broad, comprehensive policy response to the challenges brought...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Senate Passes $28.6 Billion In Restaurant Relief

Fox Rothschild LLP on

On March 6, 2021, the Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package known as the American Rescue Plan (ARP), including a $28.6 billion fund to assist restaurants. The relief package now heads back...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

The OFCCP in 2020: A Look Back at the Year

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on

Despite a global pandemic, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) kept an unrelenting pace of activity in 2020. Below are the highlights from the year, and a summary of what federal contractors and...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

It Is Time to Address the VA’s Enormous Backlog of Claims for Disability Benefits

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good on

Nearly half of the 20 million veterans in the United States use at least one government benefit or service offered by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (commonly known as the “VA”). Many of these veterans have developed...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Proskauer Virtual Volunteers Support LACBA’s Veterans Legal Service Project Clinic

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good on

Next week, Proskauer will headline the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Veterans Legal Services Project (VLSP) clinic. Proskauer attorneys sponsor the clinic every November – but this year’s clinic will be very different....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 and Unprecedented Litigation Insights, Issue 26, October 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on

This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more

Goodwin

CFPB, FTC And 50 States Show Power In Numbers With Operation Corrupt Collector

Goodwin on

In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, announced Operation Corrupt Collector, a nationwide law...more

Brooks Pierce

Top Officials at Massachusetts Veterans' Home Face Significant Prison Time Based on COVID-19 Outbreak that Occurred on their Watch

Brooks Pierce on

Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former medical director David Clinton of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts were indicted Sept. 24, 2020, for criminal charges concerning a coronavirus outbreak at the Home that led to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California Employment Legislative Update: Time for Governor Newsom to Get to Work

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Legislature has passed a series of employment-related bills for Governor Newsom to consider. He has until September 30 to approve or veto these bills, most of which relate to leaves of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

VA Addresses COVID-19 Precautions for Specially Adapted Housing Project Stakeholders

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On July 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Circular 26-20-27, dated July 22, 2020, to address COVID-19 precautions for Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) project stakeholders....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

VA Addresses CARES Act Forbearance Effect on VA Loan Eligibility

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In Loan Guaranty Circular 26-20-25, dated June 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) addresses the effect of a CARES Act forbearance, or some other COVID-19 credit relief, on the eligibility of a veteran for...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

TRICARE Providers Exempt From OFCCP Requirements

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on

The Final Rule is out, and it’s good news! The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a Final Rule providing that it has no authority over TRICARE health care providers. The Rule follows a notice and comment...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

VA Extends Eviction Moratorium Through August 31

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Circular 26-20-23 (dated June 17, 2020) extended the eviction moratorium for properties secured by VA guaranteed loans from June 30, 2020 to August 31....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

VA Issues Additional Lender Guidance In View of COVID-19

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Loan Guaranty Circular 26-20-19, dated May 19, 2020, to provide additional guidance to lenders regarding VA policies during the COVID-19 emergency....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program Summary (Updated)

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) aims to provide qualifying small businesses, nonprofit organizations, veterans organizations, tribal businesses, sole...more

29 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2
Next »

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide