On June 15, 2025, the Minister of Labor announced the application of the provisions of Chapter D of the Emergency Employment Service Law to the entire country, which allows workplaces certified as “essential” and “workplaces...more
On March 10, 2020, Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency over COVID-19 in Executive Order No. 116. Less than two months later, the North Carolina General Assembly ratified Senate Bill 704: the COVID-19 Recovery...more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently held that unsolicited text messages that simply inform recipients of the availability of a free COVID-19 vaccine are protected by the “emergency purposes”...more
On November 11, 2021, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, in coordination with State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs and MEMA Executive Director Stephen McCraney, announced Mississippi’s COVID-19 State of Emergency (“SOE”) would be...more
On July 1, 2020, Governor Bill Lee issued Executive Order 53 which provides limited COVID-related liability protection for health care providers. Executive Order 53 is effective as of July 2, 2020 and will remain in effect...more
On June 29, 2020, Governor Bill Lee issued Executive Order 50 which extends the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 crisis until August 29, 2020. To help facilitate the treatment and containment of COVID-19, the order...more
The coronavirus pandemic continues to upend the global economy and is increasing compliance risks for businesses in the process. We have previously reported how COVID-19 is increasing risks relating to insider trading and...more
As the number of COVID-19 cases increases exponentially, healthcare providers in the United States are bracing for an unmanageable number of critically ill patients. While it is impossible to predict to what extent the virus...more