Colorado’s “Safer at Home” Executive Order and accompanying Public Health Order include new anti-discrimination provisions, new protections for employees with COVID-19, and new safety requirements for employers. Protections for “Vulnerable...
The CARES Act provides for the Federal Reserve creating an SPV that will purchase participation interests in eligible term loans. On April 30, the Federal Reserve posted to its website term sheets that update the Main Street Lending Program term...
One of the many changes brought forth under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) includes allowing pre-tax reimbursement of over-the-counter (“OTC”) medications effective January 1, 2020. Specifically, the CARES...
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) allows certain eligible companies and individuals to obtain loans of up to $10 million or 2.5 times the average monthly payroll costs over the last year, whichever is less, from...
After almost a year of speculation and discussion, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is further tightening controls on exports, reexports, and transfers in-country (collectively, "exports") to China, Russia,...
The efforts of Stephen Thaler are worth following. He, along with a team of researchers and academics, has spent the past decade developing DABUS, an artificial intelligence (AI) system that "invents."...
In January, I conducted a law firm sentiment survey inquiring how firms performed in 2019 and whether 2020 would bring more or less favorable results. The respondents indicated a very bullish 2020 forecast, with over 80% of firms reporting excellent...
After decades of steady decline in union activity, the number and magnitude of strikes in the United States increased sharply in both 2018 and 2019, rising to their highest levels since the early 1980s. Relatively successful job actions by teachers...
What is the difference between coaching and consulting? What can people do if they want to be an amazingly effective leader? In this episode of On Record PR, join the conversation as host Gina F. Rubel, Esq. goes on record with Ken Jacobs, ACC, CPC,...
The Department of Labor (DOL) and other federal regulators released updates and clarifications related to employee benefits, including updates to model COBRA notices and an extension of certain statutory deadlines intended to minimize the possibility...
