The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic is upending regular commercial activity across the United States and around the world, and that disruption is expected to escalate.... By: Hanson Bridgett LLP
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allotted a blanket waiver to critical access hospitals (CAHs) of certain Medicare certification requirements to aid their response to 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in CMS’s recent...
Everyone is facing an unknown future with COVID-19. One question for clients is whether the impact of business interruption from the virus can be covered by their insurance policies. Having some of the loss covered by insurance could actually be the...
As the COVID-19/Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread and affect our lives, the only certainty seems to be uncertainty. What is becoming clear is that both the short term and long term economic effects of the outbreak are likely to be...
On March 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance titled FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During COVID-19 Pandemic, providing important guidance for industry, investigators and...
On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order invoking Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 in an effort to "surge capacity and capability to respond to the spread of COVID-19."... By: Cooley LLP
Part of the commitment to entering into a contract includes an agreement between parties to perform contractual obligations on a timely basis, with limited exceptions. Contracts frequently include a provision titled “force majeure,” which translates...
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into the law the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Family First Act” or the “Act”). The Family First Act is a package of provisions aimed at providing emergency relief and support during the...
An Overview of Measures Enacted or Envisaged by the German Government - The current outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, recognized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic, has already had a material impact on the operations of companies...
Mitigating risk is important to legal professionals regardless of their role or area of expertise. Many investigations involve sensitive data and serious allegations, all of which have the potential for additional complications if the information...
