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Biden Issues Sweeping Measures, Including Vaccine or Test Mandate, as Part of New COVID-19 Action Plan, Part I: Private Employers

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a sweeping six-pronged plan aimed at addressing the nation’s most recent surge of coronavirus cases fueled by the formidable delta variant. As part of that plan, Biden declared...more

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New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations Take Effect IMMEDIATELY

On June 17, 2021, at the end of yet another chaotic day in administrative rulemaking, California’s new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) finally became effective. The ETS bring substantial changes to the COVID-19...more

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COVID-19: OSHA Workplace Safety Guidance and Forthcoming Rules and Enforcement

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On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety (Order) directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take “swift action to reduce the risk that...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Promising Fast Movement by OSHA on COVID-19 - Can It Deliver?

On January 21, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued an executive order requiring the federal government to take “swift action” to protect U.S. workplaces from the COVID-19 pandemic. He ordered the U.S. Occupational...more

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California’s New COVID-19 Executive Order: How it Changes the Cal/OSHA Emergency Standard

Less than one month after the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted and approved an emergency COVID-19 regulation, Governor Newsom made changes to the regulation adding clarity and suspending the...more

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Governor Abbott Loosens Restrictions on Businesses, Hospital Capacity, and Nursing Home Visitation Policies for Most Counties in...

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Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to continue Texas’ reopening process after the coronavirus pandemic brought public activity in much of the state to a halt earlier this year. Executive Order GA-30 allows...more

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TABC Issues Emergency Amendments to Help More Texas Bars Reopen as Restaurants

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The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has approved emergency amendments to Rule §33.5 that will enable retailers who sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to more easily qualify for a food and beverage...more

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California Judicial Council Votes to Rescind Prohibitions on Eviction and Foreclosure Proceedings

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The California Judicial Council’s emergency rules staying evictions and judicial foreclosures are coming to an end. On March 27, 2020, the Governor of California issued executive order N-38-20, giving the Judicial Council...more

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Judicial Council Ends Statewide Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium; Local Orders Remain in Effect

On August 13, 2020, the Judicial Council of California (a body representing the California State Courts) voted to allow two previously enacted emergency rules, one halting evictions and the other halting foreclosures, to...more

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Judicial Council Ends Tolling of Statute of Limitations to Bring Civil Suits, Effective Aug. 3

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The California State Judicial Council amended California Rule of Court, Emergency Rule No. 9, on May 29, 2020, lifting its previously adopted indefinite tolling of the limitation period to bring civil lawsuits. The amended...more

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Texas Medical Board Issues Emergency Rule in Response to Governor Abbott’s Hospital Capacity Executive Order

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Last Thursday, the Texas Medical Board announced an emergency rule in response to Gov. Abbott’s recent Executive Order GA-19 related to hospital capacity. Like the governor’s order, the emergency rule went into effect on...more

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Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Continues to Expand

As part of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was enacted on March 18, 2020. Division D of the FFCRA is the Emergency Unemployment Insurance...more

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New North Carolina Unemployment Rules Contain Surprise Requirement For Employers

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As most North Carolina employers know, Governor Cooper previously issued an Executive Order relaxing certain unemployment eligibility requirements for employees adversely affected by COVID-19 and waiving charges to employer...more

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DeWine signs Executive Order allowing emergency rule changes as part of Ohio’s “Behavioral Health Redesign”

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On July 30, 2019, Governor Mike DeWine signed Executive Order 2019-19D, under which the governor utilized his power to suspend the normal administrative rule-making process upon the request of a state administrative agency...more

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Florida Administrative Law Judge Invalidates Governor’s Executive Order Mandating Generators for Senior Housing Facilities

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Last week, an Administrative Law Judge ruled against the governor and state agencies regulating senior housing communities, finding that the controversial emergency order did not address a true emergency and as written was...more

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On August 12, 2016, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency in response to historic flooding in Louisiana. The state of emergency is set to expire on Monday, September 12, 2016. The most recent...more

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