Non-essential private construction projects were suspended on March 31, 2020 in Massachusetts. That suspension had been in place for the construction industry until yesterday— May 18, 2020....more
5/19/2020
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With most of the country on stay at home orders of some variety and court closings, parties to claims, litigation, and arbitrations are adapting quickly to virtual litigation activities that are customarily done in person. ...more
Effective today (March 27, 2020) at midnight, New Hampshire joins various other states in closing non-essential businesses and ordering citizens to stay at home. Governor Sununu issued Executive Order #17 on March 26, 2020....more
3/27/2020
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Effective March 24th at 12:00 noon, Massachusetts is closing all non-essential businesses “physical workplaces and facilities (“brick-and-mortar premises”) through April 7, 2020. ...more
State governments are issuing orders suspending the full or partial operations of “non-essential” or “non-life-sustaining” businesses. At the time of writing this post, these states include Nevada, Pennsylvania (Order of PA...more
There are increasing reports that some subcontractors have decided to suspend operations during the COVID-19 outbreak. The subcontractors made this difficult decision even though the construction projects for which the...more
The day-to-day professional and personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is substantial. The global event will have dozens of common legal implications that we will address in this blog over the coming days, but for now I...more
Below is the City of Boston’s Press Release suspending all regular activity at construction sites in Boston as of today – March 17, 2020. Sites need to be made safe by March 23, 2020. Policy will be revisited in two weeks....more
3/18/2020
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