On April 14, 2020, Governor Raimondo issued the Twenty-First Supplemental Emergency Declaration — Requiring Cloth Face Masks At Work. The Order is effective Saturday, April 18 and continues through May 18, 2020....more
On March 31, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Baker replaced its prior list of “Essential Services” with a new list available online....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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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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