June 3, 2021 On May 28, 2021, Governor Charlie Baker issued two executive orders lifting many of the COVID-19-related restrictions and limitations imposed over the past 15 months, setting in motion the eventual rescission of...more
6/3/2021
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on December 10, 2020 rejected a broad challenge to Governor Baker’s authority to issue emergency orders intended to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rejecting both the plaintiffs’...more
Various media outlets are reporting that President-elect Joe Biden already has plans to sign a series of executive orders shortly after being sworn into office in January. While some of these planned executive orders will...more
12/4/2020
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April 30, 2020 The announcement is not altogether surprising, as Governor Baker has long urged a cautious approach to re-opening and stressed the need for additional testing. At the same time he extended the Order, Governor...more
This memorandum provides a summary of certain key federal and state COVID-19 developments of potential relevance to non-health-related Massachusetts state and local agencies as of noon on April 3, 2020. As legislative and...more
This memorandum provides a summary of certain key federal and state COVID-19 developments of potential relevance to non-health-related Massachusetts state and local agencies as of noon on March 30, 2020. As legislative and...more
On March 23, 2020, in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker ordered all businesses not providing “COVID-19 Essential Services” to close their physical, brick-and-mortar premises to...more