On December 3, 2020, the California Department of Public Health issued a Regional Stay At Home Order, which is the most restrictive COVID-19 regulation passed by the state since the original Stay at Home Order issued on March...more
COVID-19 infection rates in the City and County of Denver have roughly doubled since July, and as a result, Mayor Hancock announced that the City and County would move to Level 3 restrictions effective October 28, 2020. Under...more
On August 28, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a new plan for the reopening of California’s economy following the closures ordered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which replaced the county watch list system that was...more
California began the process of reopening the state in early May, but in recent weeks has been reinstituting controls in response to climbing infection rates.
Statewide Closures -
On Monday the Department of Public...more
The United States has seen an 82% increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases since two weeks ago, and has set daily new case records four times in the last week. The bulk of the increased case counts are coming from states...more
Ada County - home to Boise, Idaho - entered Phase IV of Idaho’s Reopening Plan on June 13, 2020, but on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, will return to Phase III after a 500% increase in infection rates. There is speculation that...more
The United States has seen a wave of unprecedented restrictions on the way we do business and conduct our daily lives, designed to control the risks posed by COVID-19. These changes have caused uncertainty and disruption in...more
Shelter-in-place and social distancing have become the new normal as we try to combat the spread of the coronavirus-19/COVID-19 in the U.S. Many state governments have implemented stay-home or shelter-in-place orders to try...more
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The United States has seen a wave of unprecedented restrictions on the way we do business and conduct our daily lives, designed to control the risks posed by COVID-19. These changes have caused uncertainty and disruption in...more
Several U.S. retailers that remained open in the face of state and local shutdown orders have now been forced to close by local law enforcement.
Retailers that remain open should ensure that they qualify as “essential”...more
Seven Bay Area counties renewed and modified their shelter-at-home orders, extending the shutdown period through May 3, and in all cases but one, requiring that all essential businesses that remain open establish and post...more
Effective March 21, 2020, at 5 pm, Illinois joined six other States in implementing a Stay at Home Order to address the COVID-19 outbreak. The Order states that all businesses that are not Essential Businesses and Operations...more