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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
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Campaign Finance Developments in Ohio and North Carolina

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Ohio Adopts Sweeping Foreign National Ban, Covering Lawful Permanent Residents - On June 2, 2024, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law H.B. 1, enacting a sweeping foreign national ban on political contributions and...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 5, May 2024

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Welcome to summer and the fifth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024 - In this issue, we examine the following topics of import for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: ...more

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Sunrise, Sunset: New York State 2025 Budget Brings New Paid Prenatal Personal Leave and Sunset Date for COVID-19 Paid Leave

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Governor Kathy Hochul approved the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget (the “NYS 2025 Budget”) on April 20, 2024....more

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New York Secures $1M Settlement With Northwell Health Related to COVID-19 Testing Charges

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On April 12, New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James announced that her office has reached a settlement with Northwell Health, New York’s largest health care network, related to allegations of misleading billing...more

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Remote Proceeding Tracker - Update April 2024

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In response to COVID-19, courts were forced to adapt to the pandemic and adopt new rules regarding in-person and remote proceedings. The list below contains links to each state’s laws and rules related to remote proceedings....more

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Ohio Municipal Income Tax: Cities permitted to tax wages earned by Ohio employees working outside the municipalities while at home...

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The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the right of Ohio municipalities to tax wages earned by employees working outside the municipality from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schaad v. Alder Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-525 (Feb. 14,...more

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No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law

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The new Texas ban on vaccine mandates may be just the start. COVID-19 vaccination mandates have been the subject of litigation and the target of state legislation since the vaccines became readily available. While several...more

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Spotlight on Minimum Staffing Standards in Long Term Care Facilities

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The long term care industry is currently in the midst of a labor crisis, with nursing homes in particular experiencing chronic and severe staffing shortages. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapidly aging population,...more

McAfee & Taft

New Texas law prohibits COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s latest push against vaccine mandates takes form in a new law now in force in the Lone Star State. Senate Bill 7 prohibits private employers from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine...more

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Vermont AG Reaches Settlement Over Motel Program Security Deposit Withholdings

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Vermont Attorney General (AG) Charity Clark recently announced the resolution of an investigation into the withholding of security deposits across five motels that were participating in the state’s Transitional Housing...more

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Remote Proceeding Tracker

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In response to COVID-19, courts were forced to adapt to the pandemic and adopt new rules regarding in-person and remote proceedings. The list below contains links to each state’s laws and rules related to remote proceedings....more

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Out with the Old? Not So Fast! A Quick Review of 2023 Highlights

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2023 has brought many updates and changes to the legal landscape. Our blog posts have covered many of them, but you may not remember (or care to remember) them. Before moving on to 2024, let’s take a moment to review our top...more

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Private Sector Employers Face $50,000 Fine for Vaccine Mandates, New Texas Law Says

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Texas has joined a number of other states in prohibiting employers, including healthcare providers, from requiring their workforces to be vaccinated against COVID-19. As a result, employers in Texas must...more

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New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government Declared Unconstitutional

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The New York State Supreme Court has held the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (the “commission”) is unconstitutional in violation of the separation of powers. The ruling comes in Cuomo v. New...more

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The Tide Shifts in California Covid Premium Refund Cases

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In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown orders, policyholders were driving less and insurance company severities and loss ratios were reduced. This resulted in a temporary increase in insurance company profits....more

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MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - October 2023

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Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country and...more

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Renewable Energy Update 9.15.23

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The California Legislature voted Thursday to give Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at avoiding blackouts by shoring up the state’s power supply while...more

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California Employers Must Pay COVID Work-From-Home Expenses

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California employers must reimburse workers for their COVID work-from-home expenses, a panel of the state’s Court of Appeal has ruled. To accomplish his duties for his employer, Paul Thai required Internet access, telephone...more

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NC Politics in the News - August 2023 #3

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Economic Development - THE NEWS & OBSERVER: North Hills' $1B 'Innovation District' is starting to take shape. What to know. North Hills’ new $1-billion innovation district is coming together. Roughly four years after...more

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SBA Extends Moratorium on Bona Fide Office Requirements for 8(a) Construction Contracts

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced on Aug. 21, 2023, that it was extending its moratorium on the application of the "bona fide office" requirements for construction contracts under its 8(a) Business...more

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California Holds Employers Have No Duty to Protect Employees’ Households from COVID-19

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The California Supreme Court has answered in the negative the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ certified question regarding “take-home” COVID-19 exposure (see Federal Appeals Court Asks California If Covid-19 “Take Home” Suits...more

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California Employers Will Not Be Liable for COVID-19 Infections Contracted by Workers’ Household Members

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The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc. on July 6, 2023, that California employers cannot be held liable by their workers’ household members when workers contract COVID-19 in the...more

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California Court of Appeal Clarifies Employer’s Obligation to Reimburse Expenses Depends on Whether They Were a Direct Consequence...

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On July 11, 2023, the California Court of Appeal in Thai v. IBM held that whether an employer is obligated to reimburse expenses incurred by an employee working from home turns on whether the expenses were a direct...more

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Telehealth Monitoring, Research and Evaluation: Issues for State Medicaid Agencies to Consider

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Background - The use of telehealth increased exponentially in 2020 and 2021 as health care providers and patients responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that the use of...more

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Burned by BABs, Issuers Look for a Way Out

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Between April 2009 and December 31, 2010, state and local governments borrowed more than $181 billion through the issuance of 2,275 separate issues of Build America Bonds, which were authorized under the federal American...more

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