Meeting the Needs of General Counsel: Beyond the Basics of Legal Advice - On Record PR
Marketing Minute Video with NP Strategy: Incorporating Political Intelligence into Your PR Strategy
AGG Talks: Women in Tech Law - Episode 1: Charting the Course: Women Trailblazing in Cybersecurity and Crisis Governance
Studying the Global Legal Market to Keep Businesses Ahead of the Curve: On Record PR
Marketing Minute Video with NP Strategy: How to Navigate a Crisis
The Impact of Media and Technology on the Litigation Landscape: On Record PR
Navigating the Storm: Crisis Management in the Workplace — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 155: Amanda Loveday and Jesica Mackey, NP Strategy
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 26 - Crisis Communication: Managing Perception & Mitigating Reputational Damage
Douglas Szabo and Gail Lamarche of Henderson Franklin on responding to crises and the role of law firm leaders - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 56: Anthony Shatz, Fladgate LLP | England
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 19: “Psychological Profiling, Crisis Management, and the New Cold War”
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 49: Tiago Dias José | MGRA | Portugal
The Role of Outside Counsel in Crisis Communications - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Delivering Bad News and Crisis Communications with Jeff Hahn
Salvador Dahan on the Journey of Petrobras
The role of General Counsel in Times of Crisis with Maria Feeley, Chief Legal Officer of Washington and Lee University: On Record PR
Jonathan Armstrong on Compliance in a Crisis
Daniel Garen on Embracing and Managing Crises
Shaping the Future of Business Operations: Turning Threat into Opportunity
Natural disasters and other crises seem to happen every day. In addition to hurricanes, we now deal with tornadoes, floods, and fires. Join the Adams and Reese Crisis Preparedness team for a webinar on Wednesday, March 24,...more
Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall somewhere between Tampa, Florida, and the Florida panhandle this week as a Category 4 hurricane according to the National Hurricane Center. Evacuation orders have been issued and,...more
On 20 July 2022, the European Commission (the EC) amended its recently approved Temporary Crisis Framework for State Aid measures to support the economy following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (the Temporary Crisis Framework)....more
As part of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, he issued an executive order on March 26, 2020, suspending state permitting deadlines and extending the period of validity of issued state...more
We need leadership from our President and our federal government. Instead of appearing for self-congratulatory press conferences, and pushing responsibilities to state and local governments, the White House needs to direct a...more
The FDIC, OCC, and Massachusetts Division of Banks (DOB) each have recently issued updated guidance on accommodations for customers that banks should consider to address the financial needs of borrowers and depositors who...more
On March 18, the US Senate passed a bill to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency, imposing a mandate on all employers with fewer than 500 employees, and on all federal and state employers, to provide...more
The World Health Organization has labelled novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic and the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 150,000. Companies suffering losses that they believe are attributable to...more
I. BACKGROUND AND GENERAL GUIDANCE - On January 31, 2020, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health emergency (PHE) for the United States to aid the nation’s healthcare community in...more
As most employers know, on March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) a pandemic. While COVID-19 will impact employers in multiple ways, healthcare providers, including...more
Employers across the country are struggling with how to support their employees and their customers, and also to keep their business afloat, as the cry for social isolation to curb the spread of the novel COVID-19...more
HDHP and HSA participants - The IRS has expanded prior guidance to allow health plans to pay first-dollar costs for testing and treatment of COVID-19 without jeopardizing the participant’s HSA eligibility. ...more
Employers and health plans that want to provide some relief for participants during the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19) may waive deductibles for COVID-19 testing without...more
As a resource to our readers, we have developed several draft messages for your business to use when dealing with coronavirus issues. These should be used as a starting point only, and customized based on…...more
The Miami-Dade Police Department announced that it would not enforce Writs of Possession during the current state of emergency in Miami-Dade County due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)....more
On March 11, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-15, allowing health savings account (HSA)-compatible high deductible health plans (HDHPs) to provide coverage for testing and treatment of COVID-19-related services without an...more
Employers across the country are currently considering what actions to put in place in light of the potential spread of COVID-19 (the coronavirus). Many employers offer their employees high-deductible health plans that can...more
Congress Approves $8.3 Billion Coronavirus Emergency Funding. The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074) is headed for the President’s desk. Among other things, the bill...more
For the greater part of 2020, most of our watercooler conversations have been about novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the 2020 presidential election, and the economy. As a crisis communications agency, we have been staying abreast...more
To encourage individuals to seek prompt medical attention for the coronavirus (COVID-19), a number of states have taken, or are considering, action to eliminate the costs associated with testing and treating the virus and to...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice that allows individuals to participate in a health savings account (HSA) while participating in a high deductible health plan (HDHP) that provides coverage for both the...more
Benefit plan sponsors are responding to participant questions about the coronavirus/COVID-19. In particular, employers’ HR departments are fielding questions about whether their health plan will pay for any necessary testing...more
For regular readers of this blog, you know that my colleague, Tracey Truesdale, gave you some tips for properly paying employees in the event of a pandemic. That was on February 26, 2020. Since then, we’ve heard of employers...more
Merriam-Webster defines “crisis” as “an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending” or “a situation that has reached a critical phase.” An organization cannot predict when its next...more
As organizations are working to respond to the 2019 novel coronavirus (known as “COVID-19”), the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a reminder that emergency efforts do not negate the requirement to adhere to the...more