The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wynne, Arkansas entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing operation of a wastewater...more
A group of Polk County, Arkansas, property owners filed on October 17th a Complaint in the Circuit Court of Polk County, Arkansas, against Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) alleging injury to personal and real property...more
Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) filed on June 23rd a Request for Hearing (“Request”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) of an Emergency Order issued by the Chief Administrator of...more
Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Chief Administrator Julie Linck executed an Emergency Order (“EO”) dated June 14th to Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”). See LIS...more
This program will briefly detail the requirements of obtaining a probate conservatorship in California over an adult individual’s person and estate. It will include information about obtaining emergency orders of...more
Florida’s telehealth emergency waivers ended on June 26, 2021, after Governor Ron DeSantis’ Office allowed the waivers to expire. The waivers were originally contained in Emergency Orders 20-002 and 20-003. On July 1, 2021,...more
On June 17, 2021, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a Recission of Emergency Orders. Finding that the COVID-19 positivity rates, case rates, hospitalization and death numbers have decreased, along...more
On May 29, 2020, the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (the “IDEL Regulation”), under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). The IDEL Regulation retroactively...more
On June 1, 2021, the regulations that guided the conduct of workplaces during the coronavirus crisis expired. Accordingly, from this day forward, there is no longer a requirement to operate in accordance with the green tag or...more
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Director Becky Keogh issued on May 6th an Emergency Order (“EO”) to Ashish Sanon and Fort Smith Petro Environmental, LLC (“Fort Smith...more
On Thursday, February 4, 2021, the Wisconsin State Assembly (“Assembly”) voted on a resolution to repeal the mask mandate. This vote came a week after the Wisconsin State Senate (“Senate”) voted on the same resolution to...more
In a recent case in the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), a party filed a petition for issuance of an interim emergency order pursuant to 52 Pa. Code § 3.6. ...more
This article, originally published on December 28, 2020, has been amended to include updated information regarding the Texas Supreme Court’s emergency order. In an emergency order signed on December 29th, the Texas Supreme...more
This 35th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us discussing yet more shutdown challenges, nursing home wrongful-death cases, landlord-tenant disputes, and tuition-refund claims....more
On November 30, 2020, Cal-OSHA’s proposed temporary COVID-19-related emergency regulations became effective. The new regulations, which are found here, will remain in effect for 180 days, unless they are adopted for a longer...more
Many are asking how long states of emergency can continue to be renewed, and whether such extended renewals are permissible or valid. Given the lack of comparable precedent, there is some uncertainty around the issue....more
On November 19, 2020, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“OSHSB”) voted unanimously to pass an emergency COVID-19 regulation that will impose new obligations on California employers. The 21-page...more
Delaware has introduced additional restrictions on individuals and businesses aimed to curb the recent spike in COVID-19 infections. On November 17, Governor Carney announced forthcoming amendments to his emergency order....more
Although Wisconsin has no statewide or industry-specific requirements, Governor Evers’ November 10, 2020 Executive Order “strongly encouraged” all businesses to take a number of precautions in response to the COVID-19...more
Alert October 23, 2020 Due to the economic impacts of COVID-19, many states have issued moratoriums on foreclosures and evictions. Some of those moratoriums have expired. However, even if a lender is now able to obtain a...more
In March, 2020, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) unanimously issued an emergency order that generally prohibited Pennsylvania electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, telecommunications, and steam utilities...more
Recently, the Michigan Supreme Court held that Governor Gretchen Whitmer lacked the authority to issue or renew executive orders relating to COVID-19 beyond April 30, 2020. After the Michigan Supreme Court issued its ruling,...more
In the past week, two Michigan administrative agency directors have issued emergency regulations to fill in for Governor Whitmer’s now-invalidated COVID-19 executive orders. The emergency regulations largely mirror Governor...more
There can be many impediments to buying a new vehicle. COVID has certainly created a wide variety of barriers to the manufacturing and sale of a new vehicle. Supply chain disruptions and distressed supplies, emergency orders...more
Today Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services issued Emergency Order No. 3 limiting public gatherings. As written, the Order is effective until November 6. The order limits “public gatherings” to no more than 25% of the...more