Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) advises that all residents, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask or face covering when indoors (and not in their...more
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
On May 17, 2021, Massachusetts Gov. Charles Baker announced that effective May 29, 2021 the Commonwealth will lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions on businesses. In addition, effective May 29, 2021 the Commonwealth will...more
Effective 29 May 2021, most of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted and its face covering order will be rescinded and replaced with a face covering advisory consistent with the...more
This morning, Governor Charlie Baker made a major announcement accelerating the Massachusetts COVID-19 reopening plan. On May 29, 2021, the Commonwealth will lift all industry COVID restrictions and lift all capacity...more
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced the state will lift its COVID-19 restrictions and adopt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) face covering guidance on May 29, 2021. The City of Boston...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced today that the Commonwealth will end most COVID-19 restrictions by May 29. Some industries, including health care, schools, and the transportation sectors,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 27, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that between April 30 and August 1, 2021, the Commonwealth will advance through the final stages of the COVID-19 reopening plan. Subject to...more
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced the state will advance to Step 1 of Phase IV of its COVID-19 Reopening Plan on March 22, 2021. At that time, the state will enforce a scaled back Travel Advisory...more
Earlier this week, Governor Baker announced new measures that go into effect first thing tomorrow morning (Nov. 6) in an effort to curb the rising COVID-19 cases in the Commonwealth. Governor Baker noted that the new measures...more
On November 2, Governor Baker issued a Revised Order Requiring Face Coverings in Public Places. Under the Revised Order, all persons over 5 years of age must wear face masks at all time when in any place open to the public,...more
Governor Baker issued the Third Revised Order Regulating Gatherings Throughout the Commonwealth (the “COVID-19 Order No. 46”) on August 7, 2020. Pursuant to COVID-19 Order No. 46, starting on August 11, 2020, the following...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As we previously reported, on July 24, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued an Executive Order announcing a $500 daily civil fine, effective August 1, for individuals traveling into the Commonwealth...more
On July 24, 2020, Governor Charlie Baker issued an Executive Order imposing a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers entering Massachusetts. The Order, which goes into effect on August 1, 2020, applies not only to...more
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that Step 2 of Phase II of the state’s four-phase reopening plan will begin on Monday, June 22, 2020, allowing additional industries to resume operations under sector-specific...more
On June 6, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced the state would start phase 2 of its reopening plan on June 8. This is the second of four phases in the reopening plan. Phase 1 began on May 18. Phase 2 allows...more
In a blow to the state’s nascent recreational marijuana industry, a Massachusetts Superior Court Justice denied an emergency challenge to Governor Charlie Baker’s designation of recreational marijuana dispensaries as...more
In This Issue. Federal and state regulators continued to take action in the wake of the ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). As discussed in several Goodwin client alerts, Congress passed, and the President...more
Governor Charlie Baker just issued COVID-19 Order No. 13, an emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide “COVID-19 Essential Services” to close their physical workplaces and facilities to...more
As the United States continues to develop its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of members of the National Guard will be activated to help deal with the threat. Last week, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker...more
Massachusetts government agencies have issued recent guidance and updates concerning the COVID-19 emergency. ...more
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced a series of orders on Sunday in the Commonwealth’s latest efforts to deter the spread of COVID-19. The most recent steps include statewide school closures, a prohibition on any...more
... Massachusetts House Bill 4134 includes several provisions aimed at expanding access to treatment for mental health and substance use conditions in the Massachusetts Commonwealth. Most notably, the Bill would require...more
While various states and municipalities grapple with how to address the proliferation of e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) and the related uptick in e-cigarette use among young people,...more
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency... Citing the growing number of cases of unexplained pulmonary illnesses in the United States and the Commonwealth of...more