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[WEBINAR] Housing and Land Use Legislative Update
[WEBINAR] Navigating California’s New Regulations for Wetlands and State Waters
[WEBINAR] Understanding and Responding to the FCC Cable In-Kind and Mixed Use Order
[WEBINAR] Advancing the Policy Discussion Around Housing
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Mayor Cherelle Parker’s mandate requiring City of Philadelphia remote workers to return to their offices took effect on July 15, 2024, following the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge’s denial of a local union’s request...more
As the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul did last week, Duluth’s mayor, Emily Larson, issued an indoor mask mandate, effective January 13, 2022, due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. City of Duluth...more
On January 12, 2022, just one week after issuing mask mandates, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter issued executive orders mandating that places of public accommodation serving food and drinks...more
On December 6, 2021, outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced major expansions to New York’s “Key to NYC” program, which was implemented through Emergency Executive Order 225 and became effective on August 17,...more
On August 11, 2021, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins signed an emergency executive order, taking effect at 11:59 p.m. that same day, requiring “all child care centers and Pre-K through 12 Public Schools operating in Dallas...more
On April 6, 2021, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 10E, which pertains to 1) absentee voting, and 2) municipal and regional school district budget adoption timelines. ABSENTEE BALLOTS: Executive Order 10E largely...more
On March 3, 2021, the New York State Senate and Assembly advanced new legislation to address concerns regarding the coequal treatment of the legislative branch in the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more
On October 16, 2020, Governor Whitmer signed SB 1108 amending the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) to allow meetings of public bodies to be held electronically or with remote participation, at least through December 31, 2020. The...more
Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that that the City of Chicago is reinstating some restrictions for bars, restaurants, gyms and personal service establishments. Mayor Lightfoot said that it is a precautionary move in response...more
On May 27, 2020, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued Mayor’s Order No. 2020-067, implementing phase one of a three-stage reopening plan in the District of Columbia. Beginning on May 29, 2020, D.C. residents and visitors will no longer...more
The “Show Me” state largely sheltered in place on April 6, 2020, when Governor Michael L. Parson and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) issued their initial “Stay Home Missouri” order. This came on...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the use of cloth face coverings in public settings, including in any situation where social distancing measures and other...more
On March 7, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a statewide disaster emergency to address the threat proposed by the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Upon declaring a state disaster emergency, the governor has the power to...more
On April 22, 2020, at its first-ever remote session, several bills addressing the COVID-19 crisis that could have broad impacts on commercial tenancies were introduced in the New York City Council. Under one of the bills...more
Order 7S provided that a municipality’s legislative body and the budget-making authority may authorize certain appropriations, tax anticipation notes, or general obligation bonds or notes without in-person approval by...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: After a Sangamon County Circuit Court temporarily blocked the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission’s (IWCC) emergency rule that created a rebuttable presumption that injured employees contracted...more
On April 16, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced an extension through May 15, 2020, of the executive order New York State on PAUSE, as the state grapples with more than 250,000 cases of coronavirus. ...more
On April 20, 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order No. 202.22. It’s the latest in a series of Executive Orders under the Governor’s statewide disaster emergency declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more
On April 20, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf amended his March 19, 2020 Order Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining. Under the previous order, construction was permitted to continue only if the...more
Exceptions outlined in state and local directives likely encompass the investigatory and remedial activities performed by environmental contractors. Most California stay-at-home orders include exceptions for professional...more
There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to how governments are handling construction. The Federal government issued an advisory list of essential critical workers, including workers doing certain types of construction, but...more
As Pullman & Comley’s Property Tax and Valuation Department (“PTVD”) has previously brought to the attention of Connecticut’s taxpayers, on April 1, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order (“EO”) No. 7S establishing...more
On March 18, 2020, we authored an update regarding housing construction under the shelter-in-place orders jointly issued by six Bay Area counties—Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa...more
Recent executive and administrative orders carrying-out COVID-19 mitigation and public safety measures will impact litigation within the Article 78 context, specifically the deadlines for commencing a proceeding to challenge...more
Following Governor Cuomo’s order and the Empire State Development (ESD) guidance on March 27, 2020, which provided that all “non-essential construction” except “emergency construction” must shut down, this week the...more