WorldSmart: The Impact of Export Control and Economic Sanctions on International Business
Podcast: President Biden's Use of the Defense Production Act - Diagnosing Health Care
What Can Businesses Do After Texas Lifts the Mask Mandate?
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA’s Updated COVID-19 Guidance, CDC’s New Mask Guidance, Biden Administration Rollbacks - Employment Law This Week®
Slamming the door on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
Supporting Health Through Supply Chain Management
Barry Ostrowsky on The Future of Health Care: Health Care Delivery and Consolidation Trends in 2020 and Beyond - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Labor & Employment Podcast Series: Enforcement of Face Coverings
Rules of the Road: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19
#WorkforceWednesday: First Workplace Safety Mandates, COVID-19 Employee Training, Masks Required at Major Retailers - Employment Law This Week®
Blakes Continuity Podcast: Life Sciences: Liability and Immunity During COVID-19
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA Urges Face Masks, ADA Turns 30, Employee Vacations - Employment Law This Week®
Blakes Continuity Podcast: Entering the COVID-19 Marketplace: Proceed with Care
A Conversation with Elite Sportswear: COVID-19 Client Stories
Manufacturing Masks and Protective Equipment in the Age of COVID-19: Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Litigation Podcast Series
More Emerging Litigation Claims and Demands from COVID-19
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a consumer protection agency that ensures the safety and efficacy of certain products in the US, such as medical devices, drugs, and prescriptions, tobacco products, cosmetics, food,...more
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its mask guidance for fully vaccinated individuals. Also, while the Administration and several health care institutions evaluate the possibility of...more
On May 19, 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) announced that it is removing export restrictions on four categories of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and other items used to address the effects of...more
In the past week, the U.S. government announced new vaccination milestones reached and encouraged more people to get vaccinated. Please see details for these and other supply chain developments below: On April 27, President...more
The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act ("DPA") to speed up the production of vaccines and increase the domestic production of COVID-19 tests, personal protective equipment (or “PPE”), and other...more
In the past week, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, which provides $10 billion to expand domestic production of medical supplies. The President also announced that all adults in the U.S. will be eligible for...more
Why It Matters - As evidenced in the recently published 2020 Year in Review Report (Report), the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section (Fraud Section) demonstrated its resilience despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as its...more
In an effort to stimulate safe reopening of the economy and protect companies acting in good faith, Indiana has enacted a COVID-19 immunity shield. Governor Eric Holcomb signed Indiana Senate Bill 1, “Immunity Related to...more
Welcome to the second issue of the 2021 edition of Unprecedented. The first week of the Biden administration already has represented a shift to the federal government's approach to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to...more
At the outset of the Covid-19 outbreak in this country, President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, to help combat the virus. In March and April, he issued executive orders under the powers...more
The Korean-War era Defense Production Act ("DPA")1 has already loomed large in the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent press reports suggest that it may be invoked even more broadly in the coming weeks and...more
When the COVID-19 crisis struck in early 2020, the immediate need for mass quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) resulted in major supply shortages that made headlines across the country. As suppliers scrambled to...more
On December 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued another groundbreaking amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act). ...more
On this episode of Leaders Moving 2020 Forward, Chaun Powell, Group Vice President, Strategic Supplier Engagement with Premier, Inc. is interviewed by Jennifer Geetter, a partner in McDermott Will & Emery’s Health practice....more
Medical rationing is not something Americans are accustomed to, but COVID-19 may soon change that. As local hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, they may reach the point where they have to make grim decisions...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announced on October 7 that it will no longer review Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for laboratory developed tests (LDTs). LDTs are a distinct category of in vitro...more
This regular update (no. 22 | 22 September 2020) covers key regulatory EU developments related to the evolving COVID-19 situation (Antitrust & State Aid; Trade/Export Controls; Medicines, Medical Devices and Personal...more
Even before the global COVID-19 pandemic hit, retailers across the country were already prioritizing charitable giving despite the existing downward trend in sales and revenue. With the recent global COVID-19 pandemic and...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently unmasked new guidance surrounding distribution of surgical masks. As a brief recap, on April 16, 2020, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) authorizing the...more
On August 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States.” The far-reaching EO seeks to ensure the domestic...more
- On August 10, 2020, FEMA extended the duration of its restrictions on the export of certain shipments of PPE through December 31, 2020. - The August 10 notice narrowed the types of PPE covered by the restrictions to...more
On Monday, August 10, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) announced that it would continue to halt the export of certain personal protective equipment (PPE) until December 31, 2020. With this announcement,...more
On August 6, 2020, President Trump signed the “Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States,” requiring, among other things, the U.S. government...more
On August 6, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) issued a temporary final rule modifying the list of Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”) subject to FEMA’s export restrictions and extending the...more
To address the increased usage and shortages of surgical masks as a result of combatting COVID-19, on August 5, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for disposable,...more