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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Is California’s Open Meetings Law a ‘Long Haul’ COVID-19 Victim?

New Law Permits Local Governments to Continue to Meet Remotely Until 2024 - California’s historic open meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that local governments conduct their business in public meetings and...more

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New Law Authorizes Virtual Option for Public Meetings

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On September 2, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation (S.50001/A.40001), which includes a number of statutory protections and other emergency public health measures adopted in response to the recent increase in the...more

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As California Opens for Business, Public Hearings Allowed To Continue Remotely Through At Least September 30, 2021

In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20, suspending open public meeting requirements under the Brown Act and Bagley-Keene Act thereby allowing state and...more

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Our Virtual Reality: Facing the Constitutional Dimensions of Virtual Family Court

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Fear and danger, not words we want associated with our judicial processes, are two words punctuating recent articles detailing the unintended consequences and attendant uncertainty accompanying virtual court. The New York...more

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Virtual Board Meetings may Soon be coming to an End

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On Friday, June 25, 2021, Governor Pritzker extended the Disaster Declaration related to COVID-19 for another 30 days. Pursuant to the declaration, public bodies may continue to hold virtual meetings in accordance with the...more

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Is the End Near? For Virtual Board Meetings in Illinois, It May Soon Be

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On Friday, June 25, 2021, Governor Pritzker extended the Disaster Declaration related to COVID-19 for another 30 days. Pursuant to the declaration, public bodies may continue to hold virtual meetings in accordance with the...more

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Update on Executive Order N-29-20

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Unbelievably, it was March 17, 2020, when Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 (amending Executive Order N-25-20 in part), which allows local or state legislative bodies to hold meetings via teleconference and...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: December 2020 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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Virtual Public Meeting option extended through July 1, 2021

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On November 19, 2020, the Ohio General Assembly passed Substitute House Bill 404, which extends the ability to hold virtual public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic beyond the previous December 1, 2020, deadline,...more

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Executive Order 9L Extends All CT Executive Orders Until February 2021

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On November 9, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 9L, which extends all executive orders, agency orders and municipal orders issued in connection with the current states of emergency related to COVID-19 until...more

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[PODCAST] Resolving Employment Disputes through Mediation

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From health and safety concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, to systemic discrimination issues amidst the Black Lives Matter movement, to continued fallout from the #MeToo movement, employers are currently facing a unique...more

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Governor DeSantis Extends Order Allowing Local Governments to Meet Remotely During October

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County and city governments will have one more month to hold meetings remotely after Governor DeSantis—through Executive Order 20-246—issued a final extension to the social distancing precaution before in-person meetings must...more

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Second extension of the temporary measures allowing for virtual meetings of corporate bodies

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The law of 20 June 2020 extended the measures concerning the holding of meetings in companies and other certain legal persons without the physical presence of the participants, initially provided for in the Grand Ducal...more

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Status Of Bay Area Jury Trials

On Thursday, May 7, the American Board of Trial Advocates sponsored a discussion with the presiding judges from five Bay Area counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, and Santa Clara. The panel addressed the...more

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Notaries In NC May Notarize Documents And Administer Oaths By Video Until August

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North Carolina’s omnibus pandemic aid legislation includes a new statute that temporarily allows remote notarization and oaths by video until August 1, 2020. Signed into law on May 4, 2020, the Emergency Video Notarization...more

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North Carolina’s First Virtual Oral Argument

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A recording of North Carolina’s first virtual oral argument is now available for viewing. Because the video stream began before the actual arguments commenced, insight is available into how the Court of Appeals and the...more

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Update To Open Meetings Act Implications Of COVID-19

As we previously reported here, on March 16th, 2020, Governor Gina M. Raimondo issued Executive Order 20-05, temporarily suspending certain portions of Rhode Island’s Open Meetings Act that prohibit public bodies from meeting...more

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Belonging, Connection, and Inclusion Amid COVID-19

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In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more

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SEC Updates its Guidance on Shareholder Meetings in Light of COVID 19

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On April 7, 2020, the Securities & Exchange Commission’s staff updated its previously issued guidance on shareholder meetings in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The original guidance provided companies with assistance...more

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Delaware Issues Guidelines For Stockholder Meetings During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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In an effort to further combat the spread of COVID-19 within the state of Delaware, Gov. John Carney has issued guidance for public corporations with upcoming stockholder meetings impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more

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Georgia Governor Temporarily Authorizes Virtual Annual Meetings in Light of COVID-19

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On March 20, 2020, the Governor of Georgia issued Executive Order No. 03.20.20.02 which, among other things, temporarily authorizes corporations incorporated under the laws of Georgia to hold annual meetings of shareholders...more

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COVID-19: SEC Provides Guidance to Funds Conducting Shareholder Meetings

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On March 13, 2020, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued guidance to provide flexibility and assist issuers...more

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Governor Abbott Suspends Open Meetings Statutes to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19

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Governor Greg Abbott granted the Office of the Attorney General’s request for suspension of certain open-meeting statutes that require government officials and members of the public to be physically present at a specified...more

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COVID-19: Can Directors’ and Shareholders’ Meetings Be Held Remotely in Belgium?

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With the spread of COVID-19, governments and companies everywhere are faced with hitherto unseen challenges. Measures are being taken everywhere to contain the pandemic and to discourage gatherings of people. ...more

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COVID-19: Shareholders Meetings in Italian Joint Stock Companies held through Means of Telecommunications do not Require Physical...

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In a commendable effort to swiftly provide interpretation guidelines applying in a state of emergency, the governing body of Milanese notaries (“Consiglio Notarile di Milano”), has issued a new guideline on corporate matters...more

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