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March 11th marked the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that COVID-19 is a global pandemic. Despite the...

On March 11, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. The $1.9 trillion coronavirus...

In an announcement made by the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the penalties under...

Within the last few months, the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and the development of vaccines by others [1] has...

On January 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) amended the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergen

On February 10, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued interim clinical guidance relating to the use of the COV

We recently sent out a Legal Briefing detailing the Biden Administration’s new 2021 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) g

On President Biden’s first full day in office, his new administration issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety....

Effective immediately, and retroactively to March 9, 2020, employers are no longer mandated to pay Unemployment Insurance (“UI”)...

American Airlines is set to introduce a digital health passport for inbound travelers coming to the United States from all international...

On January 20, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (“DOL”) published new guidance on the application of COVID-19 sick leave. All...

A recent introduction of COVID-19 vaccines has generated hope that the end of the pandemic is near while simultaneously creating another...

In order to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government passed the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) stimulus/relief package...

On December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 into law. The new law authorizes $900 billion

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an outpouring of information to the general public, much of it inaccurate. Healthcare related law has

On November 18, 2020, the United States Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service released guidance related to the tax treatment...

Due to increasing cases of COVID-19 throughout the State of New York, on November 12, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced that effective Wednesday, November 4, 2020, there are new guidelines allowing out-of-state trave

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic this firm has published a series of legal briefings discussing the use of business interruption...

The start of a new school year is just weeks away in New York and both employers and employees are confused over the constant changes in...