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FDA Update: The Latest on Vaccine Development, Inspections, and Conducting Clinical Trials During Covid-19
This week, FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., along with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, and…
Mother of All Presumptions 2.0: Expanding Workers Compensation Benefits to Employees That Test Positive for COVID-19
Effective immediately, Senate Bill (SB) 1159 is a new California law that establishes presumptions about workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19. This article explains in a series of…
Enactment of AB 685 Establishes COVID-19 Exposure Notice Requirements for California Employers and Cal/OSHA Enforcement Changes
On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 685 into law, establishing new requirements for employers to notify employees and their unions about a potential COVID-19 exposure in…
GC Finds Merit in COVID-19 Related ULP Cases in GC Memo 20-14
On September 18, the Board’s GC issued GC Memo 20-14, entitled Summaries of Advice Merit Determinations Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Issues for the purpose of giving the public…
DOL Revises FFCRA Regulations in Light of New York Federal Court Decision
As we previously reported, on August 3, 2020 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) struck down four provisions of the Department…
What Employers Need to Know About California’s New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law
On September 19, 2020, California’s new law requiring large employers to provide employees with COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (“CSPSL”) becomes effective. The new CSPSL requirement will be codified as…
Sheppard Mullin’s COVID-19 Oversight and Enforcement Response Team has tracked civil and criminal federal enforcement actions around the country since the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security…
Trade Secret Protection & the COVID-19 Cure: Observations on Federal Policy-Making & Potential Impact on Biomedical Advances
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the United States and Americans anxiously await the arrival of a vaccine, biotech companies are grappling with the uncertainty of patent protection for COVID…
In an effort to combat the devastating economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, authorizing $2.2 trillion in relief—the largest…
To Defer or Not Defer? IRS Issues Guidance Temporarily Delaying the Collection of Social Security Taxes
Most employers are expected to pass on the IRS’ offer to temporarily delay collecting Social Security taxes. For background, both employers and employees are generally required to pay a…
To Defer or Not Defer? IRS Issues Guidance Temporarily Delaying the Collection of Social Security Taxes
Most employers are expected to pass on the IRS’ offer to temporarily delay collecting Social Security taxes. For background, both employers and employees are generally required to pay a…
The Pandemic’s Impacts on Developers and Contractors May Call for Seldom-Used Relief: An Overview of the Principles of Force Majeure, Impracticability, and Frustration of Purpose
This article originally appeared in the California Lawyers Association’s Real Property, Environmental and Public Law Journals Joint Issue.
As society responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, states and local governments across…