Jillian K. Farrara day ago2 minThe Cares Act Provides Billions for Health Care & Small BusinessesThe Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or “CARES Act” passed the House of Representatives today and President Trump has i...
Steven R. Gersza day ago2 minGovernor Cuomo Takes Action to Expand the Pool of Health Care Practitioners Amid COVID-19 CrisisThrough the issuance of two Executive Orders by New York State Governor Cuomo occasioned by the COVID-19 crisis, the Governor has taken a...
Jillian K. Farrara day ago3 minActions Businesses Can Take Now to Reduce Future Covid-19 Force Majeure LitigationLast week Governor Cuomo instituted New York State on P.A.U.S.E. (Policies Assure Uniform Safety for Everyone), ordering 100% of the non-...
Margaret E. Somerset3 days ago2 minMalpractice Immunity for Medical Professionals Treating Patients During COVID-19https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-2021-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emerge...
Sarah F. Bothma3 days ago4 minFederal and State Actions Impacting Small BusinessesIn response to the economic injury that small businesses (and individuals) have experienced and continue to experience as a result of the...
Jennifer A. Shoemaker3 days ago19 minGuidance Issued for Employer Relief Offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response ActIn addition to Jennifer Shoemaker, this post was authored with input from Paul Keneally and Alina Nadir. Yesterday, the US Department of ...
Jessie Gregorio5 days ago2 minNew York Governor Cuomo Issues Executive Order Extending Statute of LimitationsOn March 20, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his 10-Point Policy that Assures Uniform Safety for Everyone (PAUSE). The di...
Thomas F. Knab5 days ago2 minBe Proactive to Protect Your Contract RightsIn response to the COVID-19 virus, New York State has, as of March 22, 2020, stayed almost all pending NYS civil court proceedings and ba...
Joshua B. BeiskerMar 202 minEstate Planning During the Coronavirus (COVID-19)The Coronavirus and the resulting social distancing and self-quarantining it has caused have forced most New Yorker's to quickly reevalua...
Jennifer A. ShoemakerMar 193 minGov. Cuomo Requires Non-Essential Businesses to Reduce In-Person Workforce by 100%As we’ve seen over the past week, many local governments are enacting social distancing measures in an attempt to slow the spread of the ...
Alina NadirMar 197 minUPDATED: COVID-19 Related Paid Sick & Family Leave Signed into Federal & NYS LawNew York State Leave Law New York has enacted a Paid Sick Leave law guaranteeing job protection and providing paid sick leave to employee...
Sarah F. BothmaMar 182 minCOVID-19 Relief for High Deductible Health PlansThe IRS announced that high deductible health plans (“HDHPs”) with health savings accounts may be used to pay for COVID-19 testing* and t...
Jillian K. FarrarMar 163 minCOVID-19 Response: Feds to Require Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave & Family Medical LeaveIn the early hours of Saturday morning the House of Representatives passed an emergency spending bill supported by President Trump addres...
