State COVID-19 Lockdowns: What Contractors Operating in “Lockdown” Areas Need to Know
As the federal government continues taking steps to mitigate the unfolding COVID-19 public health emergency, state and local governments have started issuing “lockdown” or “stay at home” orders. These orders, among other things, place significant restrictions on or mandate the closure of non-essential businesses. Government contractors with operations in these jurisdictions must understand the scope […]
Fastest 5 Minutes: Updates on Government Contracts COVID-19 Issues (March 30)
This special edition of the Fastest Five Minutes focuses on further COVID-19 issues facing our clients. We discuss questions related to stay-at-home orders and...
Is Your Construction Project “Essential”?
By Ryan P. Robichaux & J. Christopher Selman Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
As the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating impacts continue to evolve, governments at all...
COVID-19: State and Local Shut-Down Orders and Exemptions for Critical Infrastructure
Since the onset of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States, public officials have issued numerous emergency directives closing non-essential businesses...
The Virginia Coronavirus Fraud Task Force
Virginia law enforcement agencies have created a new joint federal and state task force to identify, investigate, and prosecute fraud related to the ongoing...
California Employers Who Shut Down or Conducted a Mass Layoff on or After March...
As discussed in our prior Advisory, on March 17, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-31-20, which suspended portions of the California WARN Act during the COVID-19 emergency. On March 23, 2020, the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and the Employment Development Department issued guidance that has important ramifications for California […]
COVID-19 Response — Locked In Paradise — Hawai`i Issues Robust Stay-at-Home and Mandatory Quarantine...
This week, the State of Hawai`i instituted some of the most sweeping emergency orders in the country in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For tourists, tourism, federal employees, federal contractors, and the millions of island residents, this means a very different kind of stay while in paradise. Read the full post at McCarter & […]
NAVIGATING COVID-19 SHUTDOWN ORDERS — GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR VERSION
The Coronavirus pandemic is straining the defense industrial base and other federal contractors. Curfews and shelter-in-place orders have slowed or halted production on several programs, including Italian and Japanese facilities for final assembly of the F-35 joint strike fighter. California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico, and numerous counties […]
Virginia Orders Statewide Closure of Recreational and Entertainment Businesses to the Public, Non-Essential Retail...
On Monday, March 23, 2020, Governor Northam issued Executive Order 53 (“EO53”) ordering the statewide closure of recreational and educational businesses to the public, non-essential retail businesses, all K-12 schools for the remainder of the academic year, banning all gatherings of more than 10 people, and restricting Essential Retail Businesses and Professional Service Businesses to […]
Pennsylvania Issues Guidance for Businesses Concerning COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts
On Thursday, March 19, 2020, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf increased Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 response with an unprecedented Executive Order requiring all “non-life sustaining businesses” in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations by 8:00 p.m. Click here to view the Governor’s Order. “Non-life sustaining businesses” are listed here and include businesses in the following industries, among others: construction; manufacturing; retail; and […]