covid-19

  • The U.S. Department of Labor released a pair of memos Friday clarifying rules for employers reporting cases of COVID-19 and sketching out guidelines for a program meant to supplement unemployment benefits as the economy reels from the effects of the pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A split Ninth Circuit panel sent an immigration detainee’s coronavirus-based emergency release bid to a California district court on Thursday, though the dissenting judge said the appeals panel should have tossed the case by the man with no COVID-19 symptoms, asking “If he’s entitled to relief, who isn’t?”… Read this piece in its entirety at

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  • A Michigan strip club sued the Small Business Administration in federal court on Wednesday, claiming the agency violated the Constitution by implementing regulations barring COVID-19 relief loans for establishments that have “live performances of a prurient sexual nature”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • President Donald Trump announced Monday the end of a “saga” involving his administration and 3M Co., which had pushed back against White House requests to stop exporting medical grade masks amid the coronavirus pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors Monday to take the COVID-19 pandemic into account when deciding whether to seek pretrial detention for criminal defendants… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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