Coronavirus: Resources and Rapid Response Task Force

On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published a 124-page document consisting of temporary regulations interpreting paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The new regulations create Part 826 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations and will be referred to 29 C.F.R. §§ 826.10-826.160.

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Restauranteurs filed three new coverage lawsuits in Napa County Superior Court and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging the wrongful failure to pay COVID-19-related losses. Since the hospitality industry has been acutely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, these lawsuits come as no surprise.

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On April 1, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil D. Murphy implemented Executive Order No. 112 under which the state instituted measures to expand its health care system’s capacity to address the anticipated increase of COVID-19 cases in the immediate future.

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Los Angeles City passed a new paid sick leave ordinance on March 27, 2020, created to close a “loophole” under the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Indeed, this new city ordinance, which is only applicable to employers with 500 or more employees, provides up to 80 hours of paid sick leave to employees for COVID-19-related reasons.

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Join Goldberg Segalla’s Joseph J. Welter and Nicholas Fox for an interactive webinar focused on the impact of COVID-19 on toxic tort exposure claims. Joe will discuss the types of claims to anticipate and what can be learned from past infectious disease claims.

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Join Goldberg Segalla’s Caroline J. Berdzik, Thomas P. Bernier, and Jonathan L. Berkowitz for an interactive webinar analyzing risk mitigation and best practices for nursing homes and assisted-living facilities and their residents, employees, and visitors during the COVID-19 crisis. The webinar will also delve into potential claims, the standard of care for facilities during the COVID-19 outbreak, defenses available in future litigation, and guidance on recent immunity statutes passed by states including New Jersey and New York.

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Join Goldberg Segalla’s Jared T. Greisman and Steven P. Nassi for an interactive webinar focused on the potential first-party coverage issues that can arise from claims involving losses due to COVID-19. Steven and Jared will discuss the types of claims that may be made as a result of the coronavirus, the provisions of common first-party policies that may be implicated by those claims, and what can be learned from past infectious disease outbreaks.

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Attorneys and professionals across our 22-office, 11-state domestic footprint spend each day advising clients in a variety of industries on evolving legal and regulatory matters related to the coronavirus pandemic. These attorneys—comprising our national Coronavirus Rapid Response Task Force—collaboratively advise clients on the most critical questions that face them today, from employment and labor matters to fast-evolving regulatory concerns and unanticipated liability claims and business litigation.

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Our Coronavirus Employment and Labor Rapid Response Team exists to handle all of the most pressing issues facing employers in the unprecedented business environment created by the coronavirus pandemic. Led by senior attorneys from our Employment and Labor practice, this group provides daily counsel to a diverse client community on issues including workplace safety, changes to employment policies, interpretation of new state and federal laws and guidance, labor issues, layoffs and staff reductions, the defense of employment-related claims, and strategic communications to internal and external stakeholders.

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Goldberg Segalla’s Global Insurance Services practice—home to one of the largest collection of senior insurance coverage attorneys in the nation—serves multiple leading insurers on national and regional coronavirus coverage panels. Our dedicated Coronavirus Coverage Team includes many senior coverage partners across our national footprint, allowing us to coordinate and ensure consistency in our approach to coronavirus claims, while avoiding taking any position in one claim or in one jurisdiction that could disadvantage a client in another.

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Goldberg Segalla has been on the forefront of the evolving coronavirus global health crisis, advising our clients through alerts and presentations as well as the broader legal, insurance, and business communities through publications in major outlets.

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