Coronavirus: Resources and Rapid Response Task Force

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has recognized the ongoing challenges of long-lasting effects from COVID-19 and the devastating and disproportionate impact on people with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have jointly published guidance that explains when “long COVID” may qualify as a disability under the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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On August 2, 2021, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced a new mandate requiring all workers in certain state and private health care settings, including long-term care facilities, assisted living communities, acute and specialty care hospitals, short and post-acute in-patient rehabilitation facilities, licensed behavioral health facilities, and home care agencies, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 7, 2021 or face weekly or biweekly testing. Gov. Murphy indicated the mandate was motivated by recent increases in cases and hospitalizations related to the Delta variant.

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Attorneys and professionals across our 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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