As the COVID summer of 2020 drew to a close, the Centers for Disease Control issued a nationwide moratorium on evicting tenants from residential properties, in an effort to promote public health and stem the tide of the pandemic. This
COVID 19: Answers to Business Challenges
The blog "COVID 19: Answers to Business Challenges," published by Tucker Arensberg, PC, addresses legal issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic as they affect businesses and employers. It covers topics such as the enforceability of commercial leases during government-ordered closures, legal challenges to school masking policies, updates on vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and private employers, and the interplay of disability and religious accommodation laws with pandemic-related regulations. The blog analyzes court rulings and regulatory developments impacting employer obligations, tenant rights, and public health mandates, providing guidance on navigating the evolving legal landscape related to COVID-19.
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FAQs Issued About COVID Diagnostic Testing and Vaccinations
The CMS, DOL and Treasury Departments recently and jointly issued FAQs about how group health plans are required to cover COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing without cost-sharing. The guidance makes clear that private group health plans generally cannot use medical…
Another Lockdown Lifted: Are These Government Bans Constitutional?
By Daniel C. Conlon and Evan C. Pappas
Restauranteurs across Pennsylvania breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as the three-week ban on indoor dining ordered by Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine came to an…
A Missed Opportunity for Immunity
The new pandemic aid legislation was eight months in the making, includes 5,600 pages, and $2.3 trillion in aid and spending. With national unemployment at a record high, and moratoriums on evictions, and utility shutoff abeyance soon set…
What Can Employers Do About Employees Who Refuse a Vaccine?
After a seemingless endless wait, news of COVID vaccine distribution has business owners, government offices and school district administrators faced with a legal question they could not have foreseen at the beginning of 2020. Can we require employees to get a…
CASPA AND COVID-19 – WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACTING WORK
By Ian Grecco
The Pennsylvania Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act 73 P.S. § 501, et seq. (“CASPA”) was enacted to protect the right to payment of contractors and subcontractors who perform improvements on real property. CASPA provides for interest, penalties,…
Small Business Administration Provides Guidance for Change of Ownership When a Seller Has a PPP Loan
The last few months have been full of questions with no answers for companies with outstanding Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans who are interested in selling their business. Did transfer of their assets or sale of the…
Future of telehealth: Boom or back to business as usual?
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Taskforce on Telehealth Policy Urges CMS to Retain Telehealth Changes
The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) conveyed by NCQA, the Alliance for Connected Care, and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) issued a report urging the retention of the new policies on telehealth issued by CMS during the…