Decisions around remote and in-office working arrangements are one of the many areas of potential liability in the COVID-19 era. Lawyers from Mayer Brown presented on this and other areas of potential liability in a recent webinar for a major
Angela SY Yim, Partner, and Phoebe MC Fok, Senior Associate, Mayer Brown, evaluate recent amendments to health and safety regulations in Hong Kong, and suggest a number of practical measures to prioritise workplace safety.
“Amendments to the Hong Kong Exchanges
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency within Homeland Security responsible for adjudicating applications and petitions seeking immigration and naturalization benefits, announced on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, that it will not engage in en masse staffing furloughs before
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, directors of companies across all industry sectors, ranging from small family enterprises to large multinationals, have been working flat out to keep businesses afloat. But as life begins to return to a semblance of normality, what
In this article, Law360 covers Mayer Brown’s representation of Generali and CSA in suits over COVID-19-related canceled trips.
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On August 12, US District Judge Amit P. Mehta of the DC federal court ordered the federal government to turn over documents concerning the Trump administration’s coronavirus travel ban. As reported in an August 12 article in Law360, the federal
In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has enacted various legislation in an effort to provide critical assistance to individuals and businesses. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”)[1] is the largest economic
COVID-19 has significantly impaired the global economy. In the Global Economic Prospects Report of June 2020, the World Bank forecasted that the global GDP in 2020 will contract by 5.2%, creating the worst recession in 80 years. More than 90%
On August 7th, President Trump signed four presidential memoranda aimed at providing another round of economic stimulus and financial assistance for unemployed workers. The White House has been negotiating with Congressional leaders for several weeks on legislation that would extend
On August 8, 2020, President Trump signed a Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster for the Secretary of the Treasury (the “Payroll Tax Memo”). The Payroll Tax Memo notes that President Trump previously declared
