Sep 30, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, Employment Law
As employers continue efforts to return to normal amid a raging pandemic, they continue to be confronted with how to safely resume operations as guidance from the scientific community evolves while still complying with employment laws like the Americans with...
Sep 28, 2020 | Administrative Law, General
The State of Georgia is taking steps that allow licensees to grow cannabis and produce low THC oil(1) that can be used for defined medicinal purposes. In 2015, the Georgia General Assembly enacted “Haleigh’s Hope Act,” which is a law that allows patients to possess...
Sep 24, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, FINRA
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced courts and ADR forums across the country to grapple with how to safely conduct hearings and other in-person proceedings. FINRA began making changes in early March, when it administratively postponed all in-person arbitration and...
Sep 11, 2020 | COVID-19 Related Law, Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On September 10, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt delivered remarks at the PPP Criminal Fraud Enforcement Action Press Conference. A written version of his remarks can be accessed here. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was part of the CARES Act,...