Businesses Have COVID-19 Worries; These Resources Can Help
With numerous measures now in place at the federal, state and local levels, the following are some of the latest resources available to walk businesses through the relief programs enacted, including under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"). Financial Assistance…
UPDATE: New Regulations Define Broadly Health Care Providers Excluded from Paid Expanded Medical Leave and Paid Sick Leave Requirements
In the wake of phase three of coronavirus relief in the form of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), lawmakers are discussing phase four. For this update, however, we go back to phase two, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA contains several…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Governor Issues Emergency Executive Order Suspending Provisions Requiring In-Person Witnessing and Notarization of Legal Documents
In Executive Order 20-12 issued Tuesday, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson suspended certain requirements for witnessing and notarization of legal documents in order to limit in-person encounters and face-to-face meetings in response to COVID-19. Due to the limitation on these in-person encounters…
MARCH 31, 2020 UPDATE: Survey of State Insurance Department COVID-19 Regulatory Actions
State insurance regulators continue to respond to issues surrounding COVID-19. States are addressing a wide variety of issues, including (1) the treatment of "insurance" as an "essential business" in light of "Stay at Home" orders; (2) encouraging continued flexibility when dealing with insureds…
IRS Temporarily Allows Use of Electronic Signatures and Email Document Transmission in Response to COVID-19
In an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interim guidance memorandum authored by Sunita Lough, Deputy Commissioner, Services and Enforcement, the IRS has temporarily approved the acceptance of “signature images” and “digital signatures” on certain IRS documents, and to send documents to and receive…