A New Wave of Employee Benefits: How COVID-19 has Changed the Landscape

On Mar. 6th, President Donald J. Trump issued, “effective immediately”, a directive ordering the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”) to act as a federal “sovereign backstop” for qualified private insurance companies providing Hull & Machinery and Cargo coverage to shipping companies operating in the Persian Gulf.

In a major policy statement announced on March 5, 2026, the UK Home Secretary has confirmed a series of updates to UK immigration policy.

On March 2, 2026, the United States Supreme Court blocked a California law that prohibited public school officials from informing parents of their students’ gender identity at school without the student’s consent.