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CARES Act/COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources

The destructive and damaging effects of COVID-19 continue to add unprecedented stress to health and economic systems alike in the United States and across the globe. A multi-perspective understanding of not only the complex challenges but also of the potential solutions will be critical for businesses to successfully navigate the unique difficulties ahead. Our multi-disciplinary team can partner with you to develop strategies to help your business confront and endure this crisis. Our industry-leading government and regulatory affairs team, in close collaboration with our prominent tax, banking, and employment teams, offer a granular understanding of the CARES Act, and how to include its provisions in recovery strategies for a broad range of industries.

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CARES Act

A Guide to Support for Businesses Included in the CARES Act

A Guide to Small Business Loans

Surviving COVID-19 With the CARES Act for Airports

5/11/20 - CARES Act Relief for Federal Contractors

4/9/20 - SBA’s Alternative Size Standard Applicable to PPP Loans

4/3/20 - CARES Act Impacts Municipal Securities Market

3/28/20 - CARES Act: Employee Benefits Implications

Government & Regulatory Affairs

Primary Contact: Kevin Kelly

5/20/20 - DOD Issues Draft Guidance For Leave Reimbursement Under Section 3610 of the CARES Act

5/15/20 - House Passes Two COVID-19 Measures

5 11/20 - CARES Act Relief for Federal Contractors

4/22/20 - Senate Passes Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act

4/17/20 - Coronavirus Task Force Unveils Guidelines for "Opening Up America Again"

4/16/20 - Federal Reserve Announces Paycheck Protection Program Fully Operational

4/15/20 - CARES Act Relief for DOD Contractors

4/10/20 - Federal Reserve Releases an Interim Final Rule on Paycheck Protection Program Facility

4/9/20 - SBA’s Alternative Size Standard Applicable to PPP Loans

4/9/20 - Federal Reserve Announces Launch of Main Street Business Lending Program

4/7/20 - White House Seeks More Funding for Paycheck Protection Program

4/1/20 - CARES Act Explained

3/27/20 - House Approves CARES Act by Voice Vote

3/25/20 - Senate Unanimously Passes CARES Act

3/23/20 - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Identifies Critical Infrastructure Sectors

3/23/20 - Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Federal Contracts and Excusable Delays

3/22/20 - Senate Deadlocked on Proceeding With Coronavirus Relief Package #3

3/20/20 - DOD Travel Ban – Contractors Potentially Affected

3/20/20 - CARES Act Details Released

3/19/20 - Economic Impacts of COVID-19

3/14/20 - Coronavirus Supplemental Passes the House

Labor & Employment

Primary Contact: Paul Boehms

5/14/20 - IRS Temporarily Relaxes Section 125 Cafeteria Plan Election Change and “Use It or Lose It” Rules in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

5/13/20 - Required Posting for Illinois Employers

5/13/20 - CARES Act Permits Emergency Access to Retirement Funds for Employees Affected by COVID-19 Through Relaxed Participant Distributions and Loans

5/1/20 - Additional COVID-19 Benefits for New Jersey Employees

4/22/20 - New DOL Guidance on FFCRA Addresses Use of Employer PTO Policies

4/8/20 - EEOC Suspends Issuing Right-to-Sue Notices Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

4/3/20 - Governor Whitmer Issues Executive Order Protecting Employees Who Stay Home Due to COVID-19

3/28/20 - CARES Act: Employee Benefits Implications

3/26/20 - Department of Labor Releases Families First Coronavirus Response Act Poster and Related “Q&A” Guidance

3/24/20 - New York and New Jersey Close All Businesses Except for Essential Services and Order Residents to Stay Home

3/24/20 - IRS Issues Key Guidance Regarding Families First Coronavirus Response Act Tax Credits

3/24/20 - Disaster Relief Payments, Health Benefits Continuation, and Other Employee Benefits Updates

3/24/20 - DHS Relaxes I-9 Form Requirements for Remote Employers

3/20/20 - Closed for Business? Los Angeles and California Issue Sweeping Orders to Combat COVID-19 Spread

3/20/20 - Governor Wolf Orders Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining; What Employers Should Know

3/19/20 - The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: FMLA Expansions and Paid Sick Leave Extensions

3/19/20 - Taking Employees’ Temperatures and other Employer Health and Privacy Quandaries

3/18/20 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Latest Agency to Release Bulletin on COVID-19

3/18/20 - No HIPAA Penalties for Good Faith Use of Telehealth During COVID-19 Epidemic

3/17/20 - Michigan Temporarily Extends Unemployment Benefits for Workers Affected by COVID-19

3/15/20 - The New Coronavirus Bill: What Employers Need to Know

3/12/20 - IRS: High-Deductible Health Plans Can Cover COVID-19 Screening

2/26/20 - Coronavirus and Other Health Scares: Is Your Company Prepared?

Cybersecurity

Primary Contact: David Ries

5/1/20 - Department of Defense Acquisition Delays Should Not Be Interpreted as CMMC Delay

3/20/20 - Why Paper Should Be Part of Your COVID-19 Remote Work Cybersecurity Planning

3/13/20 - Cybercriminals are Taking Advantage of COVID-19: Tips to Reduce Risk

Tax

Primary Contact: Martin Roos

4/3/20 - Texas Comptroller Offers Short-Term Sales Tax Compliance Assistance for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

3/25/20 - COVID-19 Officially Extends This Year’s Tax Day to July 15, 2020, & Taxpayer Assistance Centers Closed

3/23/20 - Illinois Issues Short-Term Sales Tax Relief for Restaurants Affected by the COVID-19 Virus Outbreak

3/19/20 - COVID-19 Leads to 90-Day Extension to Pay Taxes

Banking & Financial Services

Primary Contacts: Lori Rooney and Joann Needleman

5/13/20 - House Version of New Stimulus Package Proposes Loans for Debt Collectors

4/10/20 - What Access to the Payroll Protection Program Will Mean for Fin-Techs, Online and Alternative Lenders

4/3/20 - CARES Act Impacts Municipal Securities Market

3/19/20 - Collections and Servicing in the Post-Pandemic World: A Glimpse into the New Normal

Environment, Energy & Natural Resources

Primary Contact: Patrick Larkin

4/14/20 - Storing Crude Oil: Do Rail Tank Cars Become EPA-Regulated Storage Vessels?

4/13/20 - What a Business Needs to Understand About its Electric Utility Bill During the COVID-19 Emergency

4/3/20 - EHS Compliance and COVID-19: What EHS Executives Can Do Now (and as Soon as the Dust Settles)

Corporate

Primary Contacts: Jarrod Duffy and Patrick Owens

3/24/20 - Holding Board of Directors Meetings Remotely

Education & Municipal

Primary Contact: John Gierak

5/6/20 - CARES Act: ESSER Funds Under the Education Stabilization Fund

5/1/20 - Executive Order 2020-65 Identifies New Requirements for 2019-2020 Michigan Teacher Evaluations and Great Start Readiness Programs

4/8/20 - Governor Whitmer's Executive Order Relaxes Certain FOIA Response Requirements

4/3/20 - Teaching Online Traps for the Unwary – How to Use Copyrighted Material Safely

4/3/20 - CARES Act: The Education Stabilization Fund

3/24/20 - COVID-19 Response - School Closures and Impact upon Special Education and Section 504 Students Frequently Asked Questions and Summary of Current Guidance

3/20/20 - Michigan Expands Child Care Access During the COVID-19 Emergency

3/20/20 - New Executive Order Temporarily Suspends Certain Requirements of Open Meetings Act

3/19/20 - Contracted School Transportation During Mandatory School Closure

3/16/20 - Governor Issues Directives Regarding Open Meetings Act

3/12/20 - U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance on Student Privacy Related to Coronavirus

3/11/20 - As Coronavirus Spreads, Many Responses but Few Concrete Answers for Schools

2/27/20 - What can Schools do to Address Concerns about Coronavirus?

Litigation

Primary Contacts: Tom Dixon and Jerri Ryan

Court Updates (updated April 30, 2020)

3/26/20 - 10-Point Checklist for Issuing and Responding to Force Majeure Notices

3/20/20 - Pennsylvania Governor Wolf’s Emergency Order Tests the Bounds of Executive Authority and Creates Serious and Practical Issues for Statewide Businesses

3/19/20 - "The legal view: Covid-19 and your contractual obligations" contributed by Clark Hill Solicitors to Ireland's Business Post

3/16/20 - Courts, Your Lawsuit and the Impact of COVID-19

Immigration

Primary Contact: George Brandon

5/5/20 - Bill Would Recapture 40,000 Green Cards for Doctors and Nurses

3/23/20 - DHS Announces Temporary Deferral of Inspection of Physical Documents for Form I-9 Completion

Insurance/Reinsurance

COVID-19 Insurance Related Database

4/16/20 - Property Insurance Not Meant To Cover COVID Business Income Loss, Crain's Business Chicago

4/14/20 - Five Takeaways for Insurance Companies from Early COVID-19 Business Interruption or Income Complaints

4/10/20 - COVID 19 Coverage Disputes? Let’s Let the Courts Decide, Risk & Insurance Magazine

4/3/20 - Stop Loss Carriers Need to Consent to any Material Changes to Self-Insured Employers' Healthcare Plans

3/27/20 - Insurance Coverage and COVID-19

Charitable Organizations

3/18/20 - Implications of Payments Made to Individuals by Employers and Philanthropic Organizations after the Declaration of a National Emergency

Upcoming Events

05/20/20 - Fireside Chat: Road to Thriving Post COVID-19

05/18/20 - Virtual Workshop for EPLI Professionals

6/4/20 - Top 5 Covid-19 Issues Coming to a School HR Department Near You – Q&A Style!

Past Events

05/08/20 - Weekly Roundtable Q&A: "Navigating the Current & Post-COVID-19 Landscape: What Does that Mean for Your Business?

Recorded Webinar

05/01/20 - Weekly Roundtable Q&A: "Navigating the Current & Post-COVID-19 Landscape: What Does that Mean for Your Business?

Recorded Webinar

04/30/20 - A New Wave of Employee Benefits: How COVID-19 has Changed the Landscape

Presentation

04/29/20 - "Assessing the Financial Services Pandemic Response Plan" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

04/28/20 - "Reopening the Workplace During & After COVID-19: Tackling Critical Legal Issues & Implementing Employer Best Practices" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

04/09/20 - "Managing National Labor Relations Act Compliance in Unionized and Non-Unionized Workforces During the COVID-19 Pandemic" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

04/08/20 - "Your Website, Your New Normal - Building a Compliant and Effective Website for the ARM Industry in a Post-Pandemic World" Webinar (Clark Hill, Parity, Rhetorica)

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

04/08/20 - "Future of the ARM Industry - What Will Be the New Normal in the Post-Pandemic World" Webinar (Clark Hill, Corporate Advisory Solutions)

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

3/31/20 - "COVID-19: Updated Guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act and CARES Act Debrief" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

3/30/20 - "Legal Compliance Strategies and Best Practices During Pandemic Related Layoffs, Reductions-in-Force, and Furloughs" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

3/30/20 - Delaware State Bar Association Webinar: Federal Paid Leave - Molly DiBianca, Clark Hill

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

3/26/20 - "The Coronavirus Pandemic: Legal & HR Considerations for Managing a Remote Workforce" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar | FAQs

3/23/20 - Clark Hill Member Steven Richman to Present COVID-19 Webinar Hosted by Pennsylvania Bar Institute

3/23/20 - "Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Everything Employers Need to Know About the New Emergency FMLA and Paid Sick Leave Law" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

3/18/20 - "The Coronavirus: Helping Employers Through New and Developing Workplace Issues" Webinar

Presentation | Recorded Webinar

Other Resources

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