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On April 8, 2020, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General published Ministerial Order No. M098, titled Limitation Periods (COVID-19) Order No.2. The updated Order repeals and replaces M086, previously covered in Suspension of Limitations...By: Bennett Jones LLP

Several weeks into the coronavirus pandemic, New York businesses remain subject to the provisions of Executive Order No. 202.8, which required all employers to reduce their in-person workforces at any work locations by 100% starting on March 22. An...By: Rivkin Radler LLP

On April 3, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law “An Act to Address Challenges Faced by Municipalities and State Authorities Resulting from COVID-19” as Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020 (the Act). A copy of the Act is available...By: Robinson & Cole LLP

In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, New Jersey-based builders, developers, contractors, municipal entities, and other industry shareholders and interested parties should be aware of recently issued land use guidance and...By: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

On April 9, 2020, the New York State Empire State Development (ESD) updated its “Guidance for Determining Whether a Business Enterprise is Subject to Workforce Reduction Under Recent Executive Orders” (the “Guidance”)....By: Rivkin Radler LLP

In many states, the implied warranties of workmanship and habitability automatically attach to contracts between builder-vendors and new home buyers. Builder-vendors are defined as “persons or entities engaged in constructing homes on real estate...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Just as no human being is naturally immune to the COVID-19 virus, no industry is immune to its economic effects—and related M&A activity across all industries proves no exception. In the weeks following the issuance of stay-at-home orders in states...By: White and Williams LLP

Kramer Levin’s Land Use Department is continuing to monitor developments with respect to COVID-19 and its impact on land use approvals, site assemblage and development, and the real estate industry in general....By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Owners, contractors and subcontractors across the country are encountering delays arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, and face an unclear reality as to how such delays will affect various project schedules and budgets....By: Varnum LLP

As the world around us evolves day by day due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is difficult to know exactly how to handle real estate and land use matters when government offices are closed, document recordings are delayed, inspections are halted, public...By: Ballard Spahr LLP