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On April 28, 2020, the Government of Quebec (Quebec Government) unveiled its economic recovery plan following confinement measures put in place at the end of March 2020. For the time being, this plan covers only the retail, supply chain,...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently announced that construction industry businesses in the state will be permitted to resume operations on May 1, 2020 after having been shut down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, upon reopening, all...By: Fisher Phillips

President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws (informally referred to as the Investment Code) on 1 April to encourage further investment in Russia. The primary tool that the new legislation offers to investors is an individual investment regime...By: Morgan Lewis

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed an addendum to the Stay Home, Stay Healthy Order (Proclamation 20-25) on April 24, 2020, to allow certain construction to resume, provided projects institute a COVID-19 safety plan and workers use personal...By: Perkins Coie

This update tracks COVID-19 shutdown orders as of April 29, 2020, 12:00 p.m. EDT that affect construction projects in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania -...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

No employer is immune from the storm of legislation Congress has passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....By: Ballard Spahr LLP

I have been thinking of launching a leadership mastermind for construction professionals.  And this idea came to me over the past month as the world basically came to a complete halt—except for the construction industry, which has instead been on a...By: Burr & Forman

On April 22, Governor Wolf unveiled a plan to gradually reopen Pennsylvania’s economy after almost a month of shuttering all businesses that were not deemed “life-sustaining” to mitigate COVID-19’s spread....By: Cozen O'Connor

Construction projects of every type in six Bay area counties—Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara—may resume operations on Monday, May 4, after health officers in six counties issued new shelter-in-place orders on...By: Miller Starr Regalia

Like much of the federal government, the U.S. Copyright Office (the “Office”) is adjusting its practices and procedures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike registration and recordation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, copyright...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP