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The current pandemic is having a serious impact on construction operations across the globe and our COVID-19 Global Task Force is here to guide our clients through a full spectrum of practical solutions. The Construction industry should continue to...By: K&L Gates LLP

The UK government’s actions are ramping up as it battles to contain the spread of COVID-19 and enforce social distancing.  To assist with this, secondary legislation has been enacted to establish a new permitted development right for takeaways....By: Hogan Lovells

With each passing day, the global economic climate plunges further into uncharted waters as the world attempts to construct a public health response sufficient to slow the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies are faced with attempting to...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

As COVID-19 has proliferated throughout the United States, the resulting health-related government actions - in the form of school and business closures, emergency declarations, shelter in place requirements and the like - along with the behavioral...By: Goulston & Storrs PC

Parties to merger, acquisition, and financing agreements may be considering whether the COVID-19 pandemic affects their obligation to close the deal....By: Pierce Atwood LLP

The Senate unanimously passed a hotly anticipated third COVID-19-related stimulus bill last night, and the House is set to take up the measure today and vote tomorrow on the bill that would deliver $2 trillion in loans, tax breaks, and direct...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

In a welcomed attempt to align their approaches, the antitrust enforcers of the European Competition Network (ECN) have published a brief joint statement on the application of competition law during the Covid-19 crisis....By: Orrick - Antitrust Watch

While many construction projects are advancing in a safe manner during the COVID-19 pandemic, some have been suspended by governmental order, like the Cities of Boston and Cambridge, or based upon the direction of the Owner and/or general contractor....By: Pierce Atwood LLP

The Background: Beginning with this proxy season, ISS will use metrics based on "EVA"—economic value added—as part of its pay-for-performance analyses. ISS claims that this use of EVA-based metrics will present a better picture of a company's value...By: Jones Day

On March 25, 2020, the Massachusetts Governor’s Legal Office issued a letter to Municipal Chief Executive Officers in the Commonwealth that “provides guidance regarding the effect of the Governor’s March 23, 2020 Order ‘Assuring Continued Operation...By: Pierce Atwood LLP