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Governor Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home Executive Order N-33-20 adopted on March 19, 2020, imposed on all of California the greatest restrictions seen nationally to date to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. However, critical to the business community, the...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Over the last month, each of the major stock market indices has experienced extreme volatility and a broad-based decline in value, largely in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Average has declined 34%, while...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued a shelter-in-place Executive Order on March 20, 2020, the latest in a series of restrictive statewide actions that he has implemented in the effort to prevent further spread of COVID-19, commonly known as the...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

On March 17, 2020 the Spanish Government approved Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 ("RDL") which contains a number of measures to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain....By: White & Case LLP

Much has already been written regarding the potential of COVID-19 to impact construction or development projects.   For example, businesses may experience personnel or material shortages, or stoppages that result from Government-directed actions. ...By: Vandeventer Black LLP

Like the lives of all Americans, the U.S. construction market has been upended by the outbreak of coronavirus. On Monday, March 16, 2020, announcements were made in both Boston and San Francisco that construction projects would be suspended for the...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

COVID-19 continues to present novel challenges and disruptions to the merger and acquisitions market during this unprecedented time. New requirements for electronic filing during the COVID-19 outbreak under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust...By: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Dutch competition authority imposes fine on company for deleted chat messages during a dawn raid - The Dutch competition authority (“ACM“) recently confirmed that the obligation to cooperate fully with an inspection/during a dawn raid is of utmost...By: Hogan Lovells

Construction project impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic are far-reaching and continuing to evolve. While every project must be considered individually, below are some issues for construction project team consideration....By: Vandeventer Black LLP

Due to the developing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has implemented a temporary e-filing system for the submission of filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and suspended its...By: Perkins Coie