CARES Act

Eckert Seamans has prepared numerous resources about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to help clients meet the legal and business challenges the coronavirus pandemic continues to inflict on markets and industries in the United States and around the world.

Labor, Employment, & Employee Benefits Law

The coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented in scale, scope, and impact, as are the effects on the workplace. Eckert Seamans’ Labor and Employment and Employee Benefits teams offer guidance on legal requirements, practical and operational considerations, and emerging government regulations, including examinations of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).

Corporate Business Counseling

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains, threatening the global economy. It is also forcing companies to confront a host of hard questions about how they can and should conduct business during a global public health crisis. Our Business Counseling team explores key questions that companies should consider as they navigate the “new normal.”

State and Local Government Responses

State and local governments continue efforts to slow the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Our team looks at recent orders in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy & Social Media

Cybersecurity considerations for a newly remote workforce involves balancing productivity with ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of a company’s own systems and data. Our Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy team explores these issues, while our Intellectual Property team advises diligence for organizations using social media to share important pandemic information to assure that identities, names, brands, and other source-related information are not being used to spread false or misleading information to the public.

Environmental

Our Environmental team shares insights on the guidance memo issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance released on March 26, 2020, detailing how it will evaluate non-compliance resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.