UPDATE: Hospital Staffing Disruption COVID-19
March 24, 2020
by Megan D. Hargraves
With the continued spread of COVID-19 and the increased burden on our healthcare system, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has again issued new guidance. After the CDC issued its return-to-work guidance for healthcare personnel (HCP) with potential exposure to a COVID-19 patient, it issued…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) of 2020: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Director Becky Keogh Issues Emergency Order
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Director Becky Keogh has issued an Emergency Order (“EO”) styled: Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) of 2020 See LIS: 20-137. Director Keogh states in the EO that DEQ has determined that emergency…
Cathode Ray Tubes/Warehouse: Federal Court Addresses Superfund Corporate Veil Piercing Issue
Co-Author: Austin Reed The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (“Court”) addressed in a November 13th Order an issue arising out of a Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) or Superfund cost recovery action. See Garrison Southfield…
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Water: Federal Legislation (H.R. 6113) Would Establish New Agency Within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
H.R. 6113 has been introduced which would establish within the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) the: Advanced Research Projects Agency – Water, and for other purposes. (“Water Agency”) The legislation was introduced by Congressman John Katko (R, New York) and Dan Kildee (D…
COVID-19 Lawsuits: Current Trends and What We Can Expect
In the less than two-month period since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in the United States, courts at both the state and federal levels have seen a steady rise in the number of COVID-19 lawsuits filed. The first of these lawsuits was filed on March 9, by a couple quarantined on…