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April 6, 2020, Inside Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission has traditionally responded forcefully to public health and economic crises, and it is doing so again in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  The current crisis does present some additional complications, however, because of its impact on the operations of the agency itself.  Three particular aspects of the FTC’s consumer ...

April 6, 2020, Inside Privacy

Last week, the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division (NAD) announced a new expedited process for digital advertising challenges.  The SWIFT (Single Well-defined Issue Fast Track) Process will allow businesses to address concerns of transparency and truthfulness on an accelerated basis, with decisions rendered within twenty business days of case ...

April 6, 2020, Global Policy Watch

Contractors sidelined by facility closures and stay-at-home orders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic may now have a new pathway to recovering idle labor costs.  The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act includes a provision, Section 3610, that provides a new form of relief for contractors facing delays and additional costs as...… ...

April 6, 2020, Inside Compensation

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the largest economic stimulus bill in U.S. history: the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”).  In this blog article, we take a closer look at the provisions affecting health and welfare plans. Coverage of COVID-19 Tests and Associated Visits Starting April 2, 2020, the...… Continue Reading

April 6, 2020, Inside Compensation

In response to the growing unemployment numbers due to business slowdowns across the country, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides expanded unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to workers impacted by COVID-19.  The move is no doubt well intentioned, but serious questions have been raised about the specific benefit design ...

April 6, 2020, Cov Africa

South Africa did not record the first case of Covid-19 in Africa, but it now has the highest number of reported cases on the continent. Having had the benefit of watching governments respond to the outbreak of the pandemic in Asia, Europe and the United States, President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 15, 2020, with only...… Continue Reading

April 6, 2020, Covington Competition

The Covington US and EU Competition/Antitrust teams will be updating you regularly, through the Covington Competition blog, on the competition/antitrust law implications – both procedural and substantive – of the COVID-19 crisis in the US and the EU.  This is our update for Monday 6 April. Today’s new updates as compared to the previous update...… Continue ...

April 6, 2020, Inside Government Contracts

Contractors sidelined by facility closures and stay-at-home orders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic may now have a new pathway to recovering idle labor costs.  The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act includes a provision, Section 3610, that provides a new form of relief for contractors facing delays and additional costs as...… ...

April 6, 2020, Covington Competition

The European Commission has initiated a public consultation on Friday 3 April, kicking off the review of its relevant market notice. All stakeholders are invited to make their views known, over the course of a six-week period concluding on 15 May 2020. The Notice on the definition of relevant market dates from 1997 and provides...… Continue Reading

April 6, 2020, Covington Alert

This alert provides an update on the regulatory measures regarding medical-use and industrial-use personal protective equipment (PPE) from China to combat COVID-19, including a brief summary of measures the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) is taking to facilitate import of PPE from China into the United States. The regulatory guidance from both ...