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CARES ACT Becomes Law

March 27, 2020 Legislation

A third stimulus package to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748), became law on Friday, March 27, 2020, with President Trump’s signature, just hours after it cleared the House. As discussed in detail in our previous post, the CARES Act…

Department of Labor Expands Guidance About Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

March 27, 2020 Family and Medical Leave Act

An update to this post was published April 22. Today, March 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) published additional guidance addressing many pressing questions about the protections and relief offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The DOL provided its initial guidance late…

CARES Act Expands COVID-19 Relief

March 27, 2020 Legislation

A third stimulus package to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act builds tremendously on two previously enacted pieces of legislation and provides enhanced financial support for both individuals and businesses suffering from the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Tax policy is front and…

Despite Coronavirus, USPTO Cannot Extend Certain Trademark Deadlines—But Will Waive Fees to Revive or Reinstate

March 25, 2020 Intellectual Property

An update to this post was published April 7. Even though the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) acknowledged in a recent notice that the Coronavirus outbreak is an “extraordinary situation,” it explained that is nonetheless unable to grant waivers of extensions of certain trademark deadlines. These include the…