OSHA’S COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard: What Employers Need to Know

Policy, Firm Articles, Labor and Employment, COVID-19, Healthcare

  On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace went into effect.[1]  OSHA found, in part, that the COVID-19 pandemic “presents a grave danger to workers in all healthcare settings” and issued the ETS in response.[2]  Who is…

Scrutiny and Regulation of Non-Compete Agreements

Labor and Employment, Firm Articles, Policy, Arizona Laws

  On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.”[1]  The Executive Order takes aim at non-compete agreements, and affirms the Biden Administration’s policy “to enforce the antitrust laws to combat the excessive concentration of industry, the abuses of market power, and the harmful effects of monopoly…

You Can’t Spell Healthcare without “THC”: Arizona Voters Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Healthcare, Firm Articles, Policy, Arizona Laws

Just coming out of a lazy daze? Arizona voters recently puff-puff-passed Proposition 207, the “Smart and Safe Arizona Act,” legalizing the possession and recreational use of marijuana for users over age 21.[1]  Individuals are also permitted to grow no more than 6 marijuana plants in their residences, so long as the plants are contained in…

COVID-19 and M&A: The Pandemic’s Impact on M&A Transactions – Part One of a Two-Part Series

Mergers & Acquisitions, Business and Corporate, Policy, Firm Articles, Labor and Employment, COVID-19, Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of business in the United States, M&A transactions in particular.   The global IPO market ground to a halt in March of 2020, and corresponding developments in the M&A market were felt almost immediately.[1]  By the end of March 2020, M&A levels for the first quarter of 2020 had…

Congress Passes Favorable Amendments to the Payroll Protection Program

Policy, Firm Articles, Labor and Employment, COVID-19, Healthcare

The Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”) continues to be revised in ways that are favorable to physician practices and other small businesses.  In May, amidst growing uncertainty about whether businesses that took out loans under the PPP would be subject to second-guessing regarding their certification as to their need for the loans, the SBA and Department…

CARES Act – Paycheck Protection Program Loan

Firm Articles, Labor and Employment, COVID-19, Healthcare, Policy

On Friday, March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The CARES Act includes a forgivable small business loan program: the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).  Under the PPP loan program, forgivable loans of up to $10 million will be available…