(Updated with information available from the Governor’s Office as of 4 pm, June 19, 2020)
by Kathie McDonald-McClure, Partner
On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, during his daily update, Governor Andy Beshear provided an overview of Kentucky’s efforts to combat the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE). He noted that ...
Today the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s attempt via the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end the DACA program (aka Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or “Dreamers”). DACA allows certain unauthorized aliens who arrived in the U.S. as children to apply for work authorization and various federal ...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that COVID-19 antibody tests cannot be required before employees are permitted to return to the workplace. Since an antibody test constitutes a medical examination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is only permitted when it is ...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that COVID-19 antibody tests cannot be required before employees are permitted to return to the workplace. Since an antibody test constitutes a medical examination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is only permitted when it is ...
By Max Bridges, with significant contributions from Conrad Herman, a 2020 Summer Associate
In April, the Supreme Court issued a landmark Clean Water Act decision by creating a new “functional equivalent” test to determine when a person who discharges pollutants to groundwater is required to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge ...
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the protections provided by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 apply to gay, lesbian, and transgender employees. Title VII offers protection to workers from being discriminated against based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national ...
Until today, June 15, 2020, the question of whether federal law prohibits discrimination against gay, lesbian, and transgender employees was unsettled. In a 6-to-3 decision, the US Supreme Court settled this question, holding that under Title VII, such discrimination is illegal. Fewer than half of 50 states currently ban such ...
On June 8, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued recommendations on re-opening healthcare facilities to provide non-emergent non-COVID-19 (NCC) healthcare. CMS stated that these recommendations are applicable only to facilities in states and regions with no evidence of a rebound and that satisfy Phase II of the ...
Doug Alrutz, member of the Firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Team, authored a guest column for the Memphis Business Journal entitled "Congress has simplified Chapter 11 for small businesses." Click here to read the article.