3 April 2020
April, 2020 – Malta – Valletta Legal Changes to the Law – The addition of Quarantine Leave Following the Covid-19 outbreak, Government has published Legal Notice 62 of 2020; ‘Minimum Special Leave Entitlement (Amendment) Regulations, 2020’, adding a new definition of quarantine leave. By definition, an employer must grant quarantine leave if an employee is…
3 April 2020
Ortoli | Rosenstadt LLP – Paul H. Pincus – April, 2020
In response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), President Trump signed into law on March 18, 2020 the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, H.R. 6201 (the “Act”). This sweeping Act temporarily expands the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) relating to COVID-19, creates a temporary federal paid sick leave program relating to COVID-19, expands unemployment insurance benefits, mandates insurance coverage of coronavirus testing, and expands nutrition and food assistance. This Legal Advisory focuses on the Act’s FMLA expansion and the paid sick leave program it creates, and includes the most recent attached guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”).
1 April 2020
April 2020 – Brazil – Rossetti Advogados Due to the Brazilian Provisional Measure No. 931, published on March 30, 2020, we report below the main changes that produce significant effects: Extension of the Term & Effects. The statutory term for the conduction of annual shareholders’ meetings and annual meetings of members to approve financial statements…
30 March 2020
In response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), President Trump signed into law on March 18, 2020 the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, H.R. 6201 (the “Act”). This sweeping Act temporarily expands the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) relating to COVID-19, creates a temporary federal paid sick leave program relating to COVID-19, expands unemployment…
20 March 2020
March, 2020 – Israel – Granot-Speiser Due to the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus and its arrival to Israel, the Israeli government, especially the ministry of health have issued new guidelines and mandatory instructions which has major legal and business effects, some can be seen below, all as a result of the different authorities trying…
18 March 2020
Blue Legal – Padova, 9 marzo 2020 L’emergenza Coronavirus (COVID-19) sta avendo un enorme impatto sull’economia, sia a livello nazionale che internazionale. Al di la delle owie priorita in tema di salute, la diffusions di tale virus pub avere conseguenze rilevanti anche in tema di esecuzione delle obbligazioni contrattuali, per effetto (ad esempio) di misure adottate…
17 March 2020
March 2020 – Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP U.S. Securities laws require U.S. publicly traded companies , including all companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange, to file various reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC has recognized that the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)…
17 March 2020
March 2020 – Brazil – Rossetti Advogados Due to the arrival of the “coronavirus” or Covid-2019 in Brazil, and depending on the so far unknown extension and consequences of the disease, the effects thereof on the legal world commence to be discussed, specially on civil and corporate agreements. Among thousands of situations that could result…
4 March 2020
美国证券交易委员会对受新冠病毒影响的公司提供条件性延期救济 U.S. Securities laws require U.S. publicly traded companies, including all companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange, to file various reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC has recognized that the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has complicated the preparation and filing…
27 February 2020
February 2020 – Meadows Ryan We are very proud to celebrate our 80th anniversary this year. It was back in 1940, during the height of the Second World War, that Charlie Mason set up Mason & Co. solicitors in Surbiton and McNamara Ryan established his firm in Weybridge. In 1976, Peter Meadows, Senior Partner, founded…
