COVID-19 RESOURCE CENTER

In response to the unprecedented situation arising from the COVID-19 virus, Riker Danzig is closely monitoring the impact on the business community, and we are assisting our clients on numerous issues across the legal spectrum.  Our attorneys and staff are equipped to work remotely and securely, and we remain available to assist our clients without disruption.

The following Alerts provide helpful information for our clients and friends as they navigate the current business environment.  Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding the specific legal issues affecting your business or arising from the pandemic.

Banking

• Banking Webinar - 10/27/20 - Loan Workout in the Age of COVID-19
• Banking Webinar - 8/13/20 - Remote Notarization: It Is Here to Stay
• 5/8/20 - Remote Notarization and Witnessing Extended in New York
• 4/23/20 - Michael O’Donnell and Anthony Lombardo Speak on Remote Notarization
• 4/15/20 - Governor Murphy Signs Temporary Remote Notarization Law in Response to COVID-19
• 4/13/20 - Remote Notarization Laws Amid COVID-19
• 4/1/20 - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Announces Residential Mortgage Relief for New Jersey Citizens
  

Bankruptcy & Reorganization

• 3/23/20 - Coronavirus - Bankruptcy & Reorganization Law Update

Commercial Litigation

• 6/5/20 - LexisNexis Interviews Partner James Daniels re Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Justice System

Corporate and Tax

• 8/26/21 - New Jersey Amends Law to Permanently Permit Remote Shareholder Meetings
• 3/31/21 - Congress Extends Paycheck Protection Program to May 31
• 3/15/21 - Third Stimulus Legislation Offers Additional Economic Relief for Businesses and Nonprofits
• 12/31/20 - New Legislation Offers Additional Economic Relief for PPP Borrowers and Other Businesses and Nonprofits
• 11/25/20 - Federal Reserve Updates Terms of Main Street Lending Program
• 11/20/20 - PPP Update – November 2020: Loan Necessity Questionnaires and Tax Treatment of Expenses Paid with PPP Funds
• 10/20/20 - PPP Updates - October 2020
• 8/12/20 - Federal Reserve Updates Terms of Main Street Lending Program
• 7/7/20 - PPP Application Deadline Extended to August 8, 2020
• 7/7/20 - Federal Reserve Updates Terms of Main Street Lending Program
• 6/25/20 - Treasury and SBA Release New PPP Loan Forgiveness Guidance
• 6/9/20 - New PPP Law Provides Further Relief for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
• 6/5/20 - Jason Navarino Speaks re Selling a Business in Post-Pandemic World
• 5/28/20 - SBA Issues Guidance on Loan Forgiveness and Audit Procedures
• 5/15/20 - New SBA Guidance Allows PPP Loan Increases for Partnerships
• 5/13/20 - New Guidance Available Regarding Necessity of PPP Loans
• 5/6/20 - Second Round of PPP Funding Open and New Guidance Available
• 5/4/20 - Paycheck Protection Program and Main Street Lending Program Updates
• 4/27/20 - Second Round of PPP Funding Open and New Guidance Available
• 4/17/20 - Paycheck Protection Program Runs Dry, but New SBA Guidance Still Helpful for Businesses Already in the Program
• 4/15/20 - Governor Murphy Signs Law Permitting Remote Meetings for Nonprofits
• 4/15/20 - Federal Reserve Launches Main Street Lending Program to Support Middle Market Businesses
• 4/15/20 - Executive Order No. 122 Provides Additional Guidance on Social Distancing and Essential Business Mitigation Efforts
• 4/14/20 - New Jersey Passes Bill Extending Tax Deadline
• 4/8/20 - FAQs Regarding the Paycheck Protection Program
• 4/3/20 - SBA Releases Guidance on PPP Loans
• 4/2/20 - Riker Danzig Announces Multi-Disciplinary COVID-19 Business Assistance Response Team
• 4/2/20 - Update on NY E.O. 202 re Remote Shareholders Meetings
• 4/2/20 - New Jersey Update: Extension of Tax Filing Deadlines to July 15
• 4/2/20 - Paycheck Protection Program – Application Details
• 3/31/20 - Coronavirus Update: New Jersey and New York Filing Deadlines
• 3/29/20 - The CARES Act: Relief for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
• 3/25/20 - Remote Notarization in New York in the Age of COVID-19
• 3/25/20 - Updated Summary of COVID-19 Executive Orders
• 3/24/20 - SBA and FEMA Establishing Loan and Grant Programs in Response to COVID-19
• 3/22/20 - Coronavirus - Tax Law Update
• 3/19/20 - Pandemic Impact on the Performance of Contracts
• 3/21/20 - Coronavirus - Corporate Law Update

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

• 5/27/20 - Cybersecurity Attorney Quoted Re Pandemic Cyber Risks in ROI-NJ

Employee Benefits

• 6/30/20 - Department of Labor Announces Criteria for Investment Advice Fiduciary Status - Again
• 3/29/20 - The CARES Act: Highlights of Benefits Provisions - UPDATE

Environmental

• 9/30/20 - A Preliminary Assessment of the Plague Year: How COVID May Interfere with Environmental Due Diligence and Liability Protections in New Jersey
• Podcast - 5/18/20 - Nothing Wasted podcast: “Episode 59: Taking A Bite Out of What Food Waste Law Means
• Environmental Law Webinar - 4/30/2020 - Live Webinar: Environmental Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis
• 4/10/20 - COVID-19 and Environmental Remediation: Guidance and Practical Tips on Whether Remediation is “Essential”
• 3/31/20 - USEPA Exercises Enforcement Discretion in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Estate Planning

• 4/17/20 - New Jersey Allows Remote Notarization for Estate Planning Documents
• 3/20/20 - Elder Law and Estate Planning Guidance

Family Law

• 5/28/20 - Family Law Partner Allen Scazafabo Tapped by NJ.com
• 3/30/20 - Coronavirus Loss of Income or Job; Modification of Child Support vs. Enforcement; Is it All a Temporary Change in Circumstances?
• 3/23/20 - Coronavirus - Family Law Update

Healthcare

• 3/1/23 - CMS Issues Another Fact Sheet on the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
• 3/24/22 - Public Health Emergency Lifted in New Jersey Regarding Omicron
• 1/12/22 - New Jersey Reinstates Public Health Emergency, But Immunity for Providers Is Not Extended
• 12/30/21 - Update on Vaccine Mandate for healthcare Workers
• 12/9/21 - COVID-19 Vaccine Update, PBM Regulations Upheld, and Advisory Opinion on CRNAs
• 12/3/21 - 340B Litigation, Nursing Home Visitation and other Updates
• 11/30/21 - Federal Court Halts Vaccine Mandate and Federal Regulatory Update
• 11/19/21 - New Jersey Legislative Update
• 11/16/21 - Three New CMS Rules That Providers Should Know
• 11/4/21 - Biden Administration Releases Vaccine Mandates for healthcare and Private Sector Workers
• 10/13/21 - Confused About New Jersey and Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates?
• 10/6/21 - Broker Compensation and Monoclonal Antibodies
• 9/28/21 - Get Ready for Round Four of the Provider Relief Fund
• 7/15/21 - New Jersey Poised to Pass New Telemedicine and Nursing Home Statutes
• 7/6/21 - Federal Update: From Proposed Rules to Litigation
• 6/23/21 - New Jersey Legislation From Nursing Homes to COVID-19 Task Forces
• 6/18/21 - NJDOH Eliminates COVID-19 Testing Requirement For ASCs and Hospitals, but DCA Has Not For Surgical Practices
• 6/17/21 - Telemedicine and the End of New Jersey's Public Health Emergency
• 6/9/21 - Changes to New Jersey Provider Immunity After the End of the Public Health Emergency
• 6/1/21 - New ADT Guidance from CMS, and Other Federal Updates
• 5/21/21 - Federal Update: Breakthrough Technology Rule Not So Breakthrough
• 5/18/21 - New Jersey Update, Including Provider Immunity and New Nursing Home Laws
• 5/7/21 - Is the Transparency Rule on Its Way Out? And Other Federal Updates
• 4/28/21 - New York Lifts Immunity, CMS Updates and Proposed Rules
• 4/14/21 - New Jersey Legislation Update
• 3/31/21 - Proposed Telemedicine Regulations and Increased Payments for Vaccination
• 3/10/21 - New Jersey and Federal Legislation and Regulatory Update
• 1/8/21 - The New Federal Out-of-Network Statute
• 1/6/21 - New Federal Regulations, Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements Update, and New CMS Model for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries
• 12/22/20 - New Jersey Legislative Update
• 12/18/20 - CMS Physician Fee Schedule Expands Telehealth, HHS Proposes New Rule to Expand Patients’ Access to Their PHI, and More Federal Updates
• 12/11/20 - Federal Regulations Aim to Further Reduce Pharmaceutical Drug Prices, CMS Releases Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule, New Measures Taken to Combat COVID 19 During the Upcoming Winter Months, and More
• 11/24/20 - Recently Approved New Jersey Telemedicine Regulations and CMS Issues Transparency Rules for Insurers Following the Transparency Rules for Hospitals
• 11/19/20 - CMS Final and Proposed Regulations, Including the Recent Basic Health Program Option
• 11/11/20 - Name Tags? Yes, You Are Now Required To Wear Certain Name Tags.
• 11/6/20 - NJ Hospitals Must Allow Pregnant Patients to Have Support Person Present During Labor, Interoperability Rule Deadlines Extended, CMS Announces Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Vaccine, and More
• 10/27/20 - New Jersey Expands the Use of Antigen Testing for Surgery Centers and Long Term Care Facilities, CMS Adds New Telehealth Codes, and Additional HHS Guidance on the Provider Relief Fund
• 10/2/20 - New Jersey Passes Statutes on Nursing Homes Including Staffing Mandates, New Jersey Pharmacists Can Administer COVID-19 Tests, HHS Updates Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements, and New Information on Medicare Advantage Programs
• 9/23/20 - CMS Issues Alert to Providers Regarding Incentive Payments, New CMS Models and Other CMS Action, and New Jersey Establishes Task Force on Long-Term Care
• 9/16/20 - CMS Maintains Hospital Transparency Price Rule, Other Federal Rules, AMA Releases New CPT Codes, and AAAHC Issues New Standards
• 9/9/20 - Did New Jersey Just Cap Profits for Nursing Homes? New Jersey Takes Further COVID-19 Action Via Executive and Administrative Orders, and CMS Requires Positive COVID-19 Test for Add-On Payments.
• 9/2/20 - CMS Extends Deadline and Expands Next Round Under the Provider Relief Fund, Additional Guidance on Nursing Homes, New CDC Testing Recommendations, and Federal Regulations on Guidance Documents
• 8/25/20 - New Jersey Vetoes Bill Authorizing Pharmacists to Administer COVID-19 Tests but Passes Bill Imposing Assessments on Entities Issuing Health Plans. Plus, New Final and Proposed Federal Regulations.
• 8/19/20 - Free COVID-19 Testing Anyone? Plus, New Jersey Issues Executive Directive on Reopening Nursing Homes, While the Federal Government Provides Nursing Homes With More Federal Relief Funding.
• 8/13/20 - New Federal Payment Rules, Including a Reduction in the Physician Fee Schedule During COVID-19, NY Scales Back COVID-19 Immunity, and Recent Federal Litigation
• 8/10/20 - HHS Reopens Provider Relief Fund for Certain Providers, and CMS’ Proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System Makes Some Significant Changes to Payment Rates and Policies
• 8/6/20 - From Drug Pricing to Federal Regulations and Litigation, to Startling Statistics on Opioid Overdoses Leading to New Guidance
• 8/3/20 - NJ Eases Testing Requirements for Elective Surgeries, but Do You Know the Difference Between Molecular, Antigen, and Antibody Testing? A New Federal Statute Proposes to Increase the Shared Savings for ACOs. Also, New Adopted and Proposed NJ Regulations.
• 7/28/20 - New COVID-19 CDC Guidelines, Provider Relief Fund Reporting Timeline Released, CMS Updates Reimbursement Calculations, D.C. Circuit Rules in Favor of HHS's Site-Neutral Pay Cuts
• 7/22/20 - New Jersey Opens Up Visitations to Nursing Homes, OIG Alleges Significant Overpayments to Hospitals, and New Federal Rules, Including to HIPAA Part II
• 7/16/20 - New Telehealth Quality Measures, CMS Pours More Resources into Nursing Homes, Different Hospital COVID-19 Reporting Requirements, and a Proposed Rule on Grandfathered Health Plans and Coverage
• 7/14/20 - New Jersey Takes More Actions In Light of COVID-19, the SEHBP Reduces OON Reimbursements, and CMS’ New Health Informatics Office
• 7/8/20 - CMS Clarifies Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Testing, DOJ Finalizes Vertical Merger Guidance, and CMS Proposes New Value Based Purchasing Rule
• 7/2/20 - New COVID-19 Guidance, MIPS Hardship Applications Are Now Open, and CMS’ 2021 Home Health Prospective Payment Update
• 6/25/20 - Some Wins, Some Losses, and a Proposed Rule on Value-Based Payments for Prescription Drugs
• 6/23/20 - HHS Changes Reporting Requirements Under the Provider Relief Fund, Direct Contracting Is Open, and New York Expands Telemedicine
• 6/18/20 - New Jersey Department of Health Modifies Guidance on the Resumption of Elective Surgeries in Ambulatory Surgery Centers to Address Issues That Were Preventing Surgeries
• 6/16/20 - Is the Expansion of Telemedicine Here to Stay? Will New Jersey Delay the Assessment on Licensed Ambulatory Surgery Centers?
• 6/11/20 - New Jersey Waives Certain Regulations Applicable to Collection Stations
• 6/4/20 - New Jersey Considers Delaying Assessment for Ambulatory Surgery Centers and CDC Issues Guidance on Antibody Testing
• 5/26/20 - A Non-COVID-19 Update . . . Yes . . . You Read That Correctly
• 5/20/20 - New Jersey Department of Health Issues Guidance on the Resumption of Elective Surgeries
• 5/19/20 - New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs Issues Order on the Resumption of Elective Surgeries
• 5/12/20 - A Refocus on Nursing Homes, Other COVID-19 Updates, and New Jersey Adopts Telemedicine Rules
• 5/6/20 - CMS Makes Second Round of Sweeping Regulatory Changes and HHS Updates the Grant Relief Program
• 4/28/20 - HHS Issued $20 Billion in Grants Subject to Application Requirements and CMS Suspends Accelerated and Advance Payment Program
• 4/20/20 - The Federal Government and New Jersey Modify and Increase Previous Coronavirus Programs
• 4/13/20 - New Jersey Extends Criminal and Civil Immunity to Providers and CMS Issues $30 Billion in Grants to Providers
• 4/2/20 - CMS and New Jersey Make Significant Changes to Regulations In Light of COVID-19
• 3/31/20 - Relief and Benefits to Providers Under The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”)
• 3/26/20 - Coronavirus - CMS Guidance Part Three
• 3/20/20 - Governor Relaxes Telemedicine Rules in NJ
• 3/18/20 - Coronavirus – CMS Guidance Part Two
• 3/2/20 - Coronavirus – An Outline of CMS Guidance
  

Insurance & Reinsurance

• 6/22/22 - New Jersey State Appeals Court Issues Precedential Opinion Holding That COVID-19 Business Losses Due to Government Orders Are Not Covered by Insurance Policies

Intellectual Property

• Live Webinar - 5/21/20 - IP Counsel Wendi Opper Uzar Speaking at Live Webinar re “Trademarking the Pandemic”

Labor & Employment

• 2/17/21 - Employer Issues Related to COVID-19 Vaccination
• Virtual Town Hall Meeting - 2/18/21 - Employment Law Chair Scott Ohnegian Speaking to Armenian American Health Professionals
• 7/6/20 - State of New Jersey Provides Guidance to Employers About Employees Returning to Work
• 6/17/20 - Labor & Employment Attorney Natalya Johnson Speaking at GSBA Webinar re The New Normal
• 6/12/20 - Coronavirus - Refusing to Return to Work
• 5/28/20 - Coronavirus-Inspired Laws Trigger Obligation to Review and Revise Personnel Policies and Handbooks
• Live Webinar - 5/29/20 - Labor & Employment Attorney Natalya Johnson Speaking at Cornell Law School re COVID-19
• FACEBOOK LIVE - 5/11/20 - Employment Chair Scott Ohnegian Speaking on Facebook Live re COVID-19
• 4/24/20 - Coronavirus- Preparing to Return to Work
• 4/16/20 - Coronavirus - Update for Employers
• 4/14/20 - Amendments to NJ WARN Act
• 4/6/20 - DOL Releases Temporary Regulations for FFCRA, EPSLA and EFMLEA
• 3/27/20 - Amendments to New Jersey's Family Leave Act and New Jersey's Temporary Disability Benefits Law
• 3/25/20 - United States Department of Labor Publishes FFCRA Employee Rights Poster
• 3/23/20 - Coronavirus - Update for Employers
• 3/19/20 - Coronavirus - Update for Employers
  

Real Estate

• 4/9/20 - Remote Witnessing For Real Property Conveyances During COVID-19
• 3/24/20 - Riker Danzig Real Estate Group Addressing COVID-19 Challenges
• 3/24/20 - New Jersey’s Governor Murphy Issues Executive Order Halting Residential Evictions and Foreclosures

School Law

• Special Education Webinar 2/9/21 - During COVID-19, Be Prepared to Update Your Child’s IEP and 504 Plan: A Webinar with Disability Lawyers and a Behaviorist
• 4/9/20 - New Law Addresses Public School Instruction and Business Operations

Securities Litigation, Arbitration, Regulation and Investigations

• 5/8/20 - Broker-Dealers Hope Good Faith Carries the Day as Reg BI is Implemented Amid Pandemic

White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations

• 4/7/20 - Partner Charlie McKenna Addresses Importance of CARES Act Inspector General Role in Preventing Fraud

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