Secretary of Health and Human Services Signs Federal Declaration Providing Immunity to Healthcare Workers from COVID-19 Claims
Written by: Sandra Mekita Cianflone, Esq. During this growing epidemic, the last thing healthcare workers want to think about it is potential litigation for any care and treatment rendered to patients who contract COVID-19. On March 10, 2020, th
Can a Business Be Held Liable for Employees or Customers Who Allegedly Contracted COVID-19 (Coronavirus) While On Their Property?
Written by: James Embrey, Esq. and Anthony Petrozza, Esq. A woman sneezes several times as she goes up and down the aisles to do her grocery shopping. Across town, three people on the housekeeping crew at a hotel develop fevers while cleaning gu
Supreme Court’s Closure Could be First Disease-Related Shuttering in a Century
(What follows was written by Katie Bart and Kalvis Golde. For more of the article, please see link below.) On Thursday, the Supreme Court announced that it would close its doors to the public “until further notice” “[o]ut of concern for th
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the European Schengen Area Travel Ban
Written by: Ashik R. Jahan With growing fears concerning spreading of the global pandemic, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the U.S. has barred entry into the U.S. from non-U.S. citizens in the European Union’s Schengen Area. People who have visited
CROATIA’S ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE EPRIVACY REGULATION STALEMATE
Written by: Chase Langhorne, Esq. On February 21, 2020, Croatia released its proposal to attempt to move the ePrivacy Regulation across the finish line. The ePrivacy Regulation was proposed in 2017 with the main purpose of regulating personal d
Egypt Passes Personal Data Protection Law
On February 24, 2020, Egypt’s Parliament passed the Personal Data Protection Law (“PDPL”). The law has many similarities to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Scope The PDPL applies to Egyptian citizens
“SALE” UNDER THE CCPA
Written by: Sean Cox, Esq. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) officially went into effect on January 1, 2020. According to the California Attorney General, enforcement will begin on July 1, 2020. One of the most important p
We All Know About GDPR’s Right to Erasure, Does This Mean You Have to Delete Data From Backups As Well?
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. In this business, we are all familiar with GDPR’s right to erasure (commonly called “the right to be forgotten”) granted by the GDPR. The question that often comes up is when a data subject e
Forced Labor in Privatized Prisons? Eleventh Circuit Cries Foul!
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq. On February 28, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) ruled that a federal statute designed to combat human trafficking applies to a priva
Coronavirus & the Workplace: Fast Facts for Employers
Written by: Jacqueline Voronov, Esq. and Jeffrey M. Daitz, Esq. The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China has spread to at least 95 countries and has sickened more than 100,000 people, leading to increased anxiety and