The Editors and Staff of The Temple 10-Q recognize that trying to stay abreast of COVID-19 analysis is like trying to sip water from a firehose: you can do it, but it is messy and not very efficient. In an effort to make this daunting task more manageable—and to provide an ongoing resource for business lawyers who want one-stop shopping for outstanding analysis of the business law issues that COVID-19 will present—we are creating the 10-Q’s COVID-19 Business Law Resources page. This page will contain links to content on COVID-19 that we consider to be especially valuable, organized by category, and typically sourced from a friend of Temple’s business law community (e.g., an alumnae).
We plan to update it weekly or as the spirit moves us. If you have COVID-19 content—yours or others’—that you think may be especially valuable to business lawyers, please send us the link and your thoughts on the value that the piece adds.
This special coverage is in addition to the ordinary business law content by and about the Temple business law community that The Temple 10-Q provides each week.
Antitrust
- Pepper Hamilton, COVID-19 Hits Global Merger Antitrust Enforcement: Potential Considerations (3/23/2020)
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Davis Polk & Wardwell, Restructuring Debt Securities: Options and Legal Considerations (3/24/2020)
Business Interruption Insurance
- Covington & Burling, 8 Possible Paths To Insurance Coverage For COVID-19 Losses (3/26/2020)
- Eckert Seamans, COVID-19 Update: Business Interruption Insurance Litigation and Related Legislation (3/23/2020)
- White and Williams, Why the Disconnect Between Perception and Reality for COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage? (3/23/2020)
- Stradley Ronon, Business Insurance Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (3/20/2020)
- Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, Will Business Owners Be Able To Recover COVID-19 Related Losses Under Their Business Interruption Insurance? (3/17/2020)
Contracts and Force Majeure
- Bazelon Less & Feldman, Does Covid-19 Relieve Parties from the Duty to Perform Contract Obligations? (6/18/20)
- Schnader, Construction Industry Professionals: Check Your AIA Contract Documents for Your Rights and Obligations in Response to COVID-19 Related Construction Delays (4/28/2020)
- Ballard Spahr, Force Majeure and COVID-19 (3/23/2020)
- Pepper Hamilton, Drafting Force Majeure Clauses to Provide for Pandemic-Related Contingencies (3/19/2020)
- Dilworth Paxson, What Happens if My Company Cannot Fulfill a Contract Due to Coronavirus? (3/19/2020)
- Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, What Should Business Owners Do if They Receive a Notice of Unavoidable Delay (AKA Force Majeure Notice)? (3/19/2020)
- White and Williams, Does The Coronavirus Pandemic Constitute A Material Adverse Effect? (3/13/2020)
Corporate Governance
- Stradley Ronon, Mitigating Cyber Risk During the COVID-19 New Normal (10/5/20)
- Morrison Foerster, COVID-19 and Easing of Stay-at-Home Orders (6/16/2020)
- Corporate Compliance Insights, Corporate Compliance Measures During the COVID-19 Crisis (5/5/20)
- Ballard Spahr, 2020 Annual Meeting Considerations for Public Reporting Companies as a Result of COVID-19 (3/16/2020)
- Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, COVID-19 and COBRA: Health Benefits Issues for Employers Considering Layoffs or Reduction of Employee Hours (3/31/2020)
- White and Williams, Practicing Good Corporate Hygiene In The Time of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (3/19/2020)
COVID Liability
- Conrad O’Brien, The Department of Justice Wastes No Time Prosecuting Pandemic-Related Fraud Charges (7/20/20)
- Schnader, Immunity, Preemption of State Laws, and the Exercise of
Federal Power in National Emergencies (4/30/2020) - Jonathan Broder, “And They’re Off”: The Arms Race for the COVID Legal Services Market has Begun (4/27/2020)
Employment & Labor Law
- Montgomery McCracken, EEOC Issues Guidance on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for Employees (12/23/2020)
- Schnader, EEOC’s Updated COVID-19 Guidance Addresses COVID-19 Testing in the Workplace and More (4/29/2020)
Lending and Financial Institutions
- What and Williams, PPP 2.0: Welcome, But Still Too Complicated? (01/13/2021)
- Duane Morris, Small Business Administration Releases Procedural Notice for Businesses Undergoing Changes in Ownership (10/14/20)
- Duane Morris, Small Business Administration Releases New Interim Final Rule on PPP Loan Forgiveness (10/14/20)
- Davis Polk, The Federal Reserve’s Revised Main Street Lending Program (5/4/2020)
- Goodwin, Dilutive Down Round Financings in the U.S.: A Legal Risks Refresher (4/28/2020)
- Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, Coronavirus and the Financial Institution: Strategic Considerations for Lenders (3/16/2020)
Real Estate
- Cozen O’Connor, Coronavirus and Commercial Real Estate Leases (3/18/2020)
Securities Law
- Ballard Spahr, SEC Announces First Enforcement Action Against Public Company for Misleading COVID-19 Disclosures (12/4/2020)
- Duane Morris, Consider a Virtual Shareholder Annual Meeting During the COVID-19 Pandemic (3/17/2020)
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, SEC Provides Relief for Funds and Advisers Impacted By Coronavirus (COVID-19) (3/17/2020)
- Pepper Hamilton, SEC Grants Relief to Funds and Advisers Related to COVID-19 Outbreak (3/16/2020)
- Cozen O’Connor, Public Company COVID-19 Disclosures and Mitigating Securities Litigation Risks (3/16/2020)
Tax
- White and Williams, States Clarify Personal Income Tax Treatment Related To PPP Loan Forgiveness (01/29/2021)
- Eversheds Sutherland, Let’s make a deal: New NOL regulations provide M&A relief for consolidated groups seeking to utilize CARES Act NOL carryback provisions (July 16, 2020)E
- Eversheds Sutherland, The CARES Act — Stimulating Tax Provisions (March 31, 2020)
- Eversheds Sutherland, Choose your own adventure: IRS releases Rev. Proc. 2020-25 providing taxpayers with options to utilize the CARES Act’s QIP technical correction (April 20, 2020)
- Department of Revenue, City of Philadelphia tax guidance in response to COVID-19 (updated regularly)
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, State and Local Tax Responses to COVID-19 (3/25/2020)
Trademarks & Patents
- Pepper Hamilton, Steps to Protect Your Brand From Trademark Hijacking During a Time of Crisis (5/6/20)
Law Students
- Law360, Pa. Bar Association Board Recommends Diploma Privilege (7/30/2020)
- Law360, Pennsylvania Bar Exam To Go Remote For Fall Sitting (7/9/2020)
- Law360, Duane Morris, Cleary Confirm More Summer Program Tweaks (5/27/2020)
- Law.com, Summer Associate Programs and COVID-19: How Law Firms Are Responding /5/13/20)
- PA Board of Law Examiners, Rescheduling of July 2020 Bar Exam Press Release (4/28/2020)
- PA Supreme Court, Limited License for July 2020 Bar Exam Applicants (4/28/2020)
- Reddit, Tracking Summer Program Changes (updated regularly)
- Karen Sloan, Fall Bar Exam Added, Fate of July Test Uncertain Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (3/27/2020)