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Avalanche of Legislation Passed in Response to COVID 19
I wrote my last column in the shadow of the coronavirus shutting down wide swaths of the northeast and California and Washington State doing the same. Since then, nearly all of the country has followed suit. Hundreds of thousands have now been diagnosed with COVID 19 in the United States and tens of thousands have […]
Coronavirus could affect medical malpractice rates, say experts
The coronavirus pandemic could lead to increased medical malpractice claims, but much remains uncertain at this point, including the possibility of federal and state governments acting to relieve health care provider liability, say observers.
Surge in working from home raises cyber exposure issues
By Judy Greenwald Companies directing large numbers of employees to work from home for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic face a host of cybersecurity issues, including concerns over tthe security of workers’ personal computers and vulnerability to phishing attacks.In addition, data lines may be strained as the number of staffing corporate systems […]
Considerations for the COVID-19 Crisis
Unprecedented. Surreal. I have been using those terms with clients over and over as we respond to issues that arise out of the COVID-19 coronavirus. There is literally no road map for what we have gone through in this past week and what we will likely go through over the coming weeks and months. As […]
