In mid-April, national news coverage began breaking that several public companies had received significant loans from the SBA’s Payroll Protection Program. In response, officials in the Treasury Department urged companies with substantial market […]
OSHA’s April 16, 2020 guidance memo from OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement provides OSHA area offices with unusual discretion in citing employers who otherwise exercised “good-faith” in attempting to comply with OSHA’s various […]
A frequently encountered question in the insurance world is whether payment of an appraisal award forecloses or bars first party claims against an insurer by the insured, and if so, under what circumstances. The Texas Supreme Court has taken this matter […]
An executive order (“Order”) was signed by President Trump on April 28, 2020 addressing the recent closures of many meat and poultry processing plants. Based on initial reports, the President appears to have issued the Order in response […]
Four of KRCL's Employment Law attorneys are presenting a webinar in conjunction with Celesq AttorneysEd Center. In light of COVID-19-related shutdowns, employers are getting ready to reopen. Doug Bracken, Darren Harrington, Richard Hathaway and Andrea […]
Webinar description: "As the economy and businesses start to reopen, employees and employers are eager to get back to work. Employers are well aware of their general obligation to provide a safe work environment. In light of the COVID-19 virus many […]
COVID-19 raises a number of serious issues for operators and other industry participants in the oil patch, including compliance with continuous drilling obligations, shut-in royalty clauses, cessation of production, and production in paying quantities […]
James Prappas recently gave a presentation on how COVID-19 affects U.S. Immigration. To download the presentation, click here.
This document was prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation in consultation with the staffs of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance, describes the tax provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and […]
Several states have already attempted to pass legislation declaring that shutdowns caused by COVID constitute property damage under insurance policies. That, of course, will probably run afoul of the Contract Clause of the Constitution. The Contract […]
While COVID-19 prevents us from our traditional week of in-person celebrations with our staff, we can't let the opportunity go by to stop and send a big THANK YOU to all of our hard-working staff across the firm. In both Houston and Dallas, our staff […]
On April 14, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule& […]