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The Blog for Business Law is a blog about business, the law, and fun. The lawyers regularly post articles and alerts on emerging business, legal, judicial and regulatory developments in areas such as intellectual property, human resources, construction and real estate, environmental compliance, and the many, many considerations that arise when buying and selling businesses.
The Blog for Business Law
2y ago
1. Both Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Workers Should Wear Masks in the Public Areas of Indoor Workplaces.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) updated its Covid-19 guidance on July 27, 2021, (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html ) adding a recommendation for fully vaccinated persons in addition to unvaccinated persons to wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission. (Click here to see transmissions by county nationwide: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view). The CDC fu ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced significant modifications to its guidance issued on January 29, 2021 entitled Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of Covid-19 in the Workplace. https://theblogforbusinesslaw.com/osha-announces-new-workplace-covid-19-enforcement-actions/ The new guidance adopts the recent relaxation of social distancing and mask wearing for fully vaccinated persons adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) in its Interim Public Health Recommendations f ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
On May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) revised its Covid-19 guidance for fully vaccinated persons. The revised guidance now states as follows:
If you are fully vaccinated, you can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic.
Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.….
You will still need to follow guidance at your workplace and local business ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
As more workplaces reopen and Covid-19 vaccinations become available to everyone over the age of 16 years, employers must decide whether to establish mandatory or voluntary vaccination policies. See “What Questions Do Employers Need To Ask About Covid-19 Vaccinations?” A recent poll conducted by the Society of Human Resource Management (“SHRM”) reveals that 52% of workers support policies that require Covid-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment. It further discloses that 63% of the employees surveyed stated their intention to get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine becomes avai ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
Shortly after taking office, President Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) to increase its enforcement by “launch[ing] a national program to focus OSHA Covid-19 related enforcement activities.” Specifically, he adopted an executive order that instructed OSHA to initiate “a national program to focus OSHA enforcement efforts related to Covid-19 on violations that put the largest number of workers at serious risk or are contrary to anti-retaliation principles.” [Executive Order 13999, 86 FR 7211 (Jan. 26, 2021), Executive Order This executi ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
Keywords: Copyright, Supreme Court, Georgia, Public.Resource.Org., annotations, OCGA, Government Edicts Doctrine
Introduction
One would think that when a state creates an “official” code of its statutes, the public would have the right to freely copy and share that collection of laws. One would also think that fair-minded judges would unanimously agree with this point and objurgate any view to the contrary. Well, think again. The 2020 Supreme Court case of Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org. ratifies a point that I make often: much of the copyright law of this country is a messy pig’s ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
On November 20, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorizations (“EUA”) for the first Covid-19 vaccination manufactured by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and BioNTech SE for use in persons age 16 years and older. The agency has since granted a similar EUA on December 18, 2020 for the Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna TX, Inc. for administration to individuals at least 18 years old. Each of these vaccines requires two doses to immunize a person.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) established priorities for the distribution of the ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
On February 10, the USPTO presents the “Three Contemporary Black Women Inventors” online event in celebration of Black History Month. The event spotlights three contemporary black women inventors: Aprille Ericsson, Ayanna Howard and Arlyne Simon.
Dr. Aprille Ericsson was the first woman (and first African American woman) to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University and the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in engineering as a civil servant at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She holds one US patent.
Dr. Ayanna Howard is the founder and Chie ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
Evans & Dixon’s Denise Bloch authored the below article that was recently published by the St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine in its December 2020/January 2021 issue.
Federal alert indicates increased focus on speaker programs and their
potential to violate the anti-kickback statute
On November 16, 2020, the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert 1 focusing on the fraud and abuse risks related to payment, solicitation or receipt of remuneration from speaker programs conducted by pharmaceutical and medical device companies. This special alert provides notice to hea ..read more
The Blog for Business Law
3y ago
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to the “accredited investor” definition contained in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D which is one of the principal tests for determining who is eligible to invest in private capital raising transactions. Historically, individual investors who did not meet specific income or net worth tests, regardless of financial sophistication, have been denied the opportunity to participate in such investments.
In announcing the changes, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said: “For the first time, individuals will be permitted to participate in our priv ..read more