Client Alerts & Publications
AB 685 and COVID-19 Workplace Exposure: New California Notice and Reporting Requirements of COVID Exposure Starting January 1, 2021
Authors: Nathan A. Cohen,
Published Date: January 29, 2021
SUMMARY Effective January 1, 2021, a new California law requires employers to notify employees about possible or known exposure to COVID-19 at the workplace. The law requires actual notification to employees within one day. In addition, the law requires notifications to local public health authorities of a COVID-19 outbreak. The law also gives Cal/OSHA a new emergency police power to [...] Read More
Shaking Hands With Uncle Sam: What to Know When Working With the Government
Published Date: January 14, 2021
Lori Ann Lange, partner and co-chair of Peckar & Abramson’s Government Contracting & Infrastructure practice, has written “Shaking Hands With Uncle Sam: What to Know When Working With the Government,” an article for Best Lawyers. She discusses how "the key to success for any contractor is to educate itself about how to operate within the government system" and provides "a [...] Read More
A Need to Know: New Cybersecurity Requirements for Defense Contractors
Published Date: December 31, 2020
Lori Ann Lange, partner and co-chair of Peckar & Abramson's Government Contracting & Infrastructure practice, has written "A Need to Know: New Cybersecurity Requirements for Defense Contractors," an article for Construction Executive. The article discusses the new cybersecurity requirements that construction contractors working on DoD projects must adhere to. Read the full article here. Read More
Virtual Mediation – How Do I Make It Work For Me?
Published Date: December 9, 2020
This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here. Mediation took the construction industry by storm in the late 1980’s and has become a staple for resolving construction claims. Today, most construction contracts, including the ConsensusDocs, require mediation as a condition precedent to binding dispute resolution, whether it be arbitration or litigation. As a result, many construction [...] Read More
The Adoption of a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy in the Workplace
Authors: Kevin J. O’Connor, Aaron C. Schlesinger,
Published Date: November 19, 2020
It was not long after the first pharmaceutical company announced a successful Phase 3 trial of a COVID-19 vaccine that questions began to be asked by employers about whether, and under what circumstances, an employer could mandate that employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment. While it is presently legal for an employer to require, in certain [...] Read More
