Category: Covid-19

2021, Covid-19, Paige C. Sirey

Changes to Expect in the Courts in Light of COVID-19

As public spaces begin to reopen throughout California, patrons will notice changes in accessibility to those spaces, as well as the increased cleaning and safety protocols now in place, particularly as they relate to COVID-19.  Given that California counties are opening in waves depending upon their progress controlling COVID-19 cases, this article breaks down some of the changes to expect when accessing courts in the counties of Orange, Los Angeles, […]

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Brett K. Wiseman, Covid-19, Employment Law

Handling The COVID-Sick Employee

Handling the COVID -Sick and Purportedly COVID -Sick Employee The main questions we receive from employers during the pandemic is how to keep sick employees’ home and how to get healthy employees working.  These are reasonable questions.  Ordinarily, California’s employment laws are particularly employee friendly and are best understood only after the courts have had an opportunity to interpret the unfortunately ambiguous language provided by the legislature.  Due to COVID-19, […]

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2020, Ali Parvaneh, Covid-19

COVID-19 And The FDA

  Curing Covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) took the world by surprise.  Many experts knew a pandemic of this magnitude would eventually hit.  No thanks to our experiences with HIV (1981 to present), H1N1 swine flu (2009), or the Spanish flu (1918), another pandemic was expected.  Madison Law, APC represents a company that has developed an antiviral botanical drug to treat Covid-19.  All eyes are on the progress of this drug.  This […]

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Covid-19, Eviction, Susanna F. Wiseman

Residential Evictions During COVID-19

COVID-19 has prompted an incredible number of new laws, orders, changes in procedure, and other modifications to how and when a tenant may be evicted and when rents are actually due.  This is intended to be a nonexhaustive update through this date.  It is always recommended and necessary to confirm that no further orders, law or changes have occurred subsequent to the publication of this update. The first question posed […]

2020, Auto Defense, Covid-19, James S. Sifers, Used-Car Dealerships

COVID-19 INDUSTRY GUIDANCE: Automobile Dealerships and Rentals

COVID-19 INDUSTRY GUIDANCE: Automobile Dealerships and Rentals With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Governor Newsom has recently ordered new California closures for non-essential businesses. The State Public Health Officer has noted that “[w]orkers critical to the manufacturing, distribution, sales, rental, leasing, repair, and maintenance of vehicles and other transportation equipment (including electric vehicle charging stations) and the supply chains that enable these operations, subject to adhering public health guidance issued […]

2020, Covid-19, James S. Sifers, Landlord - Tenant

Potential Limitations on Landlords and Protections for Tenants

California is continuing to explore legislation which would significantly alter the residential landlord tenant relationship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Currently, AB-1436 is working its way through the California legislature.  AB-1436, if passed in its present state, would impose significant restrictions on landlords in evicting their tenants and provide unprecedented protections for tenants.  AB-1436 seeks to address defaults in residential lease agreements which occurred during any declared state […]