Webinar: Legislative Update – What’s on the Horizon for Workers’ Compensation in 2020

Apr 8, 2020 | Workers' Compensation Webinars

Date:        Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. est. Speaker:  Joseph Romano, Esq. The Burns White Webinar: Legislative Update – What’s on the Horizon for Workers’ Compensation in 2020 featuring Joseph Romano will discuss the...

Court Finds That An Insurer Does Not Act in Bad Faith by Revisiting an Acceptance of Coverage

Apr 8, 2020 | Articles & Updates

The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently granted a defendant insurer’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to dismiss a bad faith claim after finding that an insurer’s refusal to provide coverage after initially accepting coverage could not have been unreasonable...

New Jersey Issues Executive Order 112 to Protect Healthcare Providers

Apr 8, 2020 | News

On April 1, 2020, Governor Phil D. Murphy issued Executive Order 112. The broad-ranging decree was designed to provide legal protections to healthcare providers responding to the State’s COVID-19 response. Central to that intent is a “qualified immunity” to healthcare...

States Respond to COVID-19 to Protect Healthcare Workers

Apr 7, 2020 | Articles & Updates

By Maria Granaudo Gesty, Esquire At least three states have responded to the COVID-19 state of emergency by enacting added protections for healthcare providers in the course of treatment of such patients, and many more are expected to follow. KENTUCKY SENATE BILL 150...

U.S. Treasury Issues Interim Final Rule on Paycheck Protection Program

Apr 3, 2020 | Articles & Updates

The U.S. Treasury has now issued an Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) on the implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) created by the CARES Act at section 1102.  The IFR is effective immediately, with comments to be solicited from the public in the near...