On March 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (“USDOE”) issued guidance addressing the risk of Coronavirus/COVID-19 in schools while protecting the rights of students with disabilities. As a general rule, if school districts are serving students remotely, they must ensure that students who have...
On March 25, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S2304, a bill intended to broaden the availability of access to benefits under the state’s Temporary Disability Insurance (“TDI”) and Family Leave Insurance (“FLI”) programs. The law targets epidemic-related illnesses such as COVID-19 and makes...
On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) began issuing implementing regulations for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The first set of regulations state that the effective date of the FFCRA is April 1, 2020, not April 2, 2020 as originally...
While negotiations continue on the United State Senate’s COVID-19 emergency relief bill, Democrats in the House of Representatives have unveiled their own stimulus plan. The Democrats’ response bill, which is more than 1,000 pages long, proposes injecting some $40 billion into schools and universities to...
On March 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance to schools about addressing the risk of COVID-19 in schools while protecting the rights of students with disabilities. As a general rule, if school districts are serving students remotely, they must ensure that students...
On March 20, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a suite of 16 bills into law aimed at assisting New Jersey in dealing with the Coronavirus/COVID-19 health emergency. The new laws include a prohibition on terminating or refusing to reinstate an employee who has,...
On the evening of March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, H.R. 6201. The new law includes the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”), which provides paid family leave, and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act...
NEWARK, NJ, February 26, 2020 – Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP announced that partner Liza M. Walsh will serve as co-chair for the upcoming Thurgood Marshall College Fund 20th Annual New Jersey Awards of Excellence. Additionally, the firm will support the fundraising event through sponsorship....
Walsh Partner Hector D. Ruiz will be participating on a panel entitled "Protecting Your Brand: Strategies for Handling Social Media Abuse" at the 10th Annual Corporate Counsel Conference. To be held February 5th at Prudential headquarters in Newark, the conference is presented by The Hispanic...
Walsh Partner Peter J. Pizzi will be sharing insights and leading a panel discussion on February 25 at The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) 2020 Midyear Meeting in Pebble Beach, CA. A most timely topic as digital evidence becomes more determinative in more cases,...