MEDIA COVERAGE DURING COVID19 CRISIS

 

March 2020

EXPERT SOURCING ON CORONAVIRUS IMPACT
MEDIA COVERAGE SINCE MARCH 4, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the world economy, now, more than ever, reporters and the media are relying on experts to guide them on what that means for companies and industries. Reporters and potential clients are hungry for experts and information.

From labor and employment issues to construction, contractual disputes, healthcare, insurance claims, government contracts, and estate planning, we have been able to establish numerous clients as thought leaders that the media have come to rely on to help them navigate this ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape.

 

    Labor & Employment Impact

 

US News and World Report: https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2020-03-03/twitter-amazon-google-among-businesses-guarding-against-coronavirus

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/these-employer-resources-can-help-workers-avoid-coronavirus.html

NBC Today: https://www.today.com/money/how-prepare-coronavirus-workplace-t175201?utm_source=headtopics&utm_medium=news&utm_campaign=2020-03-11

Puget Sound Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2020/03/03/weyerhaeuser-closes-its-seattle-hq-out-of-an.html

CNBC: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/career/the-coronavirus-could-actually-make-working-from-home-more-commonplace/ar-BB10Q0AC

Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/coachella-music-festival-coronavirus-961710/

Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/no-legal-precedent-for-employment-law-and-coronavirus-185353924.html

The Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/bus-drivers-clerks-and-other-workers-who-interact-with-the-public-fear-exposure-to-coronavirus/

Minneapolis Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-employers-need-to-think-past-hand-sanitizer-to-protect-workplaces-from-coronavirus-effects/568596492/

Business Insurance: https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20200304/NEWS08/912333386/Employers-face-%E2%80%98gray-area%E2%80%99-with-comp,-coronavirus-Expert

Restaurant Business: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/topics/what-restaurant-employers-can-do-contend-coronavirus

Turbo News: https://www.eturbonews.com/566317/will-us-white-house-defer-taxes-due-to-fallout-of-covid-19-coronavirus/

Shock: https://www.shock.co/musica/coronavirus-que-pasara-con-los-festivales-que-se-avecinan-ie10267

Sourcing Journal: https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/financial/dorsey-coronavirus-preparation-workplace-business-planning-retail-employees-199062/
San Antonio Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2020/03/11/rackspace-asks-localemployees-to-work-from-home.html

LA Magazine: https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/coachella-canceled-coronavirus/

The Tech Show: Skype Interview aired week of March 16

Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvgpj5/coronavirus-killed-miami-ultra-what-other-festivals-will-follow

Hollywood Life: https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/03/10/coachella-canceled-coronavirus-music-festival-postponed/

ValueWalk: https://www.valuewalk.com/2020/03/coronavirus-high-risk-areas/
TribunJabar: https://jabar.tribunnews.com/2020/03/09/tips-bekerja-di-tengah-wabah-virus-corona-salah-satunya-kerja-dari-rumah

Connecticut Green Living: https://ctgreenliving.blogspot.com/2020/03/connecticut-companies-need-to-offer.html

CStore Decisions: https://cstoredecisions.com/2020/03/06/managing-food-safety-during-the-coronavirus/

QSR:https://www.qsrmagazine.com/exclusives/heres-how-your-brand-should-prepare-covid-19

FSR: https://www.fsrmagazine.com/consumer-trends/coronavirus-has-arrived-what-should-your-restaurant-do

Convenience Store Decisions: https://cstoredecisions.com/2020/03/06/managing-food-safety-during-the-coronavirus/

HR World: https://www.thehrworld.co.uk/news-article?title=Sick%20pay%20from%20day%20one%20for%20employees%20with%20coronavirus&id=172

Business Leader: https://www.businessleader.co.uk/how-will-coronavirus-impact-businesses-in-the-uk/80694/

Merdeka: https://www.merdeka.com/uang/virus-corona-jadi-pertimbangan-perusahaan-berlakukan-kerja-dari-rumah.html

Sports Video Group: https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/covid-19-crisis-government-support-for-uk-freelancers-explained/

Vending Times: Some COVID-19 aid for foodservice now a reality, more coming

Travel Ban

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Yahoo Lifestyle: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/companies-ban-business-travel-cancel-225522070.html

ValueWalk: https://www.valuewalk.com/2020/03/coronavirus-high-risk-areas/

Puget Sound Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2020/03/03/weyerhaeuser-closes-its-seattle-hq-out-of-an.html

Business Traveler USA: https://www.businesstravelerusa.com/business-traveler-usa-story/travel-ban-could-this-be-the-face-of-the-future

Footwear News: https://footwearnews.com/2020/business/retail/coronavirus-travel-bans-store-closures-prevention-quarantine-1202941126/

Sub Cable World: https://www.subcableworld.com/newsfeed/market-snapshot/travel-ban-should-put-companies-workers-on-alert

SHRM: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/european-travel-ban-imperils-foreign-workers-abroad.aspx

San Jose Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-travel-ban-throws-american-tourists-h-1b-workers-into-chaos/

Business Travel News: https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Management-Covid/Covid-19-Assessing-the-Catastrophe/36047

International

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/business/china-coronavirus-economy.html

Corporate Counsel: https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2020/03/26/trying-to-manage-cross-border-risks-in-a-volatile-and-uncertain-time/

Contractual Performance

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Minneapolis Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/covid-19-fallout-will-be-costly-for-twin-cities-sports/568803982/

Twin Cities Business: http://tcbmag.com/news/articles/2020/march/breach-of-contract-during-covid-19-outbreak-better-dust-off-your-agreements

San Jose Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-what-will-economic-hit-be-for-warriors-sharks-other-bay-area-pro-teams/

REEL 360: https://reel360.com/article/covid-19-pushes-coachella-and-stagecoach-to-fall/

Franchise Times: https://www.franchisetimes.com/news/March-2020/4-Key-Restaurant-Tactics-in-the-Era-of-COVID-19/

Wrestling Online: https://www.wrestling-online.com/general/the-coronavirus-pandemic-over-70-non-wwe-shows-in-jeopardy-during-wrestlemania-week/

Broadway to Vegas: http://www.broadwaytovegas.com

Hotel News Now: http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/articles/300769/Litigating-lost-group-revenue-tricky-during-pandemic

The Horn 104 (Austin): https://soundcloud.com/hornfm/financial-legal-impact-of-covid-19s-effect-on-sports

The Wrap: https://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-companies-event-organizers-not-insured-against-pandemics-coronavirus/

The Plaid Horse: https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2020/03/16/grounded/

Food Service News: http://www.foodservicenews.net/The-FSN-Feed/March-2020/4-Key-Tactics-for-Living-in-the-Time-of-COVID-19/

Paradise Post: https://www.paradisepost.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-what-will-economic-hit-be-for-warriors-sharks-other-bay-area-pro-teams/

ABA Journal: https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/lawyers-and-law-firms-say-they-are-inundated-with-coronavirus-related-queries

Construction Industry Impact

Construction Dive: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/6-ways-the-coronavirus-outbreak-will-affect-construction/574042/

The Journal Record: https://journalrecord.com/2020/03/11/construction-firms-urged-to-plan-for-labor-shortages-delays/

Globe St.: https://www.globest.com/2020/03/13/the-coronavirus-is-delaying-a-construction-project-what-does-your-contract-say/

IT Business Net: https://www.itbusinessnet.com/2020/03/what-construction-contractors-and-owners-should-do-today-to-prepare-for-the-possible-effects-of-coronavirus-on-projects/

Engineering Management Institute: https://engineeringmanagementinstitute.org/?s=diana+parks

Globe St 2: https://link.zixcentral.com/u/031456a0/9A4dUG1o6hGj9b9_Bm1nPA?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globest.com%2F2020%2F03%2F16%2Fconstruction-industry-bracing-for-potential-impact-of-covid-19%2F

Arizona Contractor & Community: https://www.arizcc.com/single-post/2020/03/17/Simple-steps-that-construction-contractors-should-take-to-assess-and-bolster-their-ability-to-deal-with-the-potential-impact-of-a-coronavirus-outbreak

Bisnow: https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/construction-development/what-the-construction-industry-may-be-missing-amidst-the-covid-19-scare-103472
For Construction Pros: The Law: How Construction Contractors Can Protect Themselves from Coronavirus Losses

SEC/Financial

CBS News: NYSE boss sold his own stock ahead of coronavirus market meltdown

Des Moines Register: Lawmakers could face legal scrutiny for stock selloffs before virus-driven market crash, analysts say

USA Today:Lawmakers could face legal scrutiny for stock selloffs before virus-driven market crash, analysts say

Public: NEW: Loeffler’s Husband Also Dumped Millions Of Stock Holdings

Law360: Trader Pals Will Pay $4.6M For $28M ‘Layering’ Fraud

Plan Advisor: https://www.planadviser.com/responding-coronavirus-sec-eases-certain-fund-adviser-requirements/

Inman News: https://www.inman.com/2020/03/18/trump-administration-announces-halt-on-foreclosures-and-evictions/

Law360: https://www.law360.com/articles/1254626/agencies-move-to-halt-foreclosures-evictions-amid-outbreak

HIPAA/

Nurse.org: https://nurse.org/articles/new-hipaa-waivers-policy-telehealth-covid19/

HIT Consultant: https://hitconsultant.net/2020/03/18/covid-19-limited-hippa-waivers-hhs/

Healthcare Innovation: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/covid-19/article/21130404/hipaa-and-covid19-restrictions-loosened-but-experts-preach-caution

Modern Aesthetics: https://modernaesthetics.com/news/e-consults-expansion-hhs-ocr-issues-new-hipaa-guidance

INSURANCE RECOVERY

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/20/insurers-are-denying-coronavirus-claims-restaurants-are-fighting-back.html

Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-business-interruption-insurance-lawsuits-20200416-b5kl3xaweja7refbqfr4cpkp3u-story.html

EPA – Emissions

Engineering News Record:https://www.enr.com/articles/49204-altered-mercury-emissions-rule-is-latest-display-of-epas-changed-mindset

Bloomberg Environment:https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/mercury-rule-foreshadows-future-air-policy-approach-wheeler

The Quad Report: http://thequadreport.com/epas-mystifying-mats-rule-has-heads-scratching/