COVID-19 Attorney Task Force

VAHEY GETZ COVID-19 ATTORNEY TASK FORCE

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) is impacting businesses and public life around the world. Every individual and company are facing their own unique challenges in the face of the uncertainties surrounding this global pandemic.

Vahey Getz has assembled a multidisciplinary Attorney Task Force across the wide array of disciplines implicated by the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Task Force is an interdisciplinary group of the Firm’s attorneys with a wide array of experience helping companies and individuals respond to the legal fallout from disruptive crises and disasters. Our Attorneys are ready to assist clients with issues involving Insurance, Labor and Employment, Personal Injury, Collections and Creditor Rights, Construction and Business Disputes as the coronavirus (COVID-19) threat develops, as well as many other areas affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Key Issues

The Vahey Getz Task Force has identified a variety of key issues below that are among the many that businesses and individuals are facing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vahey Getz is here to help offer creative, proactive solutions tailored to your business and industry. Please do not hesitate to contact any of the listed contacts for help addressing these various challenges related to this rapidly evolving crisis.

• Insurance

• Labor and Employment

• Commercial Contracts & Contractual Disputes

• Wills, Healthcare Proxies, Family Wealth & Estate Planning

• Business Disputes & Litigation

• Collections

• Criminal Defense

• Personal Injury

CLIENT RESOURCES

Our Task Force has developed helpful and practical preparedness guidance; answers to common questions; and other materials for both individuals and businesses affected by COVID-19. Our most recent guides and links to all our COVID-19 resources can be found below:

• Coronavirus Resource Kit by Lexis Practice Advisor: https://www.lexisnexis.com/supp/largelaw/no-index/coronavirus/coronavirus-resource-kit.pdf
• U.S. Department of Labor COVID-19 Resources: https://www.dol.gov/coronavirus
• Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act: https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/pandemic_flu.html
• Critical Infrastructure Sectors: https://www.cisa.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors
• DOL COVID-19 FLSA Questions and Answers: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/pandemic
• DOL COVID-19 FMLA Questions and Answers: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/pandemic
• Information for Healthcare professionals: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/index.html
• Coronavirus (COVID – 19): https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emres/2019_ncov.html
• Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), February 2020: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fspecific-groups%2Fguidance-business-response.html
• Safety and Health Topics: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/
• Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act: https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/pandemic_flu.html
• Department of Financial Services: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/
• NYS Coronavirus Updates: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home
• NYSBA Coronavirus Information Center: https://nysba.org/covid-19-information-updates/