DGRead 20.08.15
What HR Can Do if an Employee Is Afraid to Return to Work Post COVID-19; Rocket Docket Update; Virginia Enacts Standards to Protect Workers from COVID-19 Exposure; DG/30 Milestone
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Entries by Steven Long
Virginia Enacts Standards to Protect Workers from COVID-19 Exposure
By: Jayna Genti Virginia is now the first state in the nation to enact mandatory workplace safety rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) for Infectious Disease Prevention took effect July 27, 2020. The new standard covers most private employers in Virginia, as well as all state and local employees, […]
DGRead 20.08.01
DC Bar CLE: The ABCs of the ADA; Virginia Pregnancy Protections in the Workplace: What You Need to Know; Payroll Protection Plan Fraud Follow-Up; DG/30 Milestone
Payroll Protection Plan Fraud Follow-Up
By M. Jarrad Wright The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has begun to shift its response to the COVID-19 crisis away from price gauging cases to financial crimes – namely attempts to defraud the federal government’s various relief programs, including the Payroll Protection Plan (“PPP”) which was established as part of the larger Coronavirus Aid, […]
Virginia Pregnancy Protections in the Workplace: What You Need to Know
By: Zachary Deubler During its 2020 legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly passed a slew of measures providing your employees new and expended workplace protections, while also enhancing the mechanisms by which employees may seek to bring claims against their employers for violating the newly enacted laws. As we discussed at our June 2, 2020 […]
The ADA Turns 30: Zachary Deubler Has Questions: Jonathan Mook Has Answers
Description: On July 23 DiMuroGinsberg attorney, Zachary Deubler, and DiMuroGinsberg’s nationally recognized authority on the ADA, Jonathan Mook conducted an a webinar, interview style. The program was exciting as we traced the ADA from its beginnings to today, including significant new legal developments. The discussion was informative and listeners learned about the history and plans […]
DGRead 20.07.15
ADA—Recent Law Developments; Rocket Docket Update; Pearls of Wisdom from DiMuroGinsberg; Virginia Criminal Law Update; DG/30 Milestone
Virginia Criminal Law Update: What Changes Came as of July 1?
By Zachary Deubler DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. In Virginia, the 2020 legislative session brought about some of the largest criminal justice reform measures we have seen passed into law in the Commonwealth for decades. Indeed, these reforms were largely spurred on by criminal justice advocates who took issue with Virginia’s trial-by-ambush approach and the perceived over-criminalization of […]
DGRead 20.07.01
Zachary Deubler Has Questions; Johnathan Mook Has Answers; Rocket Docket Update; Back to Work Can Cause More Problems Than It Solves
“Ancient Gesture of Insult” Does Not Justify Traffic Stop
By Stacey Rose Harris DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. Don’t flip off a traffic cop. But if you do, they can’t pull you over. At least, they can’t pull you over JUST for that. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia has decided that a police officer was not justified in stopping a vehicle whose […]
