On Friday, July 24, 2020, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order 20-37, entitled Face Covering Requirement. Section 6 of Executive Order 20-37 detailed guidelines for K-12 educational institutions. On Thursday, July 30, 2020, Governor…
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently updated its guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). To properly handle employees’ requests for leave…
On July 30, 2020, pursuant to Executive Order 20-39, the Governor of Indiana extended the prohibition on filing foreclosure actions or proceedings involving residential real estate or property through August 14, 2020. The Governor’s directive does…
In a pair of press releases, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that it had resolved unrelated complaints relating to religious liberty in the context of overzealous Covid-19 precautions. The first case involved a hospital preventing a…
On Friday, July 24, 2020, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order 20-37, entitled Face Covering Requirement (the “Executive Order”). The Executive Order implements a state-wide face covering mandate, adding to multiple local mandates…
While many construction projects across the state remain active – albeit with social-distancing and other measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 – many others are temporarily suspended or have altogether been scrapped. For these…
As employers struggle to navigate the new normal after their workforce returns back to work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) published timely guidance detailing when employers should test or require employees to complete a…
Earlier this year, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a Report to Congressional Requesters (“Report”) recognizing state views on administration challenges with the Medicaid program. The audit informing the Report lasted nearly…
Typically, claims against governmental entities that sound in tort, such as negligence, are subject to the Indiana Tort Claims Act (“ITCA”).1 Besides limiting recovery to $700,000.00 individually and $5,000,000.00 in the aggregate,2 a party suing a…
Through amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act ("IHRA"), Illinois has mandated since January 1, 2020, that Illinois employers provide annual sexual harassment prevention training that meets or exceeds the Illinois Department of Human Rights…
House Bill 1004 (“HB 1004”), signed into law earlier this year, imposes new patient billing requirements affecting health care providers and health care facilities beginning July 1, 2020. With few exceptions, HB 1004 requires health care providers…
On July 6, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (which covers appeals from federal courts in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin) handed down the third in a series of decisions related to Chicago debtors seeking chapter 13…
