博客:意见 & 观察
Brown Water Seamen and the Stowaway Virus: Coronavirus Precautions
2020年4月23日
当人们想到古代或现代的水手, 在深海航行的画面, 蓝色的海洋在大陆之间的木制帆船或, 也许, making long voyages on ultra-large container vessels comes to mind. 这些“碧水”水手, 然而, constitute only a small fraction of the crews that work onboard the vessels that make our economy run. Most vessels ply the waters closer to home, including tug boats, tow boats, pilot boats, derrick...
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2020年4月23日
2016年1月, 弗吉尼亚海洋全球最大赌博365网站委员会, concerned about reports of conflicts in the Lynnhaven River system between oyster farmers harvesting from leased grounds and upland property owners, 划船的人, and other users and about proposed legislation that would have instituted a moratorium on new leases within that river system, formed a working group to review the matter and make recommendations about how to address the conflicts. 很快地，它...
阅读更多Why Everyone Needs an Estate Plan and Why It Probably Should Involve a Trust
2020年4月21日
我们都知道你不能把它带走, but too many people have not taken the time to properly consider an appropriate estate plan. 很多人都像弗雷德和莎莉·史密斯. 弗雷德和莎莉一直在拖延制定遗产计划. They don’t like thinking about dying and what the world will be like when they are no longer in it. 不幸的是, 死亡, 正如本杰明·富兰克林指出的那样, 生活中有两件事是确定无疑的(另一件, 当然,...
阅读更多2020年4月17日
面对世界性的流行病, 全国各地的州长已经发布了, 有生以来第一次, universal stay-at-home orders virtually shutting down our way of life. While it is an extremely difficult transition for in-tact families, persons who must co-parent with another parent during this current crisis are experiencing extra-ordinary difficulties. Under the best of conditions, it is sometimes difficult to work with the child’s other parent...
阅读更多Commercial Landlord-Tenant Relations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020年4月17日
在COVID-19造成的卫生和经济危机中, 房东, 物业经理, and tenants of commercial property are scrambling for information and establishing new policy. Briefings by the President and Governor change the way businesses can be conducted with little or no advanced warning. 今天有意义的事情，明天可能就不可行了. What has become clear, is that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing economic upheaval for businesses. 在...
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There seems to be a common belief that 房东 may not evict residential tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like most beliefs, it’s rooted in truth, but the details may be surprising. 3月16日, 2020, the Virginia Supreme Court made an emergency judicial order in response to COVID-19 that essentially put the brakes on all cases for 21 days. 3月27日，法院将该命令又延长了21天. 目前，一切民事事务继续进行...
阅读更多COVID-19 Presents Construction Industry with Challenging New Legal Issues
2020年4月15日
从事建筑相关活动之商业, 无论是公共项目还是私人项目, 包括业主, 承包商, 分包商, 材料供应商, 以及付款保证人和履约保函, can expect that there will be new and challenging legal problems resulting from the impact of the Coronavirus. While certain types of projects have been deemed to be essential, 其他人则不然, 导致工作关闭和裁员...
阅读更多2020年4月13日
(2020年4月22日更新) Congress passed major legislation to address economic and health problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and is currently considering additional changes to the law. Government agencies are regularly providing regulations and guidance for businesses and individuals to understand how these laws affect them and what new benefits are available. We have compiled the links below to help clients and community members locate relevant...
阅读更多COVID-19 and Contracts – Assessing Business Liability for Breach
2020年4月7日
COVID-19 and its effects are forcing businesses across the nation to critically analyze operations. 一些公司为了维持运营变得更有创意. Others are simply unable to move forward in the current business environment and are forced to cut their losses. 如果你不幸发现自己处于后一种情况, one of the first things you should do is review your current contract, 例如你的商业租赁或供应商协议, 来确定...
阅读更多2020年4月6日
3月27日, 2020年冠状病毒援助, 救援, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law. The CARES Act provides numerous avenues for businesses to obtain financial assistance and relief as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The law is over 800 pages long and cannot be addressed in an article of this length. However, there are several program components that businesses should review and may find beneficial. 本文重点介绍了一些...
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