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01.13.21

New York State Executive Orders and Guidance

Our Manatt team, located in the heart of state government in Albany, NY, has created a resource center for the state’s key executive orders and agency guidance.


01.13.21

New York State Agency Guidance

Our Manatt team, located in the heart of state government in Albany, NY, has created a resource center for the state’s key executive orders and agency guidance.


01.11.21

L.A. City and County COVID-19 Weekly Update (January 11, 2021)

Last week was the first full week that restaurants and personal services businesses such as barber shops and hair salons were permitted to reopen in Los Angeles.


01.08.21

NY Senate and Assembly Announce 2021 Committee Assignments

On Wednesday, January 6, the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly issued their committee assignments for the 2021 legislative session.


12.21.20

L.A. City and County COVID-19 Weekly Update (December 21, 2020)

Last week, Los Angeles County (the County) experienced the highest daily numbers of new COVID-19 deaths, cases and hospitalizations ever reported throughout the pandemic.


12.18.20

NYS Executive Order Provides New Flexibility for COVID-19 Immunization Sites

In support of New York’s ongoing COVID‑19 response efforts, Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued more than 80 executive orders that temporarily waive state regulatory requirements or impose new mandates, especially with respect to the healthcare industry.


12.17.20

Assembly Budget Committee Unveils 2021 Budget Blueprint

With less than a month away from the Governor’s introduction of California’s 2021 budget, the Assembly Budget Committee recently unveiled its Blueprint for a Responsible Budget for the upcoming 2021-22 budget, a presentation of the Assembly’s spending priorities.


12.04.20

NYS Executive Orders Update: Maintaining and Modifying Prior Waivers and Directives

In support of the state’s ongoing COVID‑19 response efforts, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued nearly 80 Executive Orders that temporarily waive state regulatory requirements (waivers) or impose new mandates (directives), especially with respect to the healthcare industry.


11.25.20

The Absentee Ballots Produce a Late Blue Wave in New York’s Legislative Races

When the first election results were posted on the evening of November 3, it appeared relatively bleak for the Democrats in New York State, even though there were a high number of absentee ballots to be counted (a count that could not begin under law until November 10, at the earliest).


11.23.20

L.A. City and County COVID-19 Weekly Update (November 23, 2020)

Last week, Los Angeles County experienced what the County Department of Public Health described as “a dangerous acceleration of cases.”