Federal & State Outlooks
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SBA Relief Update: What Can My Business Do Now and What Might Be Coming?
March 25, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
While Congress is working on a proposal that would, if passed and approved, provide up to $300 billi...
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Pentagon Urges the Defense Industry to Keep Working During COVID-19 Pandemic
March 25, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
In recent days, all levels of government, local, state and federal, have issued orders to slow the s...
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West Virginia Joins Other States Enacting Statewide “Stay-at-Home” Orders
March 24, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On Monday, Governor Jim Justice signed an order for all West Virginians to “stay at home,” makin...
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Tennessee, Metro Nashville Issue Orders re COVID-19
March 24, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Frost Brown Todd’s Coronavirus Response Team is closely monitoring state and local government acti...
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What is a “Life-Sustaining Retail Business?” Kentucky Issues Statewide Order for Residen...
March 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On Sunday, March 22, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed Executive Order 2020-246 closing all “i...
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FEMA Assistance for Non-Profit Entities Providing COVID-19 Protective Measures
March 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
President Trump, by declaring the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) a national emergen...
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Update: FDA Temporarily Suspends FSMA On-Site Audit Requirements and Suspends Routine Domestic Facil...
March 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
FSMA Audits: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that, due to the Coro...
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States Providing Filing Relief Against COVID-19 Impacts
March 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
While COVID-19 continues to cause panic across the United States, the federal government is not the ...
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What is an “Essential Business?” Ohio Issues Statewide “Stay-at-Home” Order
March 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Frost Brown Todd’s Coronavirus Response Team is closely monitoring state-by-state actions that sig...
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OMB Orders Agencies to Realign Operations to Slow Spread of COVID-19
March 20, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On March 17, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum ordering all agenci...
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New Federal Government Research Contract Opportunities for Medical Countermeasures for COVID-19
March 20, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Currently, there are no approved diagnostics, vaccines, or treatments for COVID-19 infections, and t...
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Trump Administration Moves to Broaden Federal Contracts by Invoking Defense Production Act (DPA)
March 19, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
This week, President Trump announced he is invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950 (“DPA”), ...