As of December 31, 2020, the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) and California’s COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (“CSPSL”) expired. California employers continue to have exclusion pay requirements under the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (“Cal/OSHA”) COVID-19 emergency temporary standards (“ETS”). And, although the FFCRA has expired, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) extends tax credits to … Read More
Compassionate Release Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) – an Escape Hatch for Federal Prisoners
When Congress passed criminal justice reforms in the form of the First Step Act (Pub. L. 115-391) in 2018, no one could have foreseen its effect on federal prisoners in the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Before the First Step Act passed, the Bureau of Prisons (typically the warden of a federal prison) could bring a motion to reduce a term … Read More
Real Estate During COVID-19
An understandable upshot of the COVID-19 pandemic is that many aspects of the real estate market are in flux. In some ways, business remains surprisingly close to normal, with local real estate brokers reporting a steady interest in selling and buying Humboldt County property. Of course, navigating the regulations and best practices applicable to brokers could merit a separate blog … Read More