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How to Limit COVID-19 Related Legal Claims

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 01.11.21

In their Commentary, “How to Limit COVID-19 Related Legal Claims” in the January 2021 issue of Engineering News-Record, Meagan Bachman and Josh Lindsay of C&M discuss advice for limiting and mitigating the disputes that are coming as a result of COVID-19-related disruptions to construction projects. Even as the first vaccines are distributed around the globe, sustained challenges and cost and time impacts to projects can be expected. But there also are opportunities to mitigate the deleterious effects of COVID-19 and reduce the possibility of large-scale disputes down the road.

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Aid and Sanctions: Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan Aid Bill Expands U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Authorities

On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law the National Security Supplemental fiscal package, which includes significant new sanctions and export controls authorities. Although the U.S. foreign aid commitments for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan headline the new law, it also (1) expands the statute of limitations for U.S. sanctions violations; (2) includes new authorities for the President to coordinate sanctions efforts with the European Union and the United Kingdom; (3) expands sanctions and export controls on Iran (including some targeted at Chinese financial institutions); and (4) includes new sanctions authorities targeting terror groups....