Wilson Elser is committed to keeping our clients informed of the insurance and broader business implications of the coronavirus outbreak. In addition to the information and insights available to you via the firm's Coronavirus Resource Center, we are offering a series of webinars on related topics for which we have been receiving an especially large number of inquiries.
You are invited to participate in any or all of the webinars listed below.
Presenting attorneys are among the best qualified industry-wide
to opine on their respective topics and to offer practical
perspectives that can help you manage current and potential
liabilities associated with the pandemic.
Date: Monday, April 6,
2020, Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Topic: COVID-19's Impact on
the Cannabis Industry
In the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, is medical cannabis an essential business? Of counsel Noelle Sheehan and associate Neil Willner will:
- Shed light on why medical cannabis should be considered an essential business
- Explain how medical cannabis laws differ from state to state
- Explore best practices for physicians to follow in providing patient care as it relates to medical cannabis.
Register Today: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/81387355995482892
Date: Thursday, April 9,
2020, Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Topic: Immunity Afforded
Manufacturers, Distributors and Users of Countermeasures with
Respect to COVID-19 Claims
Life Sciences practice chair Dan Tranen and associate Megan Verbos discuss the HHS Secretary declaration under the PREP Act and how this may permit various medical device and drug manufacturers, distributors and users of COVID-19 countermeasures to become effectively exempt from civil liability if their activities cause harm to patients or others. Topics will include:
- Specific legal process that creates immunity for specific countermeasures
- Exceptions and limitations to that immunity
- Examination of specific countermeasures that are trending in the news
- Ways in which their use may or may not lead to civil liability exemption under the PREP Act.
Register Today: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1617521648231146508
Date: Monday, April 13,
2020, Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Topic: Employment Law
Update
Employment & Labor practice co-chairs Steve Joffe and Dean Rocco provide an update in state and federal employment laws.
Register Today: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3527942892701339660
Date: Thursday, April 16,
2020, Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Topic: COVID-19's Impact on
the Insurance Industry
The impact of COVID-19 on the insurance industry is likely to be significant as the exposures arising from this global pandemic prompt an analysis of myriad insurance risks under a variety of products for first-party property and business interruption benefits, event cancellations, and liability claims. Partner Paul White will explore the emergence of COVID-19 and its impact on insurance risks.
Register Today: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8296225755203116300
Date: Monday, April 20, 2020,
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Topic: Supply Chain Disruptions Resulting from
COVID-19
With the pandemic shutting down manufacturing sites and supply lines in China and around the world, it is inevitable that companies relying on global sourcing arrangements will experience supply chain disruptions. Join Wilson Elser's Asia practice chair Phil Quaranta as he discusses best practices companies can employ when counteracting supply chain disruptions. Phil will share lessons learned from other viral outbreaks and from disasters such as the Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011 and the attacks of September 11, 2001, in the United States, that resulted in supply chain disruptions around the world.
Register today: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8875157110311822349
