Although precedent in UPMC and Kroger remains good law for the moment, this Advice Memorandum signals General Counsel’s intention to encourage Regions to issue a complaint in similar subsequent cases, with the goal of getting the Board to ultimately overrule those decisions.
In an Advice Memorandum released on May 25, 2022, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo laid out a blueprint for changes she'd like made to Board precedent concerning union representatives' .
In an Advice Memorandum released on May 25, 2022, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo laid out a blueprint for changes she’d like made to Board precedent concerning union.
COVID-19
Most Courts Are Rejecting All Risk Insurance Policy
Claims Related to COVID-19 The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that
neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it
cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of
insurance coverage. So concluded the district court in
Out West Restaurant Gp., Inc. v. Affiliated FM Ins. Co.,
No. 20-cv-06786, 2021 WL 1056627 (N.D. Cal. March 19, 2021). The
court continued, These decisions have reasoned that the virus
fails to cause physical alteration of property because temporary
loss of use of property (if any) during a pandemic and while
government orders are in effect does not qualify as physical loss