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In a recent decision, causation proved to be a determinative factor in the viability of multiple claims subject to the same force majeure clause. District judge rules that broad.
Breaking with a Sixth Circuit decision to the contrary, in a
March 2021 decision in
Stewart v. Holland, the District
Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania held that unfair
labor claims brought by the Department of Labor against a debtor
under the Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ) were not
barred by the automatic stay but could instead proceed under the police powers exception.
A debtor s bankruptcy filing triggers the automatic
stay, which immediately enjoins, among other things, the
commencement and continuation of most litigation against the
debtor.
2 The purpose of the automatic stay
is to afford the debtor breathing room either to
On March 29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
extended the September 4
CDC Order, which temporarily halted certain residential nonpayment evictions, through
June 30, 2021. It was previously set to expire on March 31. In addition, on March 29, the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a
CDC’s March 29 Extension Order
Specifically, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signed a
17-page Order extending the September 4 CDC Order until June 30. Therein, Director Walensky explained:
[D]espite higher rates of vaccine coverage, the simultaneous roll-back of community mitigation efforts may continue to expose vulnerable populations, such as those targeted in this Order, to higher-than-average COVID-19 rates. . . This 90-day extension will allow the assessment of natural changes to COVID-19 incidence, influence of new variants, and the expansion of COVId-19 vaccine coverage to determine if there is a continued need for a national ev
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