COVID-19 resource center

Keep up with the latest news and developments on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact.

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 was signed into law on March 18, 2020. This nano course discusses family and medical leave, sick leave, tax credits to employers and self-employed taxpayers providing the leave, and the effect on employer-sponsored health plans. This course provides a general review of new developments in taxation.

Skopos Labs, a close partner of Thomson Reuters, has developed a tool to track COVID-19-related legislation in congress and across 200+ federal agencies.

Listen to this on-demand panel discussion, with a variety of global leaders in Professional Services firms, who will share their perspective, considerations, and predictions about what return to work will be like for management and employees. This is the first of a three-part panel series focused on the considerations, changes and perspectives before, during and after returning to work in the office throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Courts around the country continue to shut down or impose restrictions to cope with the spread of the coronavirus. Below is a roundup, updated daily, of measures taken by federal and state courts.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced lawyers across the U.S. to learn how to work from home, and left offices sitting empty for months, leading many managing partners to ask - why were we paying for all that space?

Countries have implemented rules and regulations to ease the burden of COVID-19 on taxpayers, with regulatory activity happening in Argentina, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, Norway, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

At the end of July, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dean Kimberly Yuracko will step down from her post after less than two years.

In this period of uncertainty and heightened stress, this webinar aims at introducing you to the basic elements of mindfulness to better tackle and cope with this challenge. This webinar will provide you with practical tips to build resilience and stability with the changes we are facing professionally and personally.

In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and the global financial market response, auditors must be mindful of heightened audit risks this year. This course reviews some of the areas of concern that auditors should keep in mind when working with their clients.

This nano course assists tax professionals with informing clients of recent legislation and actions as Congress and the IRS provide relief to individuals and business facing the challenges of COVID-19.

This course identifies considerations that public companies should keep top-of-mind as they assess the current and potential impact of the coronavirus on their businesses and work to factor coronavirus risks into their reporting and disclosure practices

Join us for this interactive roundtable webinar where our expert presenters will discuss the latest developments and share insights into how multinationals are adapting to the changing landscape.

Dentons on Friday said it is closing two of its U.K. locations and moving employees who had been based in those offices to full-time remote status, making it one of the first law firms to shrink its real estate footprint because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Washington state will allow law school graduates who are registered to take its July or September bar exam to skip the test and still become licensed, issuing so-called “diploma privilege” because of the coronavirus pandemic.

FindLaw's Covid-19 resource center contains updated information and articles that law firms and legal professionals can use during the novel coronavirus outbreak including information on working remotely, managing clients, and the legal issues surrounding COVID-19.

Some of the most common questions the Practical Law Team received from our customers about capital markets and COVID-19 answered.

This Practice Note discusses emergency preparedness and business continuity planning for private employers.

Is the COVID-19 pandemic more quickly moving the world to a cashless society? One where almost all financial transactions are not conducted with physical banknotes or coins, but rather through the transfer of digital information via a smartphone?

This article provides a quick overview of six actions that law firms can take now to help them service their clients, manage their operations, and basically get through the next six months.

See how affected businesses may need to consider, from an English law perspective, the contractual and legal issues arising from global pandemic.

A Practice Note describing legal issues surrounding a private employer's need to have a pandemic flu or influenza preparedness strategy for the workplace.

An Act making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

Get an overview of some of the legal and practical issues arising from the threat of business disruption resulting from epidemics such as COVID-19.

An Act providing requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID–19.

A Checklist outlining best practices for private employers to plan for emergencies and continued business operations after an emergency.

Get crucial insight into the FRC-published advice to companies and auditors on Coronavirus risk disclosures in year-end reports.

An Act Making emergency supplemental appropriations for thefiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repealthe excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage.

Disaster fraud, a type of financial crime that typically occurs after a catastrophe or event like COVID-19, current types of COVID-19 disaster fraud trends, and ways for financial institutions, government agencies, and consumers to prevent and mitigate disaster fraud are the topics of discussion in this on-demand webinar.

The following is a selection of global developments compiled by the Thomson Reuters Data Privacy editorial staff. The global developments cover technology developments, Cybersecurity, Proposed Legislation, and Other Key Data Privacy Updates.

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented chaos and uncertainty. Financial services firms are struggling to maintain stability while still delivering the required customer outcomes.

In this CrimeCast, Amanda DuPont (Public Records Product Expert with Thomson Reuters) is our guide to the tumultuous world of US pandemic emergency aid programs. Her role gives her an insider’s view into how financial institutions are managing programs like the PPP, Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Main Street Lending and more.

Over the course of 30 minutes a lot of ground was covered in the first episode of the Experts Talk including taking audience questions. Unfortunately, not every question was answered and so the following questions have been published for your leisurely post-event reading.

As the novel coronavirus outbreak disrupts business and sows uncertainty, senior managers, compliance, risk, and operations professionals are asking, "What does 'good' or 'better' practice look like during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis?"

Covering healthcare related to COVID-19 could cost insurers in the United States anywhere between $56 billion to $556 billion through the next year, a study commissioned by a health insurance group showed on Wednesday.  

The warnings from law enforcement agencies are clear: financial fraudsters see the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity. These bad actors are hoping to capitalize on fears to manipulate unsuspecting victims into parting with their money. Investment scams, miracle cures, and fraudulent crowdfunding platforms have become widespread, and consumers should be on the lookout.

Where 2019 might have seen climate change at the front and center for environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, the COVID-19 pandemic is shifting the emphasis to “social” considerations.

Senior managers performing required functions such as compliance oversight and the money laundering reporting officer (MLRO) should only be furloughed as a last resort, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said in a statement. The regulator was setting out its expectations of solo-regulated firms for the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) and COVID-19.

Increased pressure to perform under stressful conditions and psychological distance that many employees are facing during the COVID-19 crisis make it imperative for managers to assess new risks likely to emerge when staff operate remotely, according to behavioral science experts.

As the global COVID-19 pandemic spreads, some financial services firms and regulators who have resisted the growing practice of telecommuting are allowing or requiring employees to work from home. The change in policy is welcomed by many.

The business continuity plans (BCP) of financial services firms and market infrastructures were not designed for a long-lasting global pandemic and are likely to come under pressure as the COVID-19 outbreak continues.

Learn about the importance of data quality and glance ahead at what the future holds in terms of innovative solutions. We will provide a baseline understanding of data quality that financial institutions can use to make informed decisions about how to move forward to reduce financial crime risk

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for compliance professionals around the world, including those in the UK. This special report focuses on a selection of UK and constituent countries actions as well as news and analysis articles compiled by Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence editorial staff.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for compliance professionals around the world, including those in Canada. This special report focuses on a selection of federal and provincial legislative and regulatory actions as well as news and analysis articles compiled by the Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence editorial staff.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for healthcare providers and health insurers. This special report includes a selection of federal and state actions as well as news and analysis articles. The selection includes Regulatory Intelligence and Reuters news coverage.

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) advised that companies should minimise the amount of health data collected from employees and visitors amid the COVID-19 epidemic.

Legal experts are warning companies to beef up their cybersecurity defenses as COVID-19 presents new opportunities for fraudulent email, increased phishing and other risks related to the rise of employees working from home.

The continuing uncertainty regarding COVID-19 is having a profound impact on financial services firms, their employees and customers, and the wider world but it is clear firms must be prepared for all eventualities.

Widespread testing is seen as one of the best ways to slow the advance of the COVID-19 pandemic, but another factor may be the ability to access large amounts of personal data.

Rising markets can mask Ponzi schemes — often, it is easy to raise funds, and few investors are asking for redemptions. When the stock market crashes and investors simultaneously try to cash out of a previously unknown fraudulent investments, the schemes quickly collapse due to the ensuing liquidity crisis.