Senior Living Communities, Liability for COVID-19 Countermeasures, and the PREP Act: Is the Tide Turning for Providers? Monday, March 8, 2021
In a February 10, 2021 ruling (the “Garcia Ruling”) out of the CDCA Court for the Central District of California (the “CDCA Court”) in the case of
., 20-02250JVS (C.D. Ca. Feb. 10, 2021), the CDCA Court held that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d–6d) (the “PREP Act”) provides senior living facilities with an exemption from civil liability for actions taken by such facilities to protect facility residents from COVID-19.
Given that long-term care and senior living facilities have experienced a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases and deaths nationwide during the pandemic,[1] with many states having experienced their worst COVID-19 outbreaks and highest number of deaths in long-term care facilities in December 2020,[2] the extension of PREP Act liability protections to senio
Introduction
ICC ) has introduced new rules for
arbitration (the
2021 Rules ) that will
apply to cases filed from January 1, 2021 onward. The 2021 Rules
respond to the global pandemic by modernizing procedures and
increasing the role of technology.
The previous arbitration rules came into force on March 1, 2017
(the
2017 Rules ) and will continue to
apply to cases registered before January 1, 2021.
Overview of Key Changes in the 2021 Rules
(a) Increased Use of Technology
The 2021 Rules represent a continuing effort by the ICC to
remain responsive to the needs of international arbitration
stakeholders in an unprecedented and ever evolving dispute
resolution landscape.
Technology has always been important in international
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