Coronavirus (Covid-19) - Global Focus / Multi-Jurisdictional Resources

• "Global COVID-19 Vaccine Guide for Employers" (22 December 2021, updated 21 January 2022), by DLA Piper, accessible via Lexology
• "What do employers need to know about COVID-19 vaccination mandates?" (September 15, 2021), by Thomson Reuters
• "Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination - the International Employment Landscape" (December 14, 2020), by Tessa Cranfield, Paul Cutrone, Julia Gorham, and Dan Waldman, Seyfarth
• "International: COVID-19 - Vaccinating the Workforce – Challenges for Multinational Employers" (December 3, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Michael Brewer)
• "The COVID Vaccine and Thoughts for Global Employers" (December 2020) by Bird & Bird (Pattie Walsh and Nicholle Yu)

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• "Transforming Workplace" (January 2022), by Norton Rose Fulbright

• "Employment law in 5: 5 developments for December to read in less than 5 minutes" (9 December 2021), by DLA Piper

• "COVID-19 – Guidance for International Employers" (April 2021), by White & Case

• "Contact tracing apps: A new world for data privacy" (February 2021), by Norton Rose Fulbright

• "Back-to-Work: Risk and Compliance Buyer's Guide" by NAVEX Global (access to this resource requires providing personal information to NAVEX Global)

• International: COVID-19 - Vaccinating the Workforce – Challenges for Multinational Employers (January 2021) by Baker McKenzie

• Coronavirus resources in Norton Rose Fulbright's blog Global Workplace Insider.

• Situation reports, advice for the public, and travel advice by the World Health Organization
• Novel Coronavirus Information for Travelers, by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources, by the American Society of Microbiology

"5 Tips to Better Manage Communications While Working Remotely" (July 20, 2020), by Lotus Chen, Association of Corporate Counsel.

"Global Solutions Episode 5: Virtual Workplaces Worldwide—Working from Home Across the Globe" (July 14, 2020), by Daniel D. Dauplaise, Ethan G. Isaac, Rebecca Emery, Ogletree Deakins

"How Technology Shrinks Our Fictional Divide and Fosters Positive Change" (June 30, 2020), by Olga V. Mack, www.accdocket.com

"In-house at Home: Avoiding Burnout When Working from Home" (June 22, 2020), by Greg Stern, www.accdocket.com

"In-house at home: Easy Automation Tricks to Use when Working from Home" (May 25, 2020), Greg Stern, www.accdocket.com 

"FBI Warns of Teleconferencing and Online Classroom Hijacking During COVID-19 Pandemic" (April 2, 2020), by Paul Kelly, Jackson Lewis P.C.

"Make it Work: Uncertainty and Change Management", by Gregory Stern, May 11, 2020, in www.accdocket.com

"Tech Toolbox: On Working from Home", by Gregory Stern, April 7, 2020, in www.accdocket.com

 "Quarantined with Kids: How to Work from Home During the Coronavirus", by Karmen Fox, April 6, 2020, in www.accdocket.com

"Adjusting to the New Normal: Teleworking", by Danielle Maldonado, Association of Corporate Counsel, in www.accdocket.com, March 17, 2020

"13 Tips to Be Your Most Productive While Working from Home", by Jendayi Harris, McGhee Productivity Solutions

"15 Questions About Remote Work, Answered", by Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Business Review, March 16, 2020

"Day in the Life During the Coronavirus", by Thomas Chow, General Counsel and Secretary, PubMatic, in www.accdocket.com, April 1, 2020

"Work-at-Home After Covid-19—Our Forecast", by Global Workplace Analytics

• Check out the ACC Wellness Support page for resources for in-house counsel.
• "Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll" (March 15, 2021), by Kirkland & Ellis
• "8 Ways to Manage Your Mental Health as In-house Counsel" (May 27, 2020), by Karmen Fox, ACC, www.accdocket.com
• "Manage Anxiety and Stress", by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• "6 Healthy Ways to Manage Your Coronavirus Anxiety, According to Psychologists" (March 13, 2020), by Zee Krstic, in www.goodhousekeeping.com

"UPDATED: Emergency legislation and measures around the world (COVID-19)", by Lexology

"COVID-19: Government Intervention Schemes Guide" (May 21, 2021), by Baker McKenzie

"Coronavirus - Overview of governmental economic support – Global" (March 25, 2020), by Eversheds Sutherland

"Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Government Policies", by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

"Coronavirus Legislation", at www.coronavirus-legislation.com

"Policy Tracker", by the International Monetary Fund

• "COVID-19 and beyond: drafting for future pandemics and dealing with the fallout from this one" (June 15, 2020), contacts: Tom Duncan and Myfanwy Wood, Ashurst
• "Contracts and Covid–19: what to do if you or your counterparty cannot perform" (May 11, 2020), contacts: Richard Cranfield, Andrew Rhys Davies, Anna Masser, Arnold Croiset, van Uchelen, Kirsten O"Connell, Karen Birch, Jason Rix, Allen & Overy 
• "COVID-19 and Force Majeure: Jurisdictional Comparison and Practical Legal and Commercial Considerations" (April 23, 2020), by Hunton Andrews Kurth
• "Coronavirus: Electronic signatures: when can these be used? A global perspective" (April 20, 2020), by Jessica Walker, Clifford Chance
• "Coronavirus: A Global Guide to Force Majeure and Mitigation Measures on Supply Chains" (March 10, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Anahita Thoms LL.M.)
• "Coronavirus Outbreak: Global Guide to Force Majeure and International Commercial Contracts" (March 3, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Claudia Benavides Galvis, Partner, Bogota, José Antonio Moràn, Partner, Chicago, James (Jim) P. O'Brien, Partner, Chicago)
• "The impact of COVID-19 on supply chains: considerations for customers and suppliers" (March 11, 2020), by Corrs Chambers Westgarth (James North, Frances Weelahan, Arvind Dixit, Daniel Thompson)
• "Coronavirus and force majeure: are you or your counterparty immune from performance?" (February 18, 2020), by James Clarke, Partner; Matthew Saunders, Partner; Hazel Brasington, Consultant; Huei-Deen Yeong, Lawyer and James Samartzis, Graduate, Ashurst
• "Corona Virus and Force Majeure" (February 7, 2020), by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (Randall Walker, John Geddes, Alexandra Scott, Matthew Culver and Marc Rathbone)
• "Suspending contractual performance in response to the coronavirus outbreak" (February 18, 2020), by Mark Clarke, Dr. Markus Burianski, Christian M. Theissen, Dr. Maximilian Clasmeier, James Hart, White & Case LLP
• "Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Addressing Implications and Mitigating Risks on Critical Transactions" (March 9, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Michael F. DeFranco, Partner, Chicago, David Allen, Partner, London, Steven G. Canner, Partner, New York, William J. Rowe, Partner, Chicago)
• With UK, US and French focuses: "Coronavirus - Force Majeure or Frustration?" (February 20, 2020), by Jonathan Kelly (London), Jeffrey A. Rosenthal (New York), Delphine Michot (Paris), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• "Coronavirus/COVID-19: Implications for Commercial and Financial Contracts" (February 26, 2020), by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Regarding Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) contracts: "Coronavirus Force Majeure Declarations by LNG Buyers: a Negotiating Tool or a Legitimate Case of Force Majeure for LNG SPAs Governed by English law?" (February 14, 2020), by Lian Yok Tan, Joshua I. Spry, Arun Ravindran, Cynthia Claytor, K&L Gates
• "Coronavirus/Covid-19 and "Force Majeure" Under Long-Term Asian LNG Contracts" (February 1, 2020), by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• "The Impact of the New Coronavirus (Covid-19) on International Contractual Obligations: Force Majeure under English Law" (March 2, 2020), by Gide Loyrette Nouel (Colin Graham, Rupert Reece)

• "Arbitration and COVID-19: Cybersecurity and data protection", (July 8, 2020), by Ashurst (Myfanwy Wood, Lucy McKenzie) 
• "COVID-19: Data Privacy Analysis – Country Guides", by Dentons
• "Contact Tracing Apps – A Privacy Primer", (May 29, 2020), contact: Davinia Brennan, A&L Goodbody
• "E-Discovery Preservation: What to Consider as Offices Open Back Up from COVID-19" (26 May 2020) by Butler Snow (H. Barber Boone)
• "COVID-19 & Privacy and Data Protection Chart" by Bird & Bird
• "Situational Awareness: Cyber Threats Heightened by COVID-19 and How to Protect Against Them" (Adam Meyers) and "Cybersecurity in the Time of COVID-19: Keys for Embracing (and Securing) a Remote Workforce" (Michael Sentonas), CrowdStrike
• "COVID-19 Security Resource Library", StaySafeOnline, by National Cyber Security Alliance
• "Securing a Remote Workforce", by Cyber Readiness Institute
• "The Impact of COVID-19 on Cybersecurity" (March 27, 2020), by Richard D. Lutkus, Matthew C. Christoff, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• "Cybersecurity" (March 27, 2020), by Mayer Brown (Marcus A. Christian, Raj De, Régine Goury, Charles Helleputte, Stephen Lilley, Mark Prinsley, Andrew Rosenman, Lei Shen, David Simon, Jeff Taft, Ulrich Worm, Oliver Yaros, Vanessa Klesy, Björn Vollmuth
  Ana Bruder, Diletta De Cicco, Veronica Glick, Niketa Patel, Gabriel Perlman, Joshua Silverstein, Amber Thomson)
• "FBI Warns of Teleconferencing and Online Classroom Hijacking During COVID-19 Pandemic" (April 2, 2020), by Paul Kelly, Jackson Lewis P.C.
• "COVID-19: Cyber and Data Security Legal Checklist" (March 19, 2020), by Dentons
• "Cybersecurity in the time of COVID-19" (March 19, 2020), by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (Jillian Simons, Peter Jaffe, Menachem Kaplan)
• "COVID-19 Data Privacy & Security Survey" (March 13, 2020), by Baker McKenzie
• "Ensuring Cybersecurity When Organizations Consider Teleworking and Remote Access" (March 11, 2020), by Crowell & Moring LLP (Jeffrey L. Poston, Evan D. Wolff, Matthew B. Welling, Paul M. Rosen, Maida Oringher Lerner)
• "DPA guidance on COVID-19", by the International Association of Privacy Professionals
• "Coronavirus/COVID-19 - Data Privacy Guidance", by Covington & Burling LLP

• "Beyond COVID-19: Supply Chain Resilience Holds Key to Recovery", by Baker McKenzie and Oxford Economics
• "Running like clockwork? How coronavirus may influence supply chain disruption" (March 27, 2020), by Eversheds Sutherland
• "How to Protect Yourself from Distress in Your Supply Chain" (March 9, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Debra A. Dandeneau, Partner, New York, Kwun-Yee Cheung, Partner, Hong Kong)
• "Defending your supply chain against coronavirus COVID-19" (March 9, 2020), by Amy Rubenstein, John Lyons, Sameer A. Ghaznavi, Virginia Weeks, DLA Piper
• "Accenture: building supply chain resilience amidst COVID-19" (April 2, 2020), by Georgia Wilson, in Digital Supply Chain magazine
• "COVID-19: Managing supply chain risk and disruption", by Deloitte
• "COVID-19 and the Trade, Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Compliance Risks it Poses to Your Supply Chain" (March 16, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Kerry B. Contini, Reagan R. Demas, Aleesha Fowler)
• "The Coronavirus and Contract Disputes - 10 Tips for Managing Legal Risk from Global Supply Chain Disruption" (March 3, 2020), by Sidley Austin (Dorothee Schramm, Partner (Geneva), David Roney, Partner (Geneva), Tai-Heng Cheng, Partner (New York), Friven Yeoh, Partner (Hong Kong, Singapore))
• "Coronavirus COVID-19 and other supply chain disruptions" (February 14, 2020), by Stephen Wright, Adam Kelly, DLA Piper
• "Coronavirus - Is your supply chain affected?" (January 29, 2020), by Freeths (Rebecca Howlett, Jessica Brickley)
• "Coronavirus & implications for international supply contracts" (February 6, 2020), by James Corlett, Fieldfisher
• "Coronavirus; the growing threat to the global pharmaceutical supply chain" (February 10, 2020), by Bristows LLP (Claire Smith and James Batsford)

• "Coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance Best Practices" (March 15, 2020), by Covington & Burling LLP (Anna P. Engh, Benedict M. Lenhart, Marty Myers)

• "8 Possible Paths To Insurance Coverage For COVID 19 Losses" (March 26, 2020), by Suzan Charlton, Justin Howell, Benedict Lenhart and Bert Wells, Covington & Burling LLP, in Law360

• "Coronavirus Could Impact Your Business—But Will Your Insurance Policy Cover the Loss?" (March 9, 2020), by Barton, a member of Primerus 

• "Coronavirus - losses and liabilities for insurance industry" (March 3, 2020), by Eversheds Sutherland (Simon Brooks, Partner)
• "For Businesses Suffering from Coronavirus Losses, Insurance May Be the Remedy" (February 6, 2020), by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (Walter J. Andrews, Sergio F. Oehninger, Michael S. Levine, Michelle M. Spatz , Syed S. Ahmad, Lorelie S. Masters and Lawrence J. Bracken II)
• "The Novel Coronavirus - Insurance Considerations" (February 6, 2020), by Simon McConnell, Clyde & Co LLP
• "Time for a Policy Checkup: Maximizing Insurance Coverage for Coronavirus Losses" (February 2020), by Tyrone R. Childress, Matthew L. Jacobs, Jason B. Lissy, Jones Day
• "Fever in the morning, Cover all through the night: Insurance and planning for the effect [of] Coronavirus on business" (March 11, 2020), by Hogan Lovells (Charlie Shute, Victor Fornasier, Nick Atkins, Jamie Rogers)
• "Novel Coronavirus: Key Considerations for Insurers in Hong Kong" (March 4, 2020), by Martin C.W. Tam, Partner, Hong Kong, Tina P. Li, Associate, Hong Kong, Baker McKenzie

• "COVID-19: Trade and trade-related measures", by the World Trade Organization
• "COVID-19 Checklist for IMT Companies" (March 18, 2020), by Baker McKenzie
• "Coronavirus - Impact on International Trade & overview of unilateral protectionist measures" (March 6, 2020), by Eversheds Sutherland (James Lindop, Jubilee Easo, Monika Zejden Erdmann)
• "Impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on International Trade Involving China" (February 17, 2020), by Hogan Lovells (Roy Zou, Office Managing Partner, Beijing, Jun Wei, Chair of the Greater China Practice, Shanghai/Beijing, Liang Xu, Partner, Beijing, Michael Zou, Counsel, Beijing, Rachel Xu, Senior Associate, Beijing, Ben Kostrzewa, Registered Foreign Lawyer, Hong Kong, Stephanie Sun, Associate, Shanghai, Nigel Sharman, Knowledge Lawyer, Hong Kong)
• "Coronavirus outbreak: The legal implications" (February 2020), by Norton Rose Fulbright
• "Chaterparty issues arising from the novel coronavirus" (February 4, 2020), by Lianjun Li, Peter Glover, Sally-Ann Underhill, Reed Smith LLP
• "Coronavirus: legal issues for the maritime industry" (March 2, 2020), by Kate Sherrard, Partner (Singapore), Clifford Chance
• "Novel coronavirus outbreak: implications for international trade and shipping" (February 3, 2020), by Nicholas Lum and Iain Clayton, Clyde & Co
• "Coronavirus, trade, transport and maritime insurance: Potentially unlimited exposure" (March 2020), by Malcolm Hartwell (Durban), Norton Rose Fulbright
• "Coronavirus: Shipping Needs to Consider Charterparty Obligations" (March 2, 2020), by The Maritime Executive
• "Coronavirus and its legal implications to the shipping and freight industry" (February 8, 2020), by Hariesh Manaadiar, in Shipping and Freight Resource

• "COVID-19 Global Competition Law Measures Tracker" (May 29, 2020), by Dentons
• "The impact of COVID-19: Merger control in times of crisis" (April 3, 2020), by Ashurst
• "COVID-19 and Antitrust Law: Avoiding Legal Risks in a Time of Uncertainty" (March 17, 2020), by Baker McKenzie

Global:

"Directors’ duties and liabilities in financial distress during Covid-19" (July 2020), by Allen & Overy

"Coronavirus - Changes to Directors’ Duties during the COVID-19 Crisis - Global" (August 27, 2020), by Eversheds Sutherland

"The International Comparative Legal Guides Restructuring & Insolvency 2020", 14th Edition, by Global Legal Group

"COVID-19 : impact on Directors & Officers Liability Risk and Insurance" (May 18, 2020), by Bas Bozon, Willis Towers Watson

Country-focused:

Australia: "Navigating the troubled waters of directors' duties during COVID-19" (May 2020), by Noel McCoy, Norton Rose Fulbright

Belgium: "Increased risks of directors’ liability due to COVID-19" (April 3, 2020), by EY

United Kingdom: "The importance of directors' duties - even during a pandemic" (October 22, 2020), by Christina Barr, Lucy McCann and Iain Penman, Brodies LLP, on Lexology

• "Board oversight during the COVID-19 pandemic: A checklist for directors" (April 6, 2020), by Osler (Andrew MacDougall, Lawrence E. Ritchie, John M. Valley)
• "Coronavirus, the Economic Impact and the Board’s Role" (March 20, 2020), by Christine B. LaFollette, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• "COVID-19: What does this mean for AGMs?" (March 2020), by Norton Rose Fulbright (Emma de Ronde, Alan Bainbridge, Chris Pearson, Deborah Wilcher, Jo Chattle)
• "Coronavirus as a new systemic risk: Implications for corporate governance and investor stewardship" (March 2020), by the International Corporate Governance Network
• "Has Your Board Assessed The Impact Of The Coronavirus Outbreak?", by Matthew Scott, in Corporate Board Member
• "Corporate Governance and Securities Pandemic Resource Center", by Hunton Andrews Kurth

• "COVID-19: Impact on Governmental Foreign Investment Screening" (March 31, 2020), by Baker McKenzie
• "COVID-19 and its impact on project finance transactions" (March 2020), by Norton Rose Fulbright (Rob Marsh, Martin McCann, Daniel Giemajner, Andrew Hart, Claire Edwards, Madhavi Gosavi, Daniel Metcalfe, Tomas Gärdfors, Charles Whitney, Kathryn Emmett)
• "The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Project Development & Finance Market" (March 4, 2020), by Nathan B. Galer, Jeffrey G. Davis, Mayer Brown

• "COVID-19: Financial Institutions & Insurance Interactive Map: Governmental and Regulatory Responses", by Hogan Lovells
• "COVID-19: The impact of the coronavirus on the global Fintech sector", by Gina Conheady, A&L Goodbody
• "Coronavirus: The impact on leveraged finance" (March 10, 2020), by James Greene, Michael Immordino, Martin Forbes, Jake Mincemoyer, Andrew Bishop, White & Case LLP
• "Novel coronavirus - Key considerations for financial institutions: business continuity and regulatory compliance" (February 5, 2020), by Reed Smith LLP (Hagen Rooke, Asha R. Sharma, Mark A. West, Carrie Yiu, Steve Yik Fei Tam, Katherine Yang, Nola M. Beirne, Claude Brown, David Calligan, Tim Dolan, Robert Falkner, Chris Borg, Brett Hillis, Edward J. Estrada, Christine T. Parker and Jonathan L. Levin)
• Coronavirus resources in Norton Rose Fulbright's Financial Services: Regulation tomorrow blog.

• "COVID-19 Tax measures and relief information", by Baker McKenzie
• "Coronavirus - Tax Developments - Global" (March 20, 2020), by Eversheds Sutherland
• "Key International Tax Issues Associated with Supply Chain Disruptions", by Mayer Brown (James R. Barry, Jason S. Bazar, Lucas Giardelli, Elena B. Khripounova, Kenneth Klein, Michael Lebovitz, Sydney H. Mintzer, Matthew Mortimer, Jason M. Osborn, Astrid Pieron, Kitty Swanson)

• "Construction—Moving Projects Forward in the Face of the COVID-19 Coronavirus" (March 12, 2020), by Kilpatrick Townsend (Courtney M. Lynch)

• "Thoughts for When the Lights Come Back On" (April 7, 2020), by Scott Antel, Laura Wild, Marie-Clarie Lowry, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 
• "Coronavirus and hotel lockdowns: Who foots the bill when hotels are placed under quarantine?" (March 12, 2020), by Jonathan Lynch, DLA Piper
• "COVID-19: A perfect opportunity for hotel owners and operators to reconnect" (April 15, 2020), by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner  

• "COVID-19: Legal Strategies for Association Meetings", (March 2020) by Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Esq. and Nisha G. Thakker, Esq., Tenenbaum Law Group PLLC
• "What Business Events Professionals Need to Know About the COVID-19 Coronavirus", by PCMA
• "Coronavirus: What You Need to Know About Cancelling an Event and Liability Risks" (February 21, 2020), by EventMB Studio team

• Tips and checklist: "Effective Crisis Management Planning"
• Guide: "Crisis Management and the Role of In-house Lawyers: Leveraging Cross-Functional Expertise" - an ACC guide featuring the experience of several in-house counsel and their legal departments.
• Article with ten tips to create a crisis communication plan: "What to do Before, During and After a Crisis", by Tim Spreitzer, SVP, Tierney
• Crisis life-cycle and management:
  • "Ten questions to rule out crisis paralysis" (January 2021), EY
  • "Taking Leadership in a Global Crisis: The Six Phases of the Disruption Life Cycle" (April 13, 2020), by Tom Smith and David Wolf, Allison+Partners
  • "COVID-19 crisis management: ten better questions to ask" (April 16, 2020), by Falco Weidemeyer, EY

"COVID-19: Real Estate Interactive Map: Government Response Tracker", by Hogan Lovells

"COVID-19 Global Real Estate Guide" (April 3, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Malgorzata Pietrzak-Paciorek, Juan Bernardo (JB) Garcia, Jose (Pepe) M. Larroque, Dr. Florian Thamm, Bruce Webb)

"COVID-19 Gives Us the License to Fully Embrace a Digital Culture" (17 June 2020) by Egon Zehnder (Axelle Sznajer and Roopa Foley)

"Using artificial intelligence against the spread of COVID-19" (April 16, 2020), by Dentons

"COVID-19: A guide for the TMT sector" (April 2, 2020), by Baker McKenzie (Raffaele Giarda, Kate Alexander, Lothar Determann, Adrian J. Lawrence, María Carolina Pardo Cuéllar)

"Quick Reference Guide: Compulsory Patent Licensing During COVID-19 Crisis" (April 2020), by Jones Day

"COVID-19: Patent and Trademark Office Updates as of April 22, 2020" (April 22, 2020), by Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.

Career Development, by ACC: Check out career development resources, job listings, and more.

Career Coaching: Connect with a Career Coach.

"How to Thrive in Uncertainty: Networking While Social Distancing" (June 8, 2020), by ACC, www.accdocket.com

"Starting a New Job During a Global Pandemic" (April 13, 2020), by Rafael Altavini, Egon Zehnder

"COVID-19 Global Insolvency Tracker", by Dentons

On directors' liability: 

• "The International Comparative Legal Guides Restructuring & Insolvency 2020", 14th Edition, by Global Legal Group
• "Directors’ duties and liabilities in financial distress during Covid-19" (July 2020), by Allen & Overy