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Labor/Employment,
Corporate

Mar. 26, 2020

Is your business an ‘essential business’?

Navigating California state and county COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.

Tony Schoenberg

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Nick Moore

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Carolina de Armas

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

In light of the recent shelter-in-place orders issued by counties across the state and the subsequent "Stay-At-Home" order issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, many businesses have been left wondering whether -- and to what extent -- they are permitted to continue operations.

In general, local laws are "preempted" if they conflict directly with state law, either by requiring what the state law prohibits or prohibiting what the sta...

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