• March 12, 2020 – What Do Employers Really Need to Know About the Coronavirus in the Workplace? 
• March 25, 2020 – Emergency Order signed by Harris County Civil Courts at Law Judges
• March 27, 2020 – COVID-19 Response Team Legal Update for Businesses
• March 30, 2020 – COVID-19 Response Team CARES Act Legal Update for Businesses
• March 31, 2020 – Texas Evictions and Foreclosures in the Age of the Coronavirus
• April 1, 2020 – Alert: DOL Temporary Rule Regulating the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 

March 17, 2020 – Coronavirus & Contracts: How To Navigate Your Contractual Relationships Amidst Coronavirus

April 23, 2020 – COVID-19: Your Burning Questions Answered. An Interactive Webinar

Federal Executive Action

• Executive Order on Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of Covid-19 (March 18, 2020)
• Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Presidential Proclamation 9996, March 14, 2020)
• Executive Proclamation Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak (Presidential Proclamation 9994, March 13, 2020)

Federal Legislative Action

• Paid Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Dept. of Labor, April 1, 2020) – pdf – This act creates temporary regulations to implement public health emergency leave under Title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and emergency paid sick leave to assist working families facing public health emergencies arising out of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic.
• H.R.6201 – Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Signed by President, March 18, 2020) – This bill responds to the coronavirus outbreak by providing paid sick leave and free coronavirus testing, expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits, and requiring employers to provide additional protections for health care workers.
• Tax Credit for Paid Sick and Family Leave in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Passed House March 14, 2020, pending in Senate, H.R. 6201) – This bill responds to the coronavirus outbreak by providing paid sick leave and free coronavirus testing, expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits, and requiring employers to provide additional protections for health care workers.
• H.R. 6139 – COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020 (Introduced in House, March 9, 2020) – This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate both an emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard and a permanent standard to protect certain employees from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (known as coronavirus or COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure.
• H.R.6074 – Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Enacted March 6, 2020) – This bill provides $8.3 billion in emergency funding for federal agencies to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
• H.R.1140 – Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020 (Passed House, pending in Senate, March 5, 2020) -This bill modifies the workplace rights, protections, and benefits applicable to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel.

Texas Resources

• The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Governor Abbott Issues Executive Orders In Accordance With Federal Guidelines To Mitigate Spread Of COVID-19 In Texas

Texas Supreme Court Emergency Orders

*All emergency orders expire on May 8, 2020 unless extended by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

• Emergency Order 1 – Issued 3/13/2020
  Permits all judges in the state at their discretion, and requires all judges “to avoid risk to court staff, parties, attorneys, jurors, and the public”, without a participant’s consent.
• Emergency Order 2 – Issued 3/17/2020
  Clarifies that child possession schedules establishing access to a child under a court-ordered possession schedule are not affected by the school’s closure that arises from an epidemic or pandemic and that the original published school schedule controls.
• Emergency Order 3 – Issued 3/18/2020
  Modifies Emergency Order 1, prohibits judges from conducting non-essential proceedings in person contrary to local, state, or national directives, whichever is most restrictive, regarding maximum group size.
• Emergency Order 4 – Issued 3/18/2020
  Prohibits a trial, hearing, or other proceeding in an eviction to recover possession of residential property under Chapter 24 of the Property Code and Rule 510 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure until after April 19, 2020.
• Emergency Order 5 – Issued 3/20/2020
  All deadlines, whether prescribed by statute, rule, or order, related to attorney professional disciplinary and disability proceedings are tolled.
• Emergency Order 6 – Issued 3/24/2020
  The 2020 elections for presidents-elect and directors of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Young Lawyers Association must be conducted online only, by electronic vote, and not by paper ballot. The voting period is extended to May 29, 2020, at 5:00pm.​
• Emergency Order 7 – Issued 3/24/2020
  Clarifies possession schedules in Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship (SAPCR). For purposes of determining a person’s right to possession of and access to a child under a court-ordered possession schedule, the existing trial court order shall control in all instances. Possession of and access to a child shall not be affected by any shelter-in-place order or other order restricting movement issued by a governmental entity​.

County Orders

• Harris County – Stay Home, Work Safe Order
• Dallas County – COVID-19 Orders 
• Austin County – Stay Home Order
• Tarrant County Executive Orders
• Bexar County – COVID-19 Response and Orders