Wiley Launches Coronavirus Task Force to Help Clients With Emerging Issues

March 26, 2020

Washington, DC – Wiley Rein LLP today launched a multidisciplinary Task Force and Resource Center to address questions and concerns from clients on numerous legal, regulatory, policy, and business challenges emerging from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Resource Center convenes the robust knowledge and capabilities of the firm’s diverse practices, offering clients a “one-stop” information center on fast-moving governmental and policy developments.

The Task Force brings together lawyers with deep experience from federal agencies, Capitol Hill, and key industry sectors across a wide array of disciplines. The team’s focus includes rapidly developing issues surrounding election law and government ethics; employee rights and safety; privacy and cybersecurity; international trade; supply chain disruptions; insurance liabilities; litigation; government contracts and national security; regulation, legislation, and appropriations; environmental impacts; and the TMT sector’s critical role in emergency preparedness and response, business continuity, telehealth, and providing connectivity for social distancing.

In addition, through its partnership with Signal Group – a wholly owned subsidiary of Wiley that offers strategic communications, digital, and government relations strategies – the firm is uniquely positioned to help clients navigate uncharted waters in a time of uncertainty.

“Industries across the global economy now confront unexpected challenges and opportunities as we discover the full extent of the damage and devastation caused by the virus,” said Managing Partner Peter D. Shields. “Our attorneys have tremendous and vast experience in a variety of areas of law that are front and center in responding to this unprecedented global health crisis.”

As these world-changing events push all sectors of the economy into unfamiliar territory, Wiley is helping clients navigate the new landscape. The Task Force includes leading lawyers and policy professionals from the firm’s signature practice areas, including:

Corporate
• Daniel B. Hassett, Chair
• Thomas W. Antonucci
• Jessica N. Rosenthal
• Jerita L. DeBraux Salley

Election Law & Government Ethics
• Michael E. Toner, Chair
• Caleb P. Burns
• Hannah J. Miller

Employment & Labor
• Martha G. Vázquez

Environment & Product Regulation
• Tracy Heinzman, Chair
• Erik C. Baptist
• Martha E. Marrapese

Government Contracts
• Paul F. Khoury, Co-Chair
• Scott M. McCaleb, Co-Chair
• Jon W. Burd
• Tracye Winfrey Howard
• Kevin J. Maynard

Government Stimulus
• Kathleen A. Kirby, Chair
• Gregg L. Elias
• Hap Rigby
• Scott Weaver

Health Care
• Dorthula H. Powell-Woodson, Co-Chair
• Kathryn Bucher, Co-Chair
• Rachel A. Alexander

Insurance
• Kimberly M. Melvin, Co-Chair
• Daniel J. Standish, Co-Chair
• Kimberly A. Ashmore
• Benjamin C. Eggert
• Richard A. Simpson

International Trade
• Alan H. Price, Chair
• Timothy C. Brightbill
• Laura El-Sabaawi
• Maureen E. Thorson

Litigation
• Ralph J. Caccia, Chair
• Attison L. Barnes, III
• Stephen J. Obermeier

Privacy, Cyber & Data Governance
• Kathleen A. Kirby, Chair
• Megan L. Brown
• Jon W. Burd
• Duane C. Pozza
• Antonio J. Reynolds

Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT)
• Amb. David Gross, Co-Chair
• Kathleen A. Kirby, Co-Chair
• Scott D. Delacourt
• Anna M. Gomez
• Jennifer D. Hindin
• Joshua S. Turner

White Collar Defense & Government Investigations
• Ralph J. Caccia, Chair
• Brandon J. Moss
• Kevin B. Muhlendorf

Strategic Communications and Digital Solutions – Signal Group (Wiley subsidiary)
• Blake Androff
• Robert Bole

Employing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach, Wiley’s COVID-19 Task Force will continue to monitor governmental and policy developments and provide timely analysis through its COVID-19 Resource Center – including alerts, articles, and webinars – to keep clients updated during this extraordinarily challenging time.