COVID-19 Update for Government Contractors: Navigating Shutdown Orders
Maynard Cooper Gale – The Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic is straining the defense industrial base and other federal contractors. Curfews and shelter-in-place orders have slowed or halted production on several programs, including Italian and Japanese facilities for final assembly of the F-35 joint strike fighter. California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and numerous counties and cities have issued orders restricting business activity at varying levels (“Local Orders”).
