Temporary Measures Being Introduced Across the Globe to Assist Foreign Nationals in Maintaining Legal Status

As the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread across regions, countries, states and provinces, and municipalities, governmental authorities have implemented increasingly aggressive measures to restrict business operations as a means of diminishing the numbers of people working in proximity to each other and of customers and others interacting with businesses.  This Legal Update provides a sampling of the types of measures governments have taken, spanning Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North and South America.