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73 Rutgers U. L. Rev. Comments. 81 (2020-2021)

handle is hein.journals/rgsusty73 and id is 1 raw text is: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COMMENTARIES FALL 2020 GOVERNANCE BY WEB UPDATES: THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA'S REGULATION BY WEBSITE GUIDANCE IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND OTHER TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS Kevin M. Levy, Esq.* ABSTRACT The world is a much different place than it was just a few months ago due to the omnipresence of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. Businesses have opened, closed, reopened, and reclosed. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residents and businesses have urgently looked to government officials for guidance and hope. And while Commonwealth officials have performed steadfastly in combatting the scourge of COVID-19, their practice of governing by multiple overlapping government orders, guidance, other sorts of regulatory actions, and even quasi- or non-binding recommendations has been confusing, delayed, contradictory, or otherwise insufficient at times. This Commentary discusses the lightning speed at which policy has been developed in Pennsylvania to combat COVID-19, the lack of recourse to which Pennsylvania constituents have been entitled during the ongoing pandemic, and the issues raised by continuous, constant, and silent implied changes to Pennsylvania COVID-19 compliance requirements. 81 J.D. Rutgers Law School, Camden 2019. Levy is an associate in Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP's Philadelphia office and its commercial real estate practice. Levy is a member of the firm's COVID-19 Task Force. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author.