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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND DELAWARE BSA, LLC.1

Case No. 20-10343 (LSS)

Debtors.

(Jointly Administered)

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Sexual abuse survivors havemade it clear they will not ac-cept a settlement offer fromUSA Gymnastics that releasesthe U.S. Olympic and Paralym-pic Committee (USOPC) with-out it making a significant fi-nancial contribution.

They have a powerful ally:the judge overseeing the case.

During a Feb. 10 status call,U.S. Bankruptcy Judge RobynMoberly took the USOPC totask, saying it needed to be “ac-tively participating, particular-ly with their pocketbook.”

“It isn’t news to anybody onthis phone call, nor is it news tome, that the U.S. Olympic Com-mittee needs to be an activeparticipant, and I mean beyondjust throwing in their insurancecoverage in this,” Moberly said,according to a transcript of thecall obtained by USA TODAYSports.

(The U.S. Olympic Commit-tee is now known as the U.S.Olympic and Paralympic Com-mittee.)

The USOPC disagreed withMoberly’s characterization in aresponse provided by spokes-man Jon Mason and said shemight not be aware of its in-volvement in the proposed $215 million settlement. “Virtu-ally all” of the funds for the set-tlement are from policies thatinsure the USOPC, it told USATODAY Sports, and a “substan-tial contribution” are from pol-icies that only cover theUSOPC.

The USOPC said it could notgive a dollar figure or say whatpercentage of the settlement itis solely responsible for be-cause the court has orderedthat mediation proceedings re-main confidential.

Olympic champions SimoneBiles and Aly Raisman areamong more than 500 girls andyoung women who have suedUSA Gymnastics, saying theywere sexually abused by LarryNassar, their coach or someoneelse affiliated with the sport.The lawsuits were put on holdwhen USA Gymnastics filed forbankruptcy in December 2018and the federation must reach asettlement with survivors aspart of its plan to emerge fromthe proceedings. If not, thejudge could dismiss the bank-ruptcy and allow the lawsuitsto resume.

“Still want answers fromUSAG and USOPC. Wish theyBOTH wanted an independentinvestigation as much as thesurvivors & I do,” Biles said Sat-urday on Twitter, posting asshe traveled to a national teamtraining camp. “And don’tTHEY also want to know HOWeverything was allowed to hap-pen and WHO let it happen so itNEVER HAPPENS AGAIN?”Biles added. “Shouldn’t peoplebe held accountable?”

USA Gymnastics announced

Jan. 30 that it was offering thesurvivors $215 million. In a Feb.21 disclosure letter that spelledout the specifics, the federationsaid the sum would be $217.125million, with the insurers for agym owned by former U.S.Olympic coach John Geddertcontributing $2.125 million.

The payments would be dis-tributed based on “the geo-graphic location of the abuse.”Gymnasts who said they wereabused at the Olympics, a na-tional team training center or anational team event would re-ceive the most money, roughly$1.25 million each before attor-ney’s fees. Gymnasts abused ata USA Gymnastics-sanctionedevent would get almost$509,000 each, while gym-nasts abused at a “non-USAGlocation” – the gym where theytrained, for example – wouldget a little less than $175,000each.

Attorneys representing thesurvivors criticized the tieredsystem, calling it outrageousthat payments would be deter-mined based on where theabuse happened rather thanthe abuse itself, as has been thecase in many other lawsuits.

“That’s the grossest thingI’ve ever heard, and an insult,”said John Manly, who repre-sents many of the womenabused by Nassar, the longtimeteam physician for USA Gym-nastics and Michigan State.

But the larger issue is withthe release of third-party de-fendants, which essentiallyprotects them from any futurelegal action.

The USOPC is among thosethat would be released in theproposed settlement, alongwith former USA GymnasticsCEO Steve Penny; former U.S.national team coordinatorsMartha and Bela Karolyi; andDon Peters, a former coach whohas been banned for life for sex-ual misconduct involving a mi-nor.

Participating with theirpocketbook

While the practice is not un-common in bankruptcy casesinvolving lawsuits, legal ex-

perts said very rarely are re-leases granted without some-thing being given in exchange.Money for the settlement, per-haps. Or information about thewrongdoing that led to the orig-inal lawsuit.

It is, essentially, a hedging ofbets against the possibility ofbeing found liable for greaterdamages and having to dis-close sensitive information,and the court takes a dim eye ofthird parties getting off too eas-ily.

“The law generally requiresif a third party is going to get re-leased, you have to make a sub-stantial contribution in ex-change for that release. Youdon’t just get it for free,” saidRob Kugler, a Minneapolis at-

torney who has representedsexual abuse survivors in law-suits against the Catholicchurch. “It’s not clear to methat these third parties aremaking any contributions.”

Indeed, the only third partywho clearly has is Geddert, cur-rently suspended pending aninvestigation for allegations ofmisconduct by the U.S. Centerfor SafeSport.

The USOPC, like USA Gym-nastics, appears to be makingthe argument that the onlymoney it has to offer for a set-tlement is through its insur-ance coverage. But the survi-vors and their attorneys aren’tbuying that, a doubt echoed byPamela Foohey, an associateprofessor of law at Indiana Uni-versity who specializes inbankruptcy, commercial lawand consumer law.

USA Gymnastics and theUSOPC might be not-for-prof-its, but that doesn’t mean theydon’t make money, Fooheysaid. Sponsorship deals, TVcontracts and ticket sales allgenerate income, and theUSOPC had enough money togive disgraced former CEOScott Blackmun a $2.4 millionseverance after he steppeddown in February 2018.

The USOPC brought in al-most $323 million in 2018, ac-cording to its tax form. It said it had net assets of nearly $266 million.

There’s no reason both or-ganizations can’t use their fu-

ture earnings to fund a biggersettlement, Foohey said.

More than money

But the settlement is aboutmore than money, Manly andCornwell said. Survivors havebeen asking for a full account-ing of what USA Gymnasticsand the USOPC knew aboutNassar, as well as why neitherorganization did more to pro-tect young athletes from abuse.

They also want Penny andthe Karolyis, who they say fos-tered the culture that made thesport ripe for abuse, to facesome kind of reckoning.

“This is a massive coverup,”Raisman said Saturday, blast-ing the USOPC and USA Gym-nastics in a series of tweets.“The only way for anyone toknow what really happened isif someone forces them to re-lease ALL documents & data toinvestigate.”

As it is written now, howev-er, the settlement does not in-clude anything like that.

“That’s a classic symptom inthe culture of hiding sexualabuse,” said Tim Hale, an attor-ney who has represented hun-dreds of sexual abuse survivorsin lawsuits against the BoyScouts and several Catholic or-ganizations. “Because the hier-archy doesn’t want anyone toknow.”

According to the disclosureletter, the survivors have untilMay 8 to vote on the offer.

Sexually abused gymnasts have fight allyNancy ArmourUSA TODAY

USA Gymnastics is one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed bymore than 500 girls and women who say they were sexuallyabused by Larry Nassar, their coach or someone else affiliatedwith the sport. RON JENKINS/AP


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Continental, also a leadingBakken producer, fared betterthan some rivals in 2019, re-porting roughly $600 million infree cash flow last year. But thecompany’s shares fell to theirlowest level in years after itwarned it wouldn’t replicatethose results this year—evenassuming an oil price of $55and a natural-gas price of$2.50.

Executives said the companywould adjust its 2020 plans ifnecessary and intends to gener-ate free cash flow regardless ofprices.

“What corona has doneoddly is just accelerate some-thing that was happening any-way,” said Ben Dell, a managingpartner at Kimmeridge EnergyManagement Co., which hassold its positions in severalshale companies. “It’s alsodraining the hope out of man-agement teams.”

Despite lower prices, manylarge independent U.S. produc-ers still plan to increase outputthis year. Because shale wellstend to decline quickly, it canbe difficult to scale back drill-ing and continue to meet debtobligations.

But even before coronavirusfears intensified, many compa-nies were trying to throttledown production, which wasexpected to slow U.S. produc-tion growth.

“It’s hunker down and ride itout,” said Dan Pickering, chiefinvestment officer of PickeringEnergy Partners LP, an energyinvestment firm.

Centennial Resource Devel-opment Inc. is among thoseplanning to conserve money in2020, with plans to increaseoutput about 2%, comparedwith 25% growth last year.

vestment officer of Boston Pri-vate, which has been maintain-ing a smaller position instocks than the benchmark ittracks. “With this uncertainty,you’re not really sure what thebest place to hide would be.”

In addition to monitoringthe spread of the virus, inves-tors this week will be watch-ing purchasing managers in-dex figures and data on U.S.hiring for February to gaugehow much the world economy

might slow this year.Some analysts say the lon-

gest-ever U.S. economic ex-pansion is already in jeopardy.As U.S. crude oil skidded lastweek to its lowest level sinceDecember 2018, ending Fridayat $44.76 a barrel, natural gasalso extended a monthslongfall. Natural-gas futuresdropped to a nearly four-yearlow of $1.68 a million Britishthermal units.

The declines have been a

boon for consumers who arepaying less for gasoline at thepump and to heat their homeswith natural gas this winter.But they are also threateningprofits for energy-producingcompanies and nations likeSaudi Arabia, some of whichneed higher prices to sustaintheir economies.

Donald Morton, a seniorvice president at Herbert J.Sims & Co. who oversees anenergy trading desk in Haver-

hill, Mass., said he struggles toremember demand fears thissevere in energy markets sincethe financial crisis more thana decade ago. While he thinksthe drop has gone too far, hesaid the negative sentimentcould keep prices down untilthe virus fears ebb.

“What’s occurring is prettydramatic,” he said. “I don’tthink the price today is re-flecting reality.”

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speculative investors havesharply reduced net bets onhigher U.S. crude oil pricesand recently pushed them to afour-month low, CommodityFutures Trading Commissionfigures show. At the sametime, they have ramped upbets on lower prices of naturalgas and copper.

Many analysts expect theOrganization of the PetroleumExporting Countries to deepenrecent production cuts at acoming meeting, a move thatcould help stabilize oil prices ifefforts to curb the spread ofthe coronavirus are successful.Still, steady shale output fromthe U.S. and production fromnations outside OPEC havemany traders preparing for oilinventories to remain well sup-plied moving forward.

With the declines in stocksand commodities accelerating,investors have favored safer as-sets, including gold and bondsthat tend to hold their valueduring times of market turmoil.That trend pushed gold to itshighest level in seven years lastweek and sent the ratio of goldprices to oil prices to its high-est point since early 2016. Dur-ing that selloff four years ago,fears that an economic slow-down in China would spark arecession pushed crude pricesbelow $30 a barrel.

But the recent market chaoseven engulfed gold late lastweek, sending prices down4.6% Friday. Traders said inves-tors were being forced to coverlosses from stocks. Another ex-planation: margin calls frombanks to investors who hadused some of their stock port-folios as collateral to buy othersecurities. With the value ofthose positions shrinking sub-stantially, banks can demandrepayment.

Still, oil and other commodi-ties went on to recover fromthe 2016 tumble alongsidestocks, and some traders arehopeful that they can stage asimilar recovery. “We see a lotof commodities that are nowinto the oversold category,”Mr.Morton said.

The coronavirus outbreakhas sparked one of the largestretreats in commodity pricesin years, forcing investors tobrace for even steeper de-clines and sending a warningsignal about the world econ-omy’s prospects in 2020.

Raw materials sensitive toshifts in global growth havebeen among the hardest hit in-vestments since the coronavi-rus began spreading aroundthe globe and hurting traveland corporate activity. Oilprices have fallen 32% in lessthan two months and lastweek recorded their worstweek since the financial crisis.Industrial metals from copperto aluminum are also taking abeating.

Commodities started fallingsteadily after China reportedits first death from the coro-navirus in January and begantaking steps to curb its spread,slowing the country’s economyearly in the year. While stocksheld up well at that time, ma-terials fell because China is acritical source of demand, ac-counting for about half ofglobal consumption of somecommodities like copper.

As the virus has spread toother countries, from Italy toSouth Korea, commoditieshave fallen alongside globalstocks, sending the S&P 500down 13% in the past seventrading sessions. The pain hasextended to agricultural com-modities including sugar andcotton.

The broad selloff is a majorconcern for some analysts be-cause commodity prices canprovide a real-time indicatorof activity in the world econ-omy. The current slide reflectsslumping demand and bloatedinventories, a recipe for excesssupply. Some investors worrythe widespread selling of as-sets associated with risk alsoportends more pain ahead forstocks.

“We know there’s going tobe continued volatility,” saidShannon Saccocia, chief in-

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Commodities Rout Stokes Fear on Growth

Sources: FactSet (copper, oil); CQG (tin, aluminum, zinc); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (net bets); Dow Jones Market Data (ratio)*Front month contract †London Metal Exchange prices for delivery in three months

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independent producers spentless than they took in from op-erations last year, up fromabout 30% in 2018, according toa Wall Street Journal analysisof FactSet data.

Nonetheless, the whole sec-tor is getting clobbered as con-cerns about the economic im-pact of coronavirus pull oilprices lower and cloud 2020prospects. U.S. benchmark oilprices ended Friday around $45a barrel, down from about $53a week earlier.

Shares in shale drilling pio-neer Chesapeake Energy Corp.tumbled roughly 38% throughthe week ended Friday amidconcerns about the company’sdebt load. Whiting PetroleumCorp.’s stock also plunged afterit warned that output would

decline this year.Continental Resources Inc.

also traded lower after disclos-ing 2020 plans that indicatedthe company could struggle togenerate free cash flow at cur-rent oil and gas prices. “We seethe oil and gas markets as fun-damentally oversupplied, withdemand even further impactedby the coronavirus,” Continen-tal Executive Chairman HaroldHamm said.

Shale drillers have been un-der tremendous pressure frominvestors—and increasinglyfrom their lenders—after yearsof poor financial returns, evenas they turbocharged Americanoil production to nearly 13 mil-lion barrels a day, the most inthe world.

Many are now seeking to

Shale drillers were alreadybraced for a tough year. Nowthe new coronavirus is puttingthem under even greater finan-cial pressure.

Exploration and productioncompanies are straining to slowgrowth—amid an oversupply ofoil and gas—and cut spendingto appease investors angry overpoor returns. Now the virus hasfurther weakened global de-mand for their products, posinga greater challenge to a sectorwhere many companies aresaddled with debt.

By some measures, top shalecompanies have shown im-provement in recent earningsreports. Roughly 46% of 37 U.S.

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Stay home from work if you getsick. See a doctor. Use a separatebathroom from the people you livewith. Prepare for schools to close,and to work from home. These aremeasures the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention has rec-ommended to slow a coronavirusoutbreak in the United States.

Yet these are much easier to dofor certain people — in particular,high-earning professionals. Serv-ice industry workers, like those inrestaurants, retail, child care andthe gig economy, are much lesslikely to have paid sick days, theability to work remotely or em-ployer-provided health insurance.

The disparity could make thenew coronavirus, which causes arespiratory illness known asCovid-19, harder to contain in theUnited States than in other richcountries that have universalbenefits like health care and sickleave, experts say. A large seg-ment of workers are not able tostay home, and many of themwork in jobs that include high con-tact with other people. It couldalso mean that low-income work-ers are hit harder by the virus.

“Very quickly, it’s going to circu-late a lot faster in the poorer com-munities than the wealthiestones,” said Dr. James Hadler, anepidemiologist who was Connecti-cut’s public health director and isnow is a consultant to the state.His work has found that influenzainfections tend to strike low-in-come neighborhoods more ag-gressively than affluent ones, andthat poor families are more likelyto live in close quarters with oth-ers, and to share bathrooms.

Unequal access to precaution-ary measures cuts along the samelines that divide the United Statesin other ways: income, educationand race.

“It’s definitely an equity issue,”said Alex Baptiste, policy counselfor workplace programs at the Na-tional Partnership for Women &Families, a nonprofit advocacygroup. “You have not just an eco-nomic disparity but also a racialdisparity between who has thataccess and can take care of them-selves and their families.”

Portia Green, 33, is a restaurantworker in New York. She has nopaid sick leave or health insur-ance. If schools closed, as a singlemother she’d have no child care. Aday off work means losing around$100 in pay, she said, and if she hadto take more than a few days off,losing her job. The restaurantsshe has worked for are too under-staffed to call in backup workerseasily, she said, and the expecta-tion is that you show up unlessyou’re “green.”

“They’re going to push you todo it anyway,” said Ms. Green, whois a member of Restaurant Oppor-tunities Centers United in NewYork, an advocacy group. “You goto work, pop a vitamin C and if youcan do it, you do it.”

The biggest disparity for work-ers is access to health care: In theUnited States, some 27.5 millionpeople lack any form of health in-surance. That makes them lesslikely to seek medical care whenthey become ill or to have accessto preventive health benefits thatcan help them stave off illness.The uninsured are disproportion-ately low income.

Workers also have unequal ac-cess to remote working. The gov-ernment recommended that peo-ple work from home in a coro-navirus outbreak, but just 29 per-cent of American workers can doso, according to Labor Depart-

ment data. They are most likely tobe highly educated and high earn-ers.

On an average day, 35 percent ofthe highest earners and 8 percentof the lowest earners spend sometime working from home. Manag-ers and professionals are mostlikely to do so, and service indus-try and construction workersleast likely. Nearly half of workerswith a graduate degree do some oftheir work from home, as do athird of those with a college de-gree. Just 12 percent of those whodidn’t attend college work fromhome.

For many workers, being sickmeans choosing between stayinghome and getting paid. One-quar-ter of workers have no access topaid sick days, according to LaborDepartment data: two-thirds ofthe lowest earners but just 6 per-cent of the highest earners. Just ahandful of states and local govern-ments have passed sick leavelaws.

Only 60 percent of workers inservice occupations can take paidtime off when they are ill — andthey are also more likely thanwhite-collar workers to come incontact with other people’s bodiesor food.

“When you’re talking aboutpaid leave and who should stayhome, it’s the ones who need itmost that don’t have access to it,the ones showing up at work sicktouching your food, touching yourbags, coming into everyday con-tact with your direct life,” saidKris Garcia, 43, an airport workerin Denver.

She will not receive paid sickdays until she works at her job halfa year, and even then, plans tosave them for dealing with achronic disease, hemophilia. “Ithink people should stay home,”said Ms. Garcia, who is helping anadvocacy group on issues like

paid leave called Family Values atWork. “But I know I’d need my in-fusions, whereas if I’m coughingand have a fever, I could pushthrough five hours.”

Evidence shows that paid sicktime reduces the spread of illness.A working paper on state lawsthat require employers to offerpaid sick leave found that state-wide influenza infections fell 11percent in the first year after en-actment compared with placesthat made no such change. An ear-lier paper, on city laws, showed asimilar, but smaller, effect. (Thereare differences between influenzaand the new coronavirus, but thetwo diseases are transmitted insimilar ways.)

“It’s very clear: When peopledon’t have access to sick leave,they go to work sick and spreaddiseases,” said Nicolas Ziebarth,an associate professor of econom-ics at Cornell University, who wasa co-author on both papers.

Still, paid sick time works only ifpeople take it. Even when workershave paid sick leave, Americanculture often rewards going towork at all costs. In an averagemonth, one in 10 workers said theyneeded to take leave but did not,and the most common reason wasfor their own illnesses, accordingto Labor Department data.

The top reasons for not taking itwhen they needed it: having toomuch work, fearing negative re-percussions or being unable to af-ford a day off.

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Predictions of outsizerisk for lower-incomeworkers.

Furloughs. Sick leave. Workingfrom home.

You could experience any ofthese measures as businesses tryto prevent their employees frombeing exposed to the coronavirusoutbreak that health officialswarn is almost inevitable in theUnited States.

Some companies have alreadytaken precautions like limitingtravel to affected countries or biginternational conferences. Othershave asked employees to stayhome because they visited a coun-try with a more serious outbreak.

But with new unexplainedcases being reported in the UnitedStates — and the first domesticdeath from the illness reported onSaturday — a growing number ofAmerican workers could soon beasked to alter their routines, orjust stay home.

Exactly how that affects youwill depend on many factors, in-cluding the generosity of your em-ployer’s benefits and where youlive. Here’s what labor lawyersand business groups say could po-tentially unfold in your workplace— and what rights workers have.

What are companies doing?The situation is ever-evolving asthe virus continues to spread —and policies are being reviseddaily as employers monitor publichealth notices.

Nobody wants employees tocome to work if they are sick orhave been exposed to the virus,but U.S. workers are less likely tobe covered by a paid sick leavepolicy than those in other devel-oped countries.

“This can put hourly workers ina bind, and make employees in theU.S. more likely to show up forwork when they are sick,” said Jo-seph Deng, who specializes in em-ployment and compensation lawat Baker & McKenzie in Los Ange-les.

The Centers for Disease Controland Prevention has recom-mended that employers establish“nonpunitive” policies, encourag-ing employees who are sick or ex-hibiting symptoms to stay athome.

“We may see companies de-velop more flexible and generoussick leave policies,” Mr. Deng said.That could reduce the hardchoices that employees have tomake.

What employers can askIf you have recently traveledabroad, your employer may askyou to stay home for the virus’s in-cubation period, which is general-ly up to 14 days. The same goes forpeople who have had close contactwith someone who visited an af-fected region.

“We see that there are thingsthat are starting to get a littlemore intensive in the U.S. but weare not anywhere near a state ofemergency,” said Alka Ramchan-dani-Raj, an employment lawyerwho specializes in occupationalsafety and health law at Littler, alarge labor and employment firm.“Although numbers are going updaily.”

Northwell Health, the largesthealth system in New York, justasked 16 people — including eightclinicians who cannot do their jobat home — to take a two-week paidfurlough after visiting China, saidJoseph Moscola, the company’ssenior vice president and chiefpeople officer.

Even if workers appear healthyat the end of the incubation period,

their employers could require amedical exam.

“If there is factual evidencesomeone has been exposed to thevirus, an employer may ask thatperson to go through a medicalexam or fitness for duty exam todetermine whether they areready to return to work,” Ms.Ramchandani-Raj said.

Will I be paid if I stay home?This largely depends on your com-pany’s policies, but so far manylarger businesses are seeing to itthat affected employees get paid,one way or another.

Employees showing symptomsare generally taking sick leave oremergency leave, while those af-fected by quarantines have beenworking from home when that’spossible, according to a survey of48 large employers with opera-tions in the United States by Busi-ness Group on Health, which rep-resents employers on health careand benefit matters.

Sixty-eight percent of the em-ployers surveyed said they wouldpay employees as long as a quar-antine lasted, even if they showedno symptoms and couldn’t workfrom home because of the natureof their job. Twelve percent saidthey would pay for a fixed amountof time, such as two weeks.Twenty percent of the companies,which were surveyed from Feb. 13to Feb. 20, said they didn’t know orhadn’t made a decision yet onwhat they would do.

Paying workers in these situa-tions “will serve to incentivize em-ployees to self-identify and self-quarantine,” said Susan GrossSholinsky, a lawyer with EpsteinBecker Green in New York.

But American employers aren’tobligated to pay most workers,which may affect the response ofbusinesses — particularly smalleremployers.

Federal law requires thathourly workers be paid only for

the time they work. Salariedworkers, managers and execu-tives will usually, but not always,be paid during a business disrup-tion, Mr. Deng said. Employerswho are not paying for quarantineperiods often let workers use va-cation, sick time, personal daysand other available paid time off— if workers have it.

Union workers should reviewtheir collective bargaining agree-ments because they may haveprovisions that provide paid timeoff in an emergency, according tothe Society for Human ResourceManagement.

What happens if I get sick?This also often depends on thegenerosity of your employer, ex-perts said, because there are nofederal requirement for employ-ers to provide paid sick leave,even in the event of a disaster.

Roughly a dozen states and sev-eral cities — including California,Michigan, New Jersey, Washing-ton, San Francisco and New YorkCity — provide paid sick leave tomany workers.

But the amount of paid leavewill vary, and often depends on thesize of the employer and how long

someone has worked there. Thesepolicies typically extend to caringfor family members as well.

If workers are seriously ill ortake a while to recover, they maybe entitled to unpaid leave underthe federal Family and MedicalLeave Act, but that doesn’t coveran estimated 40 percent of work-ers.

“Or, if the illness is work-related— if the employee caught the viruswhile on business travel, for ex-ample — the employee may be en-titled to workers’ compensationinsurance” Ms. Sholinsky added.

I’m worried about workingThat’s a common question asanxieties rise and even subwaypoles and elevator buttons appearmore perilous.

“Employers have to be verycareful and do a strict case-by-case assessment of whether thatis a valid concern or not,” Ms.Ramchandani-Raj said.

Employees have a right to asafe workplace, she added, andemployers must adopt neutralpolicies that protect everyoneequally. But if pregnant womenwere deemed to be at greater risk,for example, and the governmentreleased guidance saying theyshould take extra precautions,employers would need to followthe government’s lead.

You could ask to work fromhome, but that’s not possible for,say, a retail clerk or salesperson.You’d probably have to use anypaid time off or take a leave of ab-sence — if that’s an option.

Can my employer ask me towear a mask?Maybe.

Let’s say you show up at workone day and find extra Purell dis-pensers and a box of medicalmasks.

If your employer wants to re-quire you to wear a mask, it wouldbe legally required to providetraining on how to use and main-tain them, Ms. Ramchandani-Rajsaid. There are other conflicts,too: Some employees might havemedical conditions that are wors-ened by wearing a mask.

Instead, companies mightmake the masks available — with-out requiring employees to wearthem.

Will my employer tell me if acolleague is infected?The C.D.C. has said that if an em-ployee infection is confirmed, em-ployers should tell their co-work-ers that they may have been ex-posed to the virus.

But they shouldn’t tell you thatperson’s name — federal law re-quires them to maintain the confi-dentiality of the sickened person.

Red Cross workers preparing emergency relief kits for delivery to people in self-quarantine in Suwon, South Korea. Employers could ask you to stay home.HONG JI-WON/YONHAP, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

In re:BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAAND DELAWARE BSA, LLC,1

Debtors.

Chapter 11Case No. 20-10343(LSS)(Jointly Administered)EIN: 22-1576300Date case filed for chapter 11:February 18, 2020

NOTICE OF CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY CASE

For each of the debtors listed above,a case has been filed underchapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has beenentered. This notice has important information about the casefor creditors, debtors, and trustees, including information aboutthe meeting of creditors and deadlines.Read all pages carefully.

The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collec-tion activities.This means that creditors generally may not take action tocollect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, whilethe stay is in effect,creditors cannot sue,assert a deficiency,repossess prop-erty, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demandrepayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors whoviolate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages andattorney’s fees.

Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. Acreditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge maybe required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within thedeadline specified in this notice.(See line 11 below for more information.)

To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in thecase may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listedbelow or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at www.pacer.gov) or at the website maintained by the Debtors’ claims and notic-ing agent,Omni Agent Solutions,at www.omniagentsolutions.com/bsa.The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice.Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in thecase. Valid Picture ID is required for access to the J. Caleb BoggsFederal Building.

1. Lead Debtor’s full name: Boy Scouts of America2. All other names used in the last 8 years: BSA3. Jointly Administered Case, Case No., Tax ID, Address:

Delaware BSA, LLC, 20-10342 (LSS), 84-2764311, 1325 West Walnut HillLane,Irving,Texas 75038.

4. Address: 1325 West Walnut Hill Lane,Irving,Texas 750385. Debtors’ attorneys and claims and noticing agent: SIDLEY

AUSTIN LLP, Jessica C. K. Boelter, [email protected], 787 SeventhAvenue, New York, New York 10019, Contact phone: (212) 839-5300, –and – SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, James F. Conlan, [email protected], ThomasA. Labuda, [email protected], Michael C. Andolina, [email protected], Matthew E. Linder, [email protected], One South Dearborn Street,Chicago, Illinois 60603, Contact phone: (312) 853-7000, – and – MORRIS,NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP, Derek C. Abbott (No. 3376), [email protected], Andrew R. Remming (No. 5120), [email protected],Joseph C. Barsalona II (No. 6102), [email protected], Paige N. Topper(No. 6470), [email protected], Eric Moats (No. 6441), [email protected], 1201 North Market Street, 16th Floor, P.O. Box 1347, Wilmington,Delaware 19899-1347, Contact phone: (302) 351-9314. Debtors’ Claimsand Noticing Agent: If you have questions about this notice,please contact Omni Agent Solutions. Contact phone: (866) 907-2721 (toll-free), Email: [email protected], Website:www.omniagentsolutions.com/bsa.

6. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: 824 Market Street, 3rd Floor,Wilmington, DE 19801. Hours open: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM –4:00 PM. Contact phone 302-252-2900. Documents in this case maybe filed at this address.You may inspect all records filed in this case at thisoffice or online at www.pacer.gov.

7. Meeting of creditors: April 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.(prevailingEastern Time). Location: J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building, 844 KingStreet, 3rd Floor, Room 3209, Wilmington, DE 19801. The meetingmay be continued or adjourned to a later date.If so,the date will be on thecourt docket. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to bequestioned under oath.Creditors may attend,but are not required to do so.

8. Proof of claim deadline: Deadline for filing proof of claim:Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time.A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim.A proofof claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcyclerk’s office. Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless:• your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; • youfile a proof of claim in a different amount; or • you receive another notice.If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed,con-tingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not bepaid on your claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan.You may file aproof of claim even if your claim is scheduled.You may review the schedulesat the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at www.pacer.gov.Secured credi-tors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proofof claim.Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of thebankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain.For example, asecured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important non-monetary rights,including the right to a jury trial.

9. Exception to discharge deadline: The bankruptcy clerk’s officemust receive a complaint and any required filing fee by the following dead-line.If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted fromdischarge,you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by thedeadline stated below. Deadline for filing the complaint: June 15,2020.

10. Creditors with a foreign address: If you are a creditor receivingnotice mailed to a foreign address, you may file a motion asking the courtto extend the deadlines in this notice. Consult an attorney familiar withUnited States bankruptcy law if you have any questions about your rightsin this case.

11. Filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case: Chapter 11 allows debt-ors to reorganize or liquidate according to a plan. A plan is not effectiveunless the court confirms it.You may receive a copy of the plan and a disclo-sure statement telling you about the plan,and you may have the opportu-nity to vote on the plan.You will receive notice of the date of the confirma-tion hearing,and you may object to confirmation of the plan and attend theconfirmation hearing.Unless a trustee is serving,the debtor will remain inpossession of the property and may continue to operate its business.

12. Discharge of debts: Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may resultin a discharge of debts, which may include all or part of your debt. See 11U.S.C. § 1141(d). A discharge means that creditors may never try to col-lect the debt from the debtor except as provided in the plan. If you wantto have a particular debt owed to you excepted from the discharge and§ 523(c) applies to your claim, you must start a judicial proceeding by fil-ing a complaint and paying the filing fee in the bankruptcy clerk’s office bythe deadline.1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, together with the last four dig-its of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, are as follows: BoyScouts of America (6300) and Delaware BSA,LLC (4311). The Debtors’mail-ing address is 1325WestWalnut Hill Lane,Irving,Texas 75038.

NOTICE OF CALL FOR OPEN TENDER

The New York office of the Italian Trade Commission (33 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065) has launched an open call for Open Tender, pursuant to Legislative Decree 50/2016, to award Travel Services for the activities of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) Offices operating in the USA (New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston and Los Angeles) from 06.01.2020 to 05.31.2022.

Description: Travel organization service for the activities of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) Offices operating in the USA (New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston and Los Angeles) from 06.01.2020 to 05.31.2022 CIG (Identification code of tender): 8226020672

Total amount of the contract: US$ 3,500,000.00, including local taxes amounting to € 3.235.348,50, including local taxes.

Bids and all the documentation required in the tender documents and regulations shall be received by the Italian Trade Commission – New York office - 33 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065, no later than 04:30pm (EST) on 03/13/2020. Late submissions will not be accepted. This call for open tender is governed by the rules sent for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union on 02/25/2020 and the regulations available on the Italian Trade Commission’s website (www.ice.it), together with all the required documentation and the forms for declarations and self-certifications. Please check all tender documents on the following link: http://ice.amministrazionetrasparente.it/bando/63698 Official languages for tender offers, information and correspondence: English or Italian.

Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) - (RUP): Antonino Laspina Italian Trade Commission, New York Office

Antonino Laspina Antonino LaspinaItalian Trade Commissioner
