WBK Industry News - State Regulatory Developments

Delaware, Louisiana, and Ohio Order Citizens to Stay at Home

As part of their states’ response to the COVID-19 crisis, Delaware, Louisiana, and Ohio have all issued orders requiring all citizens to stay at home.  The orders exempt essential business services.  Delaware includes financial services and insurance in its list of essential business services.  Louisiana includes the federal government’s critical infrastructure systems in its order, which includes financial services.  The Ohio order incorporates the federal government’s critical infrastructure systems, and explicitly exempts financial services institutions. 

Delaware’s executive orders are available here and here.

Louisiana’s executive order is available here.

The Ohio order is available here.

The federal government’s critical infrastructure sectors information, which includes financial services, is available here. 

The specific federal critical infrastructure sector plan for financial services is available here.