{"id":"DUT-DC-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (Attorney General Karl A. Racine)","authority":"Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-483) and successors; Consumer Protection Procedures Act, D.C. Code sec. 28-3901 et seq.; D.C. Code sec. 7-2307","instrument":"OAG press release, \u0027AG Racine Sues Washington Sports Club For Flouting COVID-19 Emergency Health and Safety Requirements\u0027 (Mar. 11, 2021), announcing District of Columbia v. New TSI Holdings, Inc. (D.C. Super. Ct.)","title":"AG Racine Sues Washington Sports Club For Flouting COVID-19 Emergency Health and Safety Requirements","dateIssued":"2021-03-11","effective":"2021-03-11","end":"not applicable (enforcement action)","startDate":"2021-03-11","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["EMP","MASK","CAP","DUTY"],"addressees":["specified businesses (gyms and workout studios); by the Attorney General\u0027s statement, businesses generally"],"clause":"District law requires businesses to comply with health and safety requirements that are necessary to reduce the spread of coronavirus and to protect employees and consumers... businesses are required to post signs on their doors stating masks are mandatory for those who enter and to exclude those who are not wearing masks","enforcement":"Civil penalties, injunctive order, costs and attorney\u0027s fees under the Emergency Act and the Consumer Protection Procedures Act","functions":[],"notes":"Records the Attorney General\u0027s suit against the operator of Washington Sports Club for failing to enforce the mask mandate, set and enforce distancing and disinfect equipment, pleaded as violations of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act and the Emergency Act, and seeking \u0027a court order requiring WSC to comply with the District\u0027s COVID-19 rules, civil penalties, costs the District incurred by bringing this case, and attorney\u0027s fees\u0027; states that the orders \u0027require businesses to make it mandatory for customers to wear facemasks while indoors\u0027 and to keep six feet between staff and patrons and ten feet between patrons. Character as recorded: enforcement_record (press release; order_penalty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-sues-washington-sports-club-flouting","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210311203040/https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-sues-washington-sports-club-flouting","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":225672,"grade":"primary","character":"enforcement_record","description":"","collection":"DUT-DC","url":"/library/DUT-DC-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-DC-016","citation":"Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (Attorney General Karl A. Racine), OAG press release, \u0027AG Racine Sues Washington Sports Club For Flouting COVID-19 Emergency Health and Safety Requirements\u0027 (Mar. 11, 2021), announcing District of Columbia v. New TSI Holdings, Inc. (D.C. Super. Ct.) (Ex. DUT-DC-016)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["DUT-DC-019","DUT-DC-017"]}