Federal district courts have issued a temporary stay in implementing the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s COVID-19 temporary emergency standard, and the decision about whether OSHA overstepped its authority is likely to make its way quickly to the Supreme Court. In Part 1 of a conversation with Chief Risk Architect Gary Pearce for risk-management technology provider Aclaimant Solutions, he outlines the ambitions of the standard, the legal challenges, prospects for passage and unusual timing that underscores the urgency of the standard.