In June 2021, the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“Fed OSHA”) enacted a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) governing the health care industry. The ETS had a...more
Following the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel handing down a split decision reinstating the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) vaccination mandate, numerous emergency applications were filed with...more
With the enforcement of the Federal OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on hold pending consolidated review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after multiple legal challenges and a temporary...more
Yesterday, November 16, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the “Panel”) held a lottery to select the federal appeals court to address the 34 petitions seeking review of the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing...more
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On Monday, November 8, 2021, Snell & Wilmer published a Legal Alert explaining that, on November 6, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans granted a stay and suspended the federal OSHA emergency temporary...more
On Friday, November 5, Snell & Wilmer published a Legal Alert regarding the provisions and effective dates of the federal OSHA Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS"). In that Legal Alert, we noted that...more