Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion by a 5-4 vote with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett dissenting regarding the Department of Health and Human Services Interim Final...more
1/14/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Biden v Missouri ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Lack of Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
On Thursday, November 4, 2021, contemporaneous with the announcement of the new Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) requiring COVID-19 vaccination or testing for...more
On May 5, 2021, Governor Ducey signed H.B. 2454, legislation which dramatically expands access to telehealth services in Arizona. The legislation—the most expansive in the country—makes telemedicine a permanent fixture of...more
On Monday April 19, 2021, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed Executive Order 2021-09 banning vaccine passports in Arizona—also known as digital health passports (“DHPs”). The Executive Order (“EO”) prevents local governments,...more
4/27/2021
/ Arizona ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Governor Ducey ,
State Bans ,
Vaccinations ,
Vaccine Passports
On January 14, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that it had obtained over $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from fraud and False Claims Act cases over the previous fiscal year. More than 80 percent of False...more