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Incoherent (And Therefore Unconstitutional) California Physician Gag Law Repeal Is Now Effective

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In 2022, the California legislature enacted statutory changes ostensibly to limit the spread of misinformation and disinformation about COVID-19 by licensed physicians.  2022 Cal. Stats. ch. 938 (AB 2098)...more

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Federal Judge Enjoins Physician Gag Law

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Last year, the California legislature enacted statutory changes ostensibly to limit the spread of misinformation and disinformation about COVID-19 by licensed physicians.  2022 Cal. Stats. ch. 938 (AB 2098)....more

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Red Light, Green Light: A Status Update on Federal Vaccine Mandates for Private Employers

OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard - On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to either...more

Weintraub Tobin

Federal OSHA Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard

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Our Blog has been monitoring the ETS that OSHA issued in November 2021 that mandated employers of 100 or more employees to require their employees to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations or undergo regular COVID-19 testing instead. ...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

After Scotus Ruling On Vax Mandate, What’s Next For Employers?

On Jan. 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) granted an emergency request for relief staying the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), requiring all employers with...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Supreme Court Halts OSHA Vaccine/Testing Mandate, But Permits Healthcare Industry Requirement

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) that would have required all employers with 100+ employees to mandate vaccination or testing, while allowing the Department of Health and...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

More Administration Actions on the COVID-19 Vaccination Front

The Biden Administration continues its march towards implementation and enforcement of permanent vaccination mandates. OSHA withdraws OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) - On January 13, 2022, the Administration’s...more

Harris Beach PLLC

OSHA Announces the Withdrawal of its COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Test Mandate as an Emergency Temporary Standard

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today, Jan. 25, 2022, that it is withdrawing its November 5, 2021 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which would have required many private employers with...more

McDermott Will & Emery

OSHA Hints at Permanent COVID-19 Standard, Withdraws Vax-or-Test ETS

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On January 25, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would withdraw its controversial “vax-or-test” Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which required large employers to impose...more

Dentons

COVID-19 Policies and US Employers: Charting a Path Forward

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The legal landscape around COVID-19 policies and vaccine mandates in the workplace continues to shift under the feet of US employers. With the January 13 US Supreme Court ruling on the OSHA and CMS vaccine rules, and...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Healthcare Vaccine Mandate Deadline Pushed In 24 States

Following the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision to enforce the COVID-19 vaccine mandate over healthcare workers at facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid, the deadline to become fully vaccinated has...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Halts OSHA’s “Vaccine or Test” Mandate but Upholds CMS Vaccination Requirement for Healthcare Workers

On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked OSHA’s “vaccine or test” Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) mandate in a split 6-3 decision.  Without the ETS, employers are not required to mandate vaccinations, but...more

Epstein Becker & Green

CMS Vaccine Mandate: New Hospital Survey Procedures and Deadlines

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On January 14, 2022, after the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Biden v. Missouri, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance in QSO-22-09-ALL (“January 14 Memo”) on application of the November 5,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Supreme Court Issues Split Decisions on Federal Vaccine Mandates

On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court (“Court”) issued split decisions regarding Federal vaccine mandates issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Occupational Safety and Health...more

Saul Ewing LLP

What's Next for Employers After the SCOTUS' Decisions on the OSHA ETS Mandate and the CMS Rule?

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What’s Next for Employers After SCOTUS’ Decisions on the OSHA ETS Mandate and the CMS Rule? On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstituted the stay of the federal vaccine or testing mandate, effectively killing...more

Venable LLP

Supreme Court Brings Clarity to Federal Vax Mandates?

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Caption: On January 13, 2022, after hearing emergency oral arguments, the Supreme Court handed down decisions staying OSHA’s ETS and upholding the CMS Rule requiring healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated against...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

CMS Vaccine Mandate: Compliance Dates Clarified

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As stated in our previous client alert, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set compliance dates for the vaccine mandate in all of the states where the injunction had been lifted, which became official for...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Supreme Court Re-Implements Stay of Vaccine Mandate for Employers, Upholds CMS Mandate

Ever since the Sixth Circuit dissolved the injunction to OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which mandates employers with 100 employees or more to require employees be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing and wear...more

Cozen O'Connor

Supreme Court Allows CMS Vaccine Directive To Go Forward

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On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate the stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration emergency temporary standards (OSHA ETS) was widely reported. While the stay of the OSHA ETS has...more

McCarter & English, LLP

The Supreme Court Has Stayed OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Emergency Temporary Standard. Now What?

On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). This halts OSHA’s enforcement of...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare but Blocks Vaccine-Or-Test Rule for Large Private Businesses

On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court prevented President Biden’s vaccination or testing mandate for large employers (issued as an OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)) from being enforced.  The Court allowed the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Enjoins OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard; Keeps CMS Rule Alive

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court reinstated the nationwide injunction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). (Technically, the Court overturned the...more

Lowndes

CMS Vaccine Rule Stands: Providers Caught Between Federal Mandate and Florida Restrictions

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Late last week, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the stay of the healthcare worker vaccination mandate (CMS Rule) in 24 states where the CMS Rule had been stayed. The CMS Rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CMS Enforcement of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Facilities that Receive Medicare or Medicaid...

What You Should Know- •The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the CMS COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and others at facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicare programs. •The Court lifted the...more

Smith Anderson

The Supreme Court Upholds CMS Vaccine Mandate For Healthcare Workers, Not OSHA Mandate For Large Employers

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A pair of rulings issued by the United States Supreme Court on January 13, 2022 provided employers with some clarity on vaccine mandates pushed by the Biden Administration. One ruling blocked the Vaccination or Test Emergency...more

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