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Fifth Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Of Contractor Vaccine Mandate

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 19, 2022, upheld a preliminary injunction of Executive Order 14042, halting the Biden administration’s effort to impose on federal contractors a...more

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Injunction Preventing Enforcement of Contractor Vaccine Mandate Against Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi

On December 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the federal contractor and subcontractor vaccine mandate requirements issued in response to...more

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Eleventh Circuit Confirms Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Likely Exceeds Presidential Authority, But Narrows the Scope of the...

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On August 26, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit issued its long awaited decision on the government’s appeal of the nationwide injunction that prevented the government from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and...more

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Eleventh Circuit Narrows Scope of Nationwide Preliminary Injunction of Contractor Vax Mandate

In a long-awaited decision, on August 26, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit significantly narrowed the scope of a nationwide preliminary injunction of the vaccine mandate in Executive Order...more

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Eleventh Circuit Narrows Scope of Nationwide Preliminary Injunction of Contractor Vax Mandate

In a long-awaited decision, on August 26, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit significantly narrowed the scope of a nationwide preliminary injunction of the vaccine mandate in Executive Order...more

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Louisiana Supreme Court Holds The Employment-At-Will Doctrine Dictates That Private Employers May Mandate Employees Get Vaccinated

On January 7, 2022—the same day the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments concerning the OSHA workplace vaccine mandate—the Louisiana Supreme Court (“LA Supreme Court” or the “Court”) upheld a private...more

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CMS Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect in 26 States as Fifth Circuit Alters Scope of Nationwide Injunction

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A nationwide injunction that prevented a health care worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate from taking effect has now been narrowed by a federal appellate court to apply only in the states involved in the lawsuits against the...more

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BREAKING NEWS – Full Stop on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate: Nationwide Injunction Issued

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As set forth in more detail in its Order, a Georgia federal district court judge today issued an injunction halting enforcement of Executive Order 14042, which requires that federal contractors and subcontractors with...more

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Court Blocks Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate in Kentucky, Ohio, And Tennessee

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As a result of a somewhat surprising ruling from a federal court judge in Kentucky Tuesday, the federal government is currently blocked from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors in all...more

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The Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Is “On Hold,” at Least in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

On November 30, 2021, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in the lawsuit, Commonwealth of Kentucky et al. v. Joseph R. Biden et al., Civil Action No. 3:21-cv-00055-GFVT, granted a preliminary...more

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U.S. District Courts in Missouri and Louisiana Enjoin CMS from Implementing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate in 50 States

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On November 29, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Missouri court) issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from implementing and...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Confirms Unions Must Challenge Mandatory Vaccination Policies Before Labour Arbitrators Rather than Courts

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On November 19, 2021, in Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 v. Toronto Transit Commission and National Organized Workers Union v. Sinai Health System, 2021 ONSC 7658 (TTC/Sinai Decision), the Ontario Superior Court...more

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Paid Vaccination Leave, Expanded Whistleblower Protection, and Paid Family Leave – Another Round of New Employment Laws and...

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In yet another round of legislation and administrative decision-making, New York State recently expanded its paid vaccination leave requirements, whistleblower protection laws, and paid family leave requirements. New York...more

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States Have Joined the Fight to Challenge the Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate

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At the end of October 2021, four complaints were filed by almost 20 states challenging the government contractor vaccine mandate. While some have suggested that these states, led by Republican governors, filed the suits for...more

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Court Refuses to Halt Employer’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy

In one of the first cases involving a request for an injunction against a private employer’s vaccine mandate, a federal court refused to put a stop to the employer’s mandatory vaccination policy....more

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Kentucky Federal Court Allows Hospital To Proceed With Vaccination Policy For Employees

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In what is likely to be just the first of many court challenges to private employer COVID-19 vaccination requirements, a United States District Court judge in Kentucky refused to stop a hospital from requiring its employees...more

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First Lawsuit Filed Challenging Private Employer-Mandated COVID-19 Vaccine

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On May 28, 2021, 117 unvaccinated nonmanagerial employees from Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit to challenge the hospital’s vaccine mandate in Jennifer Bridges et al. v The Methodist Hospital. This appears to be the...more

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Religious Institutions Update: March 2021

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Attendance Limitations on Houses of Worship Enjoined In Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo, 983 F. 3d 620 (2d Cir. 2020), the court of appeals reversed two district courts and ruled that an executive order that limited...more

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50 State Update On Pending Legislation Pertaining To Employer-Mandated Vaccinations

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Per recent federal employment law guidance, private employers can generally require employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as long as they comply with federal employment laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of...more

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DOJ Takes First Action against COVID-19 Fraud

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On March 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release announcing its first action against COVID-19 fraudsters: a civil complaint seeking an injunction ordering the website coronavirusmedicalkit.com to...more

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Doe v. Merck: Vaccine Autism Lawsuit Dismissed as Baseless

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The claim that the MMR vaccine caused autism was meritless on its face, held the U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York (Doe v. Merck & Co, Inc.). The action filed on behalf of “Baby Doe” stemmed from Merck-manufactured...more

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