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What’s Next at OSHA: Workplace Safety Regulations Under Scrutiny

Woods Rogers on 2/11/2025

“The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished.” Those are the words of Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) when he introduced H.R. 86 on the floor of the...more

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

McCarter & English, LLP on 1/20/2022

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

Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vax-or-Test ETS

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/14/2022

What: On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which required businesses with at least 100 employees to ensure their...more

Executive Order 14042 - Update 12.0 U.S. District Court Issues Nationwide Injunction

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/9/2021

Federal contractors and subcontractors across the country were forced to rethink their COVID-safety efforts when, on December 7, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia enjoined enforcement of Executive...more

Nationwide Injunction Against Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate ‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 12/8/2021

On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, in The State of Georgia, et. al. v. Biden, et. al., Case No. 1:21-cv-163, a federal district court judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a...more

COVID-19 Developments for Federal Contractors…

Fenwick & West LLP on 12/8/2021

[Editor's Note (12/07/21): A second court―the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia―has issued an injunction halting enforcement of the federal contractor vaccine mandate on a nationwide basis. The district...more

Georgia District Court Enjoins Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/8/2021

On December 6, we noted on this blog post that because the injunction issued by the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on November 30 prohibiting the government from enforcing the government contractor...more

Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Blocked Nationwide

Butler Snow LLP on 12/8/2021

A federal judge in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction blocking Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The case is Georgia v. Biden, S.D. Ga., No. 21-cv-00163, 12/7/21. The mandate was set to take effect on...more

Federal Judge Rules Against Landlord Vaccine Mandate

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/2/2021

In the ever-shifting landscape surrounding the landlord (and contractor) vaccine mandate, a federal judge has ruled against the federal government and issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits enforcement of the vaccine...more

Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Blocked in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

Butler Snow LLP on 12/2/2021

On November 30, 2021, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an order granting a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of the vaccine mandate for federal contractors set forth in...more

Federal Contractors Vaccine Mandate: What Government Contractors Need to Know

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/19/2021

The implementation of President Biden’s September 9, 2021 Executive Order regarding COVID-19 vaccine and safe workplace requirements for federal contractors has caused confusion and prompted numerous questions from federal...more

Fifth Circuit Again Stays OSHA’s ETS...for Now

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/15/2021

On November 12, 2021, a three-member panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a sweeping order continuing its initial November 6, 2021, stay of the emergency temporary standard (ETS) that the...more

Preparing for OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine or Testing ETS for Large Employers

Smith Anderson on 11/10/2021

On November 5, 2021, the federal Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing, Emergency Temporary Standard" (ETS) for employers with 100 or more...more

Understanding and Implementing OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination Regulations (FAQs Included)

Williams Mullen on 11/9/2021

On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) applicable to all private employers in the United States with 100 or more employees. ...more

COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights - Issue 22, August 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/2/2020

COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights, Issue 22 In our 22nd edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, we see cases against employers continue to rise, and offer insight for...more

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends - Issue 17, 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 7/30/2020

This 17th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, discusses everything from insurance coverage disputes to statewide shutdown orders. Despite an uphill climb towards liability, businesses...more

OSHA Proposed Citations Covered by Texas Judge’s Grant of Preliminary Injunction to Government Contractors Challenging...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/3/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The first of several anticipated challenges to Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” has resulted in a preliminary injunction staying the implementation of some – but not all – aspects of...more

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