On November 10, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 7, which prohibits private employers in Texas from imposing vaccine mandates that require employees and/or contractors to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine....more
12/20/2023
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
Florida ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
Texas ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
In the United States, the federal government has faced challenges in imposing vaccination mandates for large private employers, federal contractors, and certain health care employees. Because of that, choices around...more
2/8/2022
/ Complaint Procedures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Entities ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
Exemptions ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed HB 1-B, Ch. 2021-272, Laws of Fla. (the “Vaccination Exemption Law”), which prohibits every private employer from issuing COVID-19 vaccination mandates for its Florida employees without...more
Welcome to the new, rejuvenated version of the Benefits Litigation Update, which we bring you jointly with the law firm of Epstein Becker Green. Our goal is to provide a concise and, we hope, insightful glimpse into recent...more
7/27/2015
/ 401k ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
Dave & Buster's ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equitable Relief ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Health Insurance ,
Preemption ,
Telehealth
In this issue:
- Recent Supreme Court Decisions Revise Rules for Stock Drop Cases
- Hobby Lobby and the Questions Left Unanswered
- Post-Amara Landscape Continues to Evolve
- Supreme Court to...more
7/21/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
CIGNA v Amara ,
Class Action ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Mandates ,
FIfth Third Bancorp v Dudenhoeffer ,
Fraud ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Halliburton ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Hobby Lobby ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
US Bancorp