Appeals, Vaccinations, First Amendment

What Would John Wilkes Booth Do? Mandatory COVID Vaxes for Actors

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 4/1/2025

Although the threat of COVID-19 (remember that?) seems to have diminished considerably over the past five years, once upon a time in Hollywood many production companies (along with other employers) required employees to be...more

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses District Court Decision on Florida’s Vaccine Passport Ban

Rumberger | Kirk on 10/11/2022

The decision is a win for the Florida governor who sought to protect Florida citizens who chose not to get vaccinated. In a 2-1 decision reversing United States District Judge Kathleen Williams’ 2021 Preliminary...more

Federal Appeals Court Won't Delay New York Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/12/2021

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion last week for a preliminary injunction filed by health care workers who object to a New York state COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The New York mandate contains medical...more

State of Florida Continues to Challenge COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements

Stokes Wagner on 8/27/2021

Florida Governor Rick DeSantis has issued a statement that the State of Florida will appeal a recent preliminary injunction granted by US District Judge Kathleen Williams blocking the State from enforcing a recent law banning...more

University vaccine mandate constitutionality: A review of the US Seventh Circuit’s IU decision

Bricker Graydon LLP on 8/6/2021

In a succinct decision issued earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (including states Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin) refused to issue an injunction pending the outcome of a...more

5th Circuit Says No, Employer Not Liable for Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, or First Amendment Violations in Employee...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/31/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: Vaccinations have been widely debated over the past few years, leaving employers unclear about their obligations to accommodate employees whose religious beliefs conflict with them. Recently the U.S. Court...more