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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
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EEOC Scrutinizes Vaccine Mandates: Continued Rise of Religious Accommodation Claims

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought workplace vaccination policies to the forefront, raising complex questions about religious accommodations. Over four years after the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, these policies remain...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Two Charged in Alleged $227 Million COVID-19 Test Kit Fraud

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Two Charged in Alleged $227 Million COVID-19 Test Kit Fraud - Syed Murtuza Kablazada and Mehdi Hussain, the owners and operators of medical laboratories in Illinois, were charged with submitting more than $227 million in...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – May 2025 # 4

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

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North State Deli: A New Outbreak of COVID-19 Litigation?

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Civil-authority “stay-at-home” orders issued in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic were just one layer of the outbreak’s sweeping impact on people and businesses worldwide. The pandemic has resurfaced in North Carolina in...more

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CFPB rescinds COVID-related protections under RESPA Regulation X

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On May 16, the CFPB published a Federal Register notice withdrawing its COVID-19-era mortgage servicing protections for borrowers. The CFPB identified two reasons for rescinding this measure: first, the rule was intended to...more

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Alabama Supreme Court Alert | Appellate Update for May 23, 2025

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Decisions from May 23, 2025 - The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, May 23. The opinions of interest to the Alabama business community include the following...more

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Regulatory Escalation in Pharma Sector: China Imposes First Executive Sanctions in a Cartel Case

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On May 9, 2025, the Tianjin Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (“Tianjin AMR”) announced administrative penalties against four manufacturers of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (“DSP”) active pharmaceutical...more

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FDA Approves BLA for Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine

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On May 19, Novavax, Inc. (“Novavax”) announced that FDA approved its Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for Nuvaxovid™ for active immunization against COVID-19 in adults 65 years and older and individuals 12 through 64...more

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“Big, Beautiful Bill”: Federal Tax Bill Would Restrict the Employee Retention Credit

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A sweeping federal tax bill that is currently under consideration in the US House of Representatives contains provisions that would significantly change the administration and enforcement of the Employee Retention Credit...more

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CFPB Rescinding the 2021 COVID-19 Mortgage Servicing Final Rule

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On May 15, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed an interim final rule in the Federal Register that will rescind its prior 2021 COVID-19 mortgage servicing final rule. The interim final rule is set for...more

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EU Court Rebukes Von der Leyen Over Pfizer Texts in Transparency Ruling

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ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: In a landmark decision that challenges the European Commission’s transparency standards, the General Court of the European Union has ruled against Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Virtual Family Law Hearings: Are They Here to Stay in 2025?

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As a product of the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington courts, like many others, were forced to adopt a virtual format with respect to live hearings and trials. This meant opting to conduct proceedings using Zoom, Microsoft Teams,...more

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WA State Court: No COVID-19 Coverage in Tulalip Tribes v. Lexington

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In a recent COVID-19 Washington State insurance bad faith case, Tulalip Tribes of Washington v. Lexington Ins. Co., Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed Washington’s stance holding lost physical use of...more

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Trump Administration Executive Order Tracker

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Below is a tracker of healthcare-related executive orders (EOs) issued by the Trump administration, including overviews of each EO and the date each EO was signed. We will regularly update this tracker as additional EOs are...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Demise of the Civil Jury Trial: Why It Might Be Happening and Why It Matters

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Much has been written about the demise of the civil jury trial, while not as much has been written as to whether this is a good or bad development. California Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow, writing recently in the...more

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Tenth Circuit Finds That Invitations to Town Halls Regarding Covid-19 Triggered the TCPA’s Emergency Purposes Exception; Declines...

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In a case analyzing whether invitations to town hall meetings regarding COVID-19 were exempted from liability by the TCPA’s emergency purposes exception, the Tenth Circuit declined to address whether a municipality is a...more

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Sunsetting of COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave Law

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Beginning July 31, 2025, New York employers will no longer be required to provide separate leave for COVID-19 quarantines and isolations. This marks a significant shift in pandemic-related employment policies for businesses...more

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Examining the Limits of the State-Created Danger Doctrine

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Cappel v. Aston Twp. Fire Dep’t, 693 F. Supp. 3d 467 (E.D. Pa. 2023) - During the COVID-19 pandemic, the decedent’s family urgently called 911 as she struggled to breathe and had dangerously low blood-oxygen levels. However,...more

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Rescinded Order Tracker - UPDATED

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Littler's Rescinded Order Tracker provides easy access to those executive orders issued by previous administrations that are rescinded by the Trump administration. Only those orders that impact compliance with labor and...more

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A Case Law Summary: Stewart v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB)

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Stewart v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 490 C.D. 2024 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct., April 15, 2025) - By way of brief history, Officer Stewart worked long hours during the COVID pandemic. In the fall of 2020, he regularly...more

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How to Prepare for the $84 Trillion Inheritance Boom

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The United States is on the brink of the largest transition of wealth in its history, known as the “Great Wealth Transfer.” By 2045, an estimated $84 trillion in assets will be transferred from baby-boomers to their heirs. In...more

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Updates to the Updates of FHA’s Servicing, Loss Mitigation, and Claims Processes

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At the tail end of the Biden administration, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published Mortgagee Letter 2025-06, which was tilted Updates to Servicing, Loss Mitigation, and Claims. The 251-page mortgagee letter...more

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Fraud and Corruption in Covid Bounce Back Loans - A Perspective for Lenders

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Under the government Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), small businesses struggling due to the pandemic could obtain a fully government-secured loan of up to £50,000 with no repayments required for the first 12 months....more

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Blue States Push Back: Legislative Responses to Trump Administration Initiatives

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In the wake of Trump administration executive orders and regulatory actions, Democratic-led states across the nation have taken bold steps to counteract policies they view as regressive. There are 17 states that are led by...more

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False Claims Act Insights - DOJ’s Reliance on FCA to Pursue Covid-Related Fraud

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Host Jonathan Porter welcomes Boston-based litigator Bob Peabody to the show to discuss the Department of Justice’s use of the False Claims Act to pursue civil actions in connection with CARES Act fraud. Programs established...more

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