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Explaining the Current Law on Vaccine Mandates

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/15/2025

Given the slow progress of civil litigation in the U.S., federal courts continue to hear challenges to employer vaccination mandates imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to 2023, employers generally held the upper hand...more

Developments in Association Law 2022 – 2024

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 9/16/2024

The following is a review of notable cases and regulatory developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels during the last two years....more

Employment Flash - March 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/25/2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

Second Circuit Rejects Religious Discrimination Claim Based on COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 12/8/2023

In last term’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly increased employers’ obligation to consider religious exemption requests under Title VII. Rather than the previous de minimus burden standard,...more

Religious Institutions Update: July 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/27/2023

Supreme Court Decides Freedom of Speech Trumps Public Accommodations Law In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, No. 21-476 (June 30, 2023), the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 6-3 the lower courts' denial of the injunction the plaintiff...more

Policy Matters Newsletter - April 2023 #2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/26/2023

Federal Salary Transparency Act. Much has been written recently regarding the various salary transparency and reporting laws that have sprouted from state Houses across the Nation (we spoke to California’s onerous...more

Religious accommodation at the Supreme Court

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/21/2023

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Groff v. DeJoy, a case I blogged about in January. The case is about what standard of "undue hardship" should apply in religious accommodation cases. Under every...more

Court Upholds Biden Vaccine Mandate and Bump Stock Ban; Remembering Laurence Silberman and Raymond Strother: SCOTUS Today

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/13/2022

The October term of the Court began yesterday, with a sitting that marked the very active debut of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and predictions that this term will be even more controversial than last, although it is...more

More Cuts to NYC’s COVID-19 Restrictions

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/27/2022

On September 20, 2022, New York City (“NYC”) Mayor Eric Adams announced that the City’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for private sector employees will terminate on November 1, 2022. The private sector vaccine mandate took...more

Whatever Happened to that Federal Contractor COVID Vaccine Order?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/5/2022

More than ten months ago, on September 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14042, which imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on many federal contractors and subcontractors. As we have previously reported, the order...more

SCOTUS Review: 8 Key Rulings from Last Term that Impact the Workplace and 3 Issues We’re Watching

Fisher Phillips on 8/2/2022

Many employers looked to the Supreme Court last term for clarity in cases with a significant impact on the workplace. The justices continued to shape the employment law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

Policy Matters Newsletter - July 2022

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/19/2022

Annnnd We're Back: Legislative Update. We appreciate this audience bearing with us as this newsletter has been on a short hiatus in light of some scheduling issues. During that brief respite numerous different pieces of...more

Top 10 First Amendment Cases of the Supreme Court Term

Carlton Fields on 6/30/2022

The Supreme Court term that ended today once again showed the power of the First Amendment to shape American life. The court invoked the First Amendment in cases regulating social media platforms, prayer at public schools,...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 22, 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/23/2022

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include ...more

To Mandate Vax or Not, That Is the Question: Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandates Before Several Appellate Courts

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/3/2022

Questions about COVID-19 vaccines are hard, particularly if you contract or want to contract with the federal government. The scenario is familiar: You run a business that has or seeks to contract with the federal...more

Investigations Newsletter: Prosecutors Target Fake COVID-19 Immunization and Vaccination Cards

ArentFox Schiff on 4/11/2022

Prosecutors Target Fake COVID-19 Immunization and Vaccination Cards - In the first federal prosecution related to fraudulent vaccination cards and immunizations for the COVID-19 virus, a California neuropathic doctor, Juli...more

District Court Enjoins Montana State Statute Which Prohibits Healthcare Providers from Denying Employment Based on a Person’s Lack...

King & Spalding on 4/5/2022

On March 18, 2022, a group of providers successfully obtained a preliminary injunction to stop enforcement of a Montana statute that prohibits employers, including healthcare providers, from compelling their employees to...more

Oral Argument on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate and Potential Impact of Supreme Court ‎Decisions

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 3/25/2022

Oral Argument Scheduled for April 8 on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Injunction - Oral argument on the United States’ appeal of the nationwide injunction against President Biden’s federal contractor vaccine mandate is...more

U.S. Supreme Court Splits on Vaccine Mandates

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/3/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued two opinions on COVID regulations impacting employers and workers across the country. In the first, the Court stayed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) “vaccine or...more

The Top 17 Workplace Law Stories from February 2022

Fisher Phillips on 3/2/2022

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

CMS Vaccine Mandate and Home Care Providers – Investor Takeaways

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/2/2022

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has affected investor interest in non-acute care providers and suppliers, including home care providers. As our colleagues...more

A Second Look: Parties Spar Over Vaccine Mandate In Eleventh Circuit Appeal From EO 14042 Injunction

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 2/25/2022

It has been more than two months since the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction of Executive Order 14042, the Biden Administration’s effort to impose a vaccine...more

What Do the Supreme Court’s Decisions on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Mean for the American Workforce?

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 2/17/2022

On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down one federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate (on large employers) while leaving another (on federally funded healthcare facilities) intact. On balance, these decisions curb...more

Class Action Trends Report Winter 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/16/2022

In this issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys look back at class action developments in 2021, including COVID-19 vaccine mandate litigation, significant procedural decisions, wage and hour suits,...more

Pick Your Backlash: Deciding on a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Means Backlash for Employers, Regardless of the Policy They...

Brooks Pierce on 2/15/2022

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID vaccine or test mandate for businesses with at least 100 employees. Thereafter, the Biden Administration...more

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