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Supreme Court’s Ruling Could Raise Significant Risks for OSHA’s Operations

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/10/2025

On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay in Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, No. 24A1174, permitting the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14210, which...more

The Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Are Barely Hanging On

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 1/31/2022

The vaccine mandates President Biden announced on September 9 have not aged well. Two are enjoined nationwide and a skeptical Supreme Court so undermined one that the government withdrew it, at least for the immediate future....more

A Dizzying Map of Federal Vaccination Mandates, Injunctions and Stays

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/23/2021

Keeping track of a dizzying number of injunctions and stays by multiple federal district courts and courts of appeal involving three separate federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates with a couple exceptions is no small task....more

If the Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Doesn’t Get You, the OSHA ETS Might

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/22/2021

In the past few days, there have been multiple developments in the legal challenges to the various vaccine mandates, one in favor of a mandate, one against. In addition, the first vaccine mandate challenge has now reached the...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

U.S. District Court Enjoins Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 12/7/2021

As educational institutions sort through the contradictory patchwork of legal requirements regarding COVID vaccine mandates that have emerged over the past year, a U.S. District Court in Kentucky added one more wrinkle. While...more

Breaking News on the CMS Vaccination Rule: Less Than 24 Hours After Being Shelved in 10 States, the Rule Is Sidelined Nationwide

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/2/2021

In a November 30, 2021, order, a federal judge sitting in Louisiana entered a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interim final rule entitled...more

UPDATE - Status of Implementation of the Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Workplace Rules

Williams Mullen on 12/2/2021

Many employers are struggling with the seemingly ever-shifting rules and requirements relating to COVID-19 vaccines. Indeed, although the Biden Administration initiated three sweeping rules earlier this Fall - one applicable...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

OMB Attempts to Plug Holes in the Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/18/2021

Likely in response to the flurry of litigation challenging the government contractor vaccine mandate, on November 16 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a new notice of determination and request for comments...more

OSHA's Vaccinate-or-Test Standard Is Delayed. What About Health Care Employers?

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/17/2021

On November 12, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order staying the enforcement and implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccinate-or-test emergency temporary...more

10 Employer Obligations Required by OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Test Mandate

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/17/2021

Employers with 100 or more employees may wish to begin preparing for the emergency temporary standard’s imminent deadlines, despite pending legal challenges. ...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

Get to the Point: OSHA’s New Rule on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/15/2021

On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration published its anticipated emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing (the “ETS”). Citing the “grave danger” posed by the virus...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

Fifth Circuit Stays OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/8/2021

On Nov. 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) on COVID-19 vaccination and testing. The Fifth...more

Court of Appeals Stays OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/8/2021

On November 6, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a stay of the Emergency Temporary Standard issued this week by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The ETS would require...more

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