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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Changes Employee Retention Tax Credit Program

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/5/2025

While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act made headlines for tax and spending cuts, it also contains significant changes to the federal government’s treatment of COVID era Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC) claims — many of which...more

COVID-19 Policies and US Employers: Charting a Path Forward

Dentons on 1/24/2022

The legal landscape around COVID-19 policies and vaccine mandates in the workplace continues to shift under the feet of US employers. With the January 13 US Supreme Court ruling on the OSHA and CMS vaccine rules, and...more

Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses – Allows It for Certain Healthcare Workers

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 1/17/2022

On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decisions on the Biden vaccine mandates. Specifically, two mandates were at issue: (1) the mandate that all employers with over 100 employees...more

Supreme Court Stays OSHA Vaccine Rule

Williams Mullen on 1/14/2022

The United States Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from implementing and enforcing its OSHA vaccine-or-test requirements for large, private companies, see here. In a 6-3 majority opinion, the Court found that...more

Supreme Court Blocks OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Test Standard for Private Employers

Miller & Martin PLLC on 1/14/2022

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday afternoon blocked the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) promulgated by the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (“OSHA”), portions of which had gone into effect...more

Supreme Court Blocks OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate but Allows CMS Vaccination Mandate for Most Health Care Workers

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 1/14/2022

Today, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden Administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers, known as the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), which we wrote about here. The Court held that the federal agency...more

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Vaccine Mandate Challenges

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 1/11/2022

While President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate officially took effect today, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard two rounds of arguments concerning two of the three hotly contested...more

Supreme Court to Hear Consolidated Appeals on Vaccine Mandates on January 7, 2022

CDF Labor Law LLP on 12/27/2021

While the Supreme Court declined to stay the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Agency’s vaccine mandate for employers with 100+ employees or to change the status of the rule issued by the Centers for...more

The Legal Challenges to the OSHA ETS and CMS Vaccine Mandate move to the Supreme Court

Polsinelli on 12/27/2021

On December 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued orders granting review of legal challenges to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary...more

Executive Order 14042’s Vaccine Mandate for Federal Government Contractors Enjoined in Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky

Polsinelli on 12/1/2021

On November 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky threw a wrench into the federal government’s efforts to enforce Executive Order 14042’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate against federal...more

Additional Pushback from Certain States on Governmental and Private Employer Vaccine Mandates

Littler on 11/23/2021

Certain states are continuing to prohibit or severely curb the ability of private employers to mandate that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. In just 10 days since our most recent update, several additional states...more

A Few Clarifications About the CMS Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Rule

Quarles & Brady LLP on 11/15/2021

As we described in our recent client alert, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently mandated that (almost) all health care workers in federally regulated facilities are vaccinated, pursuant to a...more

CMS’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: What Health Care Providers Need to Know

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/9/2021

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published their much-anticipated rules mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more

Congress Considers Replenishment of Exhausted RRF Funds

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 7/6/2021

The much anticipated Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) was deluged with applicants. According to Restaurant Dive, more than 362,000 applications were received in the first three weeks of the program for a total of $75...more

Federal Judge Rules CDC Eviction Moratorium Unconstitutional

Lowndes on 5/10/2021

On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the residential eviction moratorium was unlawful as it was beyond the authority of the United States Centers...more

Eviction Moratorium - Landlords Remain Locked Out (for now)

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 3/5/2021

As the COVID summer of 2020 drew to a close, the Centers for Disease Control issued a nationwide moratorium on evicting tenants from residential properties, in an effort to promote public health and stem the tide of the...more

COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights - Issue 30, November 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/2/2020

In this 30th issue of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, we continue to see cases challenging shutdown orders and capacity limits from restaurant and other business owners, including a possible...more

COVID-19 and Unprecedented Litigation Insights, Issue 26, October 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/10/2020

This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more

Hazard Pay During COVID-19: New Laws For Essential Workers

McManis Faulkner on 8/25/2020

This article follows an earlier article on hazard pay.... Hazard pay legislation is expanding nationwide at all levels of government. The growth in calls for hazard pay is the result of a shift in perception of the types of...more

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends - Issue 17, 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 7/30/2020

This 17th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, discusses everything from insurance coverage disputes to statewide shutdown orders. Despite an uphill climb towards liability, businesses...more

Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The Supreme Court Strikes Back On Single Director Leadership Structures

Goodwin on 7/6/2020

In This Issue. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the single director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the CFPB and other...more

Financial Daily Dose 3.5.2020 | Top Story: HP Rejects Xerox’s Hostile Takeover Bid

Robins Kaplan LLP on 3/5/2020

HP has officially rejected Xerox’s enhanced takeover bid, again calling the offer “too low” and decrying its “disproportionate[] benefit” for Xerox shareholders....more

Financial Daily Dose 2.19.2020 | Top Story: Arguments Begin Regarding Facebook’s 2010 Tax Bill

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/19/2020

On Tuesday, a U.S. federal tax court began hearing arguments regarding Facebook’s 2010 tax bill. The IRS valued Facebook at $13.8 billion, while Facebook reported only $6.5 billion. The final tally could potentially cost...more

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