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New Jersey Law Journal

Rutgers Was Right: Court Won't Strike Down COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

The ruling was a setback for the plaintiff-appellant, Children's Health Defense, and its founder, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a son of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy.
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New York Law Journal

NY Top Court: Presence of Coronavirus Doesn't Trigger Business-Loss Coverage

The Court of Appeals had been charged with answering whether "the actual, suspected, or threatened presence of COVID-19″ in the restaurants had caused direct physical loss or damage.
3 minute read

The Recorder

UCLA Board Hit With Discrimination Suit Following Denial of Employee's Continued Work-From-Home Request

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Don't Count Your Chickens': Supreme Court Ruling Ends Anticipated COVID Litigation Bonanza

One can anticipate that, with the finality with which COVID business loss claims have been, for all practical purposes, extinguished, COVID's litigation bonanza has now proved to be an expensive and hollow area for law firms.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Rearview Look at the Pandemic

In this article, Gary M. Fellner and Caitlin M. Nolan reflect on some of the changes that were implemented in litigation during the COVID-19 pandemic and their lasting impact on the legal profession.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Appellate Judge Upholds NY Court System's Denial of COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions

Third Department Justice Michael Lynch's opinion gave weight to a court official's affidavit that explained the process for evaluating exemption requests and explaining each denial.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'The Consequences Are Real': Lawyers Say Judge Shortage Causes Hardships

"[C]atastrophically injured plaintiffs like our client face further injury or even death if they don't get trial listings. There is no greater urgency than a situation like this," said plaintiffs lawyer Benjamin Present.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

3rd Circuit Rules Refusal to Wear Mask Isn't Protected by First Amendment

"Unlike burning a flag, wearing a medical mask—or refusing to do so—is not the type of thing someone typically does as 'a form of symbolism,'" Third Circuit Judge Thomas L. Ambro said.
6 minute read

Law.com

Oregon Governor, Health Officials Immune From Liability in COVID-19 Vaccine Suit, Says 9th Circuit

The panel held that the act granted Gov. Kate Brown and Director of Oregon Health Authority Patrick Allen immunity from liability as policymakers and due to the limited vaccine supplies available at the time.
5 minute read

Law.com

State High Court: Attorney's 'Offensive Comments' About COVID-19 Policies Cast Negative Light on New Mexico Lawyers

"Respondent's conduct undoubtedly harmed the public's perception of the legal profession by making offensive and disrespectful statements in court and in public about opposing counsel, members of our judiciary, and other government officials. Respondent's statements were republished in various news outlets, widely circulating her misconduct and casting a negative light on New Mexico lawyers," the New Mexico Supreme Court said in a per curiam censure order.
5 minute read

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