By Marcia Coyle | July 8, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, said in dissent: "Today, for the first time, the court casts totally aside countervailing rights and interests in its zeal to secure religious rights to the nth degree."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Samuel Estreicher and Christopher Ioannou | July 1, 2020
It is undoubted that new cases will occur, and not only because of the increase in testing: the risk is particularly great for those whose jobs require in-person interaction (i.e., they cannot work from home) and who continue to rely on public transportation to get to work.
By Ryan Tarinelli | June 23, 2020
Groups with deep pockets have lined up on both sides of the issue, including organizations that have dished out millions of dollars in political donations over recent years.
By Jane Wester | June 12, 2020
The lawsuit, the first personal protective equipment fraud case filed by the Attorney General's office in connection with the pandemic, is part of a broader investigation into fraudulent and deceptive solicitations by people hoping to profit off the pandemic, according to the office.
By Jason Grant | May 28, 2020
"Some Americans may push back on the COVID-19 vaccination for religious, philosophical or personal reasons," says the report released on Thursday by the NYSBA, but, it says, "for the sake of public health, mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19 should be required in the United States as soon as it is available."
By Jason Grant | May 21, 2020
The plaintiff, wrote the appeals panel, "points to evidence" that a doctor "regularly favored white employees over black employees, by giving white employees better assignments while giving black employees undesirable assignments supposedly more consistent with their ethnicity."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Kevin N. Ainsworth and Brian P. Dunphy | May 13, 2020
In times of epidemics and pandemics, like COVID-19, the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act aims to expedite the manufacture, distribution, and use of medical devices and drugs by providing immunity from liability under federal and state law. This article addresses the scope of the immunity.
By Marcia Coyle | May 6, 2020
"Well, the problem is neither side in this debate wants the accommodation to work," Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said at one point during Wednesday's arguments. "Is it really the case that there's no way to resolve those differences?"
By Ryan Tarinelli | May 4, 2020
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman wrote that the court lacked the subject-matter jurisdiction to grant the injunction, but urged both sides to find a resolution.
By Ryan Tarinelli | May 1, 2020
The move comes as the state's prison system continues to see an increase in the number of staff and inmates infected by COVID-19.
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