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Ex-Nurse's 'Individualized, Idiosyncratic Religion' Claims Against COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Allowed to Proceed, Judge Rules

"Here, the plaintiff has alleged that a core principle of being 'Pagan' is submitting to natural forces and refusing artificial medical aid," U.S. Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote. "She has asserted that the mRNA technology used to develop some of the COVID-19 vaccines makes them unnatural and impermissible, as distinct from the virus-derived annual flu vaccine. That asserted connection is sufficient to support a plausible claim that accepting at least some of the COVID-19 vaccines would violate a tenet of her idiosyncratic religion."
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New Jersey Law Journal

Drugmaker Accused of Overhyping Proposed COVID Treatment Agrees to $3M Settlement

"Plaintiffs assert that lenzilumab's prospects of success were overstated, that defendants failed to disclose material adverse nonpublic information concerning the scientific merits of repurposing lenzilumab as a COVID treatment as part of a scheme to mislead investors into purchasing shares of Humanigen stock," U.S. District Judge William J. Martini said.
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Corporate Counsel

'My Lyft Ride Has Come to an End': GC-Turned-President Kristin Sverchek Helped Build Ride-Hailing Pioneer

"Kristin helped pour the foundation the entire ride-share industry rests upon," CEO David Risher said.
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Law.com

Judge Sides With Study Abroad Organization, Dismissing Student's Refund Request After Program Changes During Pandemic

A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a college student's request for a partial refund after a European study abroad program was cut short because…
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Law.com

Quinn Emanuel Client Sues Biotech Company, Seeking $100M Over Allegedly Breached COVID-19 Test Kit Agreement

Upon obtaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the plaintiffs claim the defendants "unilaterally cancelled plaintiffs' manufacturing and distribution rights, and unfairly demanded that plaintiffs agree to new, less favorable terms, or else defendants would choose a new manufacturer and cut plaintiffs out entirely. When plaintiffs refused to capitulate to defendants' deceptive scheme, defendants made good on their threats by deserting the deal and ignoring plaintiffs' demands for just compensation," according to the complaint.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Law Firm Sues IRS, Seeking Nearly $800K in Pandemic-Era Tax Credits

Are personal injury firms, inherently reliant on a functioning court and jury trial system to bring in revenue, entitled to relief from the pandemic?
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The Recorder

Virus Insurance Policy Doesn't Cover Restaurant's COVID Closure, California Supreme Court Says

The high court raised doubts about the reach of the illusory coverage doctrine and said it didn't protect a San Francisco eatery forced to close during the pandemic.
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Law.com

Wisconsin Hospital Must Face Religious Discrimination Suits Over COVID-19 Vaccine Policies, Appeals Court Says

Despite a division in one of the two panels of judges to reinstate religious discrimination lawsuits against a Wisconsin hospital system, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit aligned with its sister court's decisions over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Revives Religious Discrimination Suit Over Phila. DA's Vaccine Mandate

A lawyer for the plaintiff said the ruling "could create a lot of litigation for people who work for municipal governments."
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New York Law Journal

'I Affirm. I Swear.' The Pandemic Has Transformed NY's Notarization Requirements—Or Has It?

Although the pandemic is, relatively speaking, in our rearview mirror, its influence over the law remains ever-present. With that backdrop, Harriet Newman Cohen took a look at changes in the New York notarial laws and their reach in the field of family law.
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