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Pa. School Must Pay $494K Over COVID Mask Complaint Firing

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Upper Bucks County Technical School in Pennsylvania violated its former executive director's First Amendment rights by firing him for speaking out about the school's COVID-19 mask exemption policy, a federal jury found Friday, awarding him $494,000 in his discrimination lawsuit against the school.

Boston Beats Cop's Religious Bias Suit Over Vax Mandate

By Grace Elletson

A Black Jehovah's Witness can't pursue his lawsuit claiming that Boston's COVID-19 vaccination mandate violated his religious beliefs and cost him his job as a cop, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled, finding his case lacked evidence that the city treated him differently because of his beliefs.

NY Forecast: Teachers' Pride Flag Ban Challenge At 2nd Circ.

By Tim Ryan

This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether to revive a lawsuit brought by teachers who accused their Long Island school district of unlawfully banning them from displaying LGBTQ+ pride flags in their classrooms. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.

Penn State Gets Vax Refuser's Religious Bias Suit Narrowed

By Grace Elletson

A federal judge permanently cleaved claims Wednesday from a lawsuit alleging Pennsylvania State University's COVID-19 vaccine testing policy for workers who skipped immunizations discriminated against a former employee's evangelical beliefs, ruling the ex-worker's qualms with the policy weren't informed by his religious convictions.

False Positive Blocks $50M COVID Coverage Bid, Court Told

By Hope Patti

An insurer said an auto parts manufacturer can't get $50 million in coverage for COVID-19 losses, telling a North Carolina federal court the company concealed that an employee's positive test result was false since it was the only evidence that the virus was present at one of the manufacturer's facilities.

Wash., Cities Say Pandemic Eviction Moratoria Suit Is Too Late

By Grace Dixon

Washington and a host of municipal governments throughout the state urged a federal court to toss landlords' suit challenging several pandemic-era eviction moratoria, arguing the claims are barred by a three-year statute of limitations.


Expert Analysis

What FCA Liability Looks Like In The Cybersecurity Realm

​Two recent settlements highlight how whistleblowers and the U.S. Department of Justice have been utilizing the False Claims Act to allege fraud predicated on violations of cybersecurity standards — timely lessons given new bipartisan legislation introducing potential FCA liability for artificial intelligence use, say​ attorneys Rachel Rose and Julie Bracker.

Texas Case Shows Why Juries Are Well-Suited To COVID Suits

The original jury verdict in Baylor College of Medicine v. Lloyd's, currently on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court after being overturned by an appellate panel, illustrates why COVID-19 business interruption claims with their case-specific facts need to be decided by juries, not by judges using a one-size-fits-all approach, says Jeremy Lawrence at Farella Braun.

NC COVID Ruling May Have Greater Coverage Implications

While the North Carolina Supreme Court's recent finding in favor of policyholders in a suit for business interruption coverage due to COVID-19 comes too late for most insureds to benefit, it should nonetheless have coverage implications far beyond COVID-19 claims, say attorneys at Robinson Bradshaw.

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