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Calif. Forecast: County Wants Workers' Vax Suit Tossed

By Max Kutner

In the next week, attorneys should watch for arguments in a suit by around 30 workers alleging Santa Clara County had a discriminatory COVID vaccination policy. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in the state.

Progressive Escapes Workers' Tobacco, Vaccine Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Allegations that Progressive Corp. wrongly charged higher health premiums from workers who used tobacco or refused the COVID-19 vaccination failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law, an Ohio federal judge ruled as he tossed a proposed class action against the insurance giant.

Ex-Drexel Students Get 1st OK For $2.2M COVID-Era Fee Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a $2.2 million settlement for a class of former Drexel University students who claimed they were owed tuition and fees for the services they were deprived of when in-person learning was restricted during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NY Forecast: Approval Of Care Workers' Class Settlement

By Tim Ryan

A New York federal judge will consider on Tuesday whether to grant final approval to a $300,000 settlement in a class and collective action accusing a healthcare company of violating federal and state wage and hour laws. Here, Law360 looks at this and other matters coming up on the docket in New York.

Remote Work Was Not A Choice, Prof Tells NY Appellate Court

By Maria Koklanaris

A professor at a New York university had no choice other than to work remotely out of the state because of the coronavirus pandemic, so his income earned while he worked at home in Connecticut is not subject to tax by New York, he told a New York appellate court Thursday.

Ill. Justices Say Wage Law Doesn't Bar COVID Screening Pay

By Celeste Bott

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's minimum wage law doesn't incorporate the limitations on compensable preshift activities found in federal law, answering the Seventh Circuit's call for help determining whether Amazon must pay workers for time they spent undergoing preliminary COVID-19 screenings.


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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