By Kat Lucero

An accounting professional association is entitled to nearly $810,000 in employee retention tax credits for keeping workers on payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic, the group told a New Jersey federal court, arguing the IRS incorrectly denied its refund claim.

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the state's win against a former Florida Department of Health employee who claimed she was told to fabricate COVID-19 data, finding that she was not fired in retaliation for protected whistleblower activity.

By Zak Kostro

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge allowed a California-based health and life insurance services company to amend its complaint to address questions about whether it qualified as an eligible employer to claim a $50,000 employee retention tax credit refund.

By Bryan Koenig

Xylitol-based hygiene products company Xlear can't challenge the Federal Trade Commission's general insistence that companies "substantiate" health claims like COVID-19 protections, because the FTC isn't currently suing over those claims, a Utah federal judge ruled Monday.

By Adam Lidgett

Enanta Pharmaceuticals is asking the Federal Circuit to rethink its June refusal to revive a patent it had asserted against Pfizer over its COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, saying the court acted beyond its authority.

By Ben Adlin

A Ninth Circuit panel Friday revived a former Kaiser Permanente employee's discrimination suit accusing The Permanente Medical Group Inc. of unlawfully firing her for refusing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, ruling that the worker adequately informed the company of the vaccine's conflict with her sincerely held religious beliefs.