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South Florida Cities Nearing Full Return-To-Office Recovery

By Nathan Hale

South Florida's West Palm Beach and Miami appear to be running ahead of the pack in the "return to office" race to recover to pre-COVID levels, even outpacing a resurgent Manhattan market, according to recently released data.

Anti-Vax Dr. Asks 11th Circ. To Revive NYT Defamation Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Alternative medicine proponent Dr. Joseph Mercola on Friday asked the Eleventh Circuit to revive his defamation suit against The New York Times over a 2021 report about his statements criticizing the COVID-19 vaccines, calling it a "character assassination piece to shut him down."

6th Circ. Backs Hospital In Nurse's Suit Over Vaccine Mandate

By Patrick Hoff

The Sixth Circuit upheld an Ohio medical center's win in a suit claiming it unlawfully placed a Christian nurse on unpaid leave because of religious objections to COVID-19 vaccines and testing methods, ruling Thursday that excusing her from the infection prevention methods would have been too burdensome.

BofA Still Can't Block Exec Depositions In COVID Fraud MDL

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge has refused to rethink his earlier order requiring Bank of America NA's CEO and former chief operating officer to sit for depositions in multidistrict litigation over alleged security failures at the bank during the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling the bank hasn't shown he erred.

No Mulligans: Budget Woes Close More University Links

By Andrew McIntyre

The University of Minnesota is the latest higher education institution to announce a golf course sale or closure as colleges and universities increasingly look to realize proceeds from underused assets amid mounting financial pressures and dwindling enrollments.

No New WARN Act Notice Didn't Harm Workers, Court Says

By Irene Spezzamonte

A New York federal judge tossed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act suit against the owner of a Four Seasons hotel two days before trial, ruling that the workers failed to show how the entity's failure to provide them with a second furlough notice harmed them.


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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