By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina Supreme Court has kept alive a proposed class action over student fees paid to public universities whose campuses shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding sovereign immunity doesn't bar the students' breach of contract claims.

By Lauren Berg

The North Carolina Supreme Court Friday partially revived a family's lawsuit alleging a 14-year-old was given a COVID-19 vaccine without his parents' consent, saying a federal law that shields certain activity aimed at resolving the spread of disease during a public health emergency covers tort injuries, not state constitutional violations.

By Kat Lucero

A consumer-protection boutique law firm accused the IRS of illegally enforcing payroll taxes while delaying the processing of pandemic-era employee retention tax credits, which the firm claimed would have helped with compliance, according to a complaint in Connecticut federal court.

By Danielle Ferguson

MGM Grand Casino said attorneys for a fired employee cannot recoup more than three times the $133,000 a Michigan federal jury awarded him earlier this year in his lawsuit alleging he was improperly denied religious accommodation from the company's COVID-19 vaccine policy.

By Patrick Hoff

The Fifth Circuit upheld a Shell subsidiary's win over a former offshore worker's suit claiming he was unlawfully denied a religious exemption from the company's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, saying he hadn't alleged the type of adverse action required for a bias case.

By Carolina Bolado

A co-founder of a laboratory accused of submitting $40 million in unnecessary COVID-19 and genetic testing claims to healthcare benefit programs took the stand for the government on Tuesday, first testifying that the lab used an unauthorized test to cut corners and save money before admitting on cross-examination that the test was chosen because it performed better.