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Trump Admin Settles Vaccine Contract Info Suit For $10K

By Elaine Briseño

The Trump administration has reached a $10,000 settlement with a consumer advocacy group over allegedly withholding information about the government's billion-dollar contracts with companies that developed and manufactured the COVID-19 vaccine, including Pfizer and Moderna.

5th Circ. Asked To Undo Houston Firm's 'Absurd' PPP Denial

By Catherine Marfin

A Houston firm asked the Fifth Circuit to reverse the U.S. Small Business Administration's "absurd" denial of its loan forgiveness under a COVID-19-era program, writing that a "good faith but mistaken answer" to an application question would have produced a different result under changed guidelines.

DC Circ. Sides With BofA In COVID Market Loss 'Uphill Battle'

By Hailey Konnath

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a Bank of America client's suit claiming the bank should've tried to stop him from dumping his investments when the market tanked at the beginning of the pandemic, finding the bank is shielded by an investment contract and calling his claims an "uphill battle."

Emory Parent's COVID Tuition Refund Suit Axed Over Standing

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia federal judge threw out a proposed class action filed by the father of an Emory University student seeking a refund over the university's closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding only the student had the right to sue.

Charter School System Settles DOJ Vaccine Bias Suit

By Benjamin Morse

An Oklahoma City charter school system will pay $95,000 to end a U.S. Department of Justice suit alleging it fired a worker who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine because of his religion, the DOJ said.

Credit Repair Specialist Gets 1 Year For Role In $14M Fraud

By Matthew Santoni

A Pittsburgh credit repair specialist was sentenced to a little more than a year in prison for her role in referring businesses to get falsified federal pandemic relief loans, with a judge weighing her relatively small part in the conspiracy against the overall size of the $14.5 million, multistate scheme Monday.


Expert Analysis

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.

Inside The Appeals Board's 2024 Report To Congress

An in-depth examination of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals’ annual report reveals ​a continuing decline in new cases, motions and hearings, a trend that may correspond with ​t​he increased use of alternative dispute resolution, and expedited or accelerated proceedings, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

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