January 24, 2023
Recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings reining in federal agencies that overstep their mandate from Congress are likely to be the anchor of legal challenges to recent Wage and Hour Division rules, former agency officials told Law360.
May 13, 2022
Texas established itself as a consistent adversary of the federal government's control over public health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic and flexed its muscles on the homefront by actively fighting local government measures it said were overreaches. With the country hitting a somber milestone of 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Law360 looks back at Texas' multifaceted public health litigation.
January 13, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court slammed the brakes Thursday on a Biden administration vaccine-or-testing rule for private businesses with at least 100 employees, but let a stricter yet narrower rule aimed at the health care industry take effect nationwide.
January 07, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply split Friday on whether to halt the Biden administration's private employer COVID-19 vaccine-or-testing rule, with Justice Stephen Breyer questioning the wisdom of blocking the regulation as infection rates surge and Justice Samuel Alito pondering whether testing instead of requiring vaccinations was feasible.
December 22, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear oral arguments on Jan. 7 as to whether the Biden administration can enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates for certain health care workers and force companies with at least 100 employees to require coronavirus vaccinations or have workers take weekly tests.
December 21, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has received at least a dozen emergency applications from Republican-led states, organizations and others challenging the Biden administration's mandate that companies with at least 100 employees require coronavirus vaccinations or have workers take weekly tests.