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Employment - October, 2021

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• Detainees Win $17.3M In GEO Group $1-A-Day Wage Trial
• Split High Court Won't Block Vax Mandate In Maine
• 10 States Sue Biden Over Federal Contractor Vax Mandate
• Ill. Judge Won't Halt COVID-19 Vaccine And Testing Mandates
• Minn. Law Enforcement Can't Interfere With Press, Judge Says
• PeopleNet Must Face Ill. Biometric Privacy Claims In 2 Courts
• Employment Authority: Tipped Wages & Hot Issues At NLRB
• Proofpoint Bid To Double $14M Verdict Meets Skeptical Judge
• Ascension Health Workers Challenge Vaccine Mandate In Fla.
• Pot Shop Worker Suit Asks, 'Dude, Where's My Overtime?'
• Ex-CEO Says Cannabis Grower Burned Him, Owes Pay
• MLB Rips 'Confusing' Survey Behind Minor League Wage Suit
• Sung Likely Still On Track For 9th Circ. Despite GOP Enmity
• Contractors Can Preserve Rights Amid Vax Mandate Rollout
• NJ Atty Can't Revive Employment Suit Against Insurance Biz
• Atty Says Sanctions In WWE Suit Violated Due Process
• GM Ex-Worker Can't Revive Suit Over Workplace Groin Injury
• Pa. Court Rejects Tying Police Vaccine Lawsuits To Jail Row
• NJ Hospital Accused Of Axing Older Docs As Virus Raged
• Google Litigation VP To Leave For Health Care Co. Color
• Orange County Retirees Can't Revive Benefits Suit At 9th Circ.
• Ex-Pot Co. Managers Allege Retaliation For Whistleblowing
• Equity Partner Says Chicago Firm Trying To Force Retirement
• Packaging Co. Claims United Steelworkers Violated CBA
• Texas Justices Mull Evidence In $6.4M Defamation Row
• How Dealmakers Can Bridge M&A Differences In US, Europe
• King & Spalding Lures Exec Comp Partner From Jones Day
• Activision Ends Required Arbitration Amid Harassment Issues
• Ex-NY Gov. Cuomo Criminally Charged With Groping
• 3rd Circ. Says Gov't Can Step In To Kill Whistleblower Suits
• NJ Ducks Whistleblower Liability For Now In Virus Suit
• Fla. Sues Biden Admin. Over Fed. Contractor Vaccine Mandate
• SEC Says Sen. Burr's In-Law Won't Comply In Trading Probe
• 1st Circ. Affirms Deal In 'Landmark' College Sports Bias Case
• Butterfly Museum Says Ex-Director Morphed Into Embezzler
• DOT Slams Class Cert. Bid In Hiring Bias Action
• Executive Who Claimed Bias Must Return Severance Pay
• White Ex City-Planners Say Bias Suit Shouldn't Be Tossed
• Wash. AG, Detainees Win GEO Group $1-A-Day Wage Retrial
• 2nd Circ. Voices Support For NY Health Care Worker Vax Rule
• LAPD Workers Lose TRO Bid In Their Vax Mandate Challenge
• Boston Cop Tells Jury 'Secret Campaign' Of Bias Sank Career
• Amazon Settles Employee Pot Testing Case In Iowa
• Lawyers Can And Should Commit To Climate Action
• Connecticut Employment Atty Exits Littler For FordHarrison
• 2022 Defense Bills Propel Recent Acquisition Policy Trends
• King & Spalding, Ex-Atty Urged To Settle Or Air 'Dirty Laundry'
• DOL Wins Bid To Replace Trustee For Teamsters Health Plan
• Folded Infrastructure Support Firm Hit With WARN Act Suit
• Chamber Jumps Into NJ Visa Fraud Suit As Cognizant Ally
• UT Law Prof. Fights To Continue $237K Pay Gap Suit
• Jury Hands White Male Ex-Novant Exec $10M In Bias Suit
• Employers Can't Skirt Unions In Offers To UK Workers
• Full DC Circ. Digs Deep Into If Transfers Trigger Title VII Bias
• MedMen Targets Enforceability Of Ex-CFO's Contract At Trial
• Penske Urges Judge To Prevent 'Chaos' In Pension Suit
• DOJ Accuses Kaiser Of $1B Medicare Fraud, Fake Diagnoses
• IATSE, Producers Ink Tentative Deal For 20K More Workers
• Pharma Co. Beats NJ Whistleblower Suit Over Contract Claim
• Chicago Workers Ask Ill. Judge To Block COVID Vax Mandates
• NHL Fines Blackhawks $2M After Jenner & Block Investigation
• Fla. Restaurant To Pay $690K To Settle EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• McDonald's, Franchise Worker In St. Louis End Sex Bias Suit
• Stockholders Press For Docs On 'Rotten' McDonald's Conduct
• Trucking Co. Rips ADA Suit, Saying Safety Isn't Discrimination
• Texas Panel Ends Ex-UT Doctor's Age Discrimination Suit
• Ga. To Pay $870K To Insurance Staffers Fired Over Leak
• 11th Circ. Clears Way For Enterprise To Settle WARN Act Suit
• Hospital Workers Sue NorthShore Over Vax Mandate
• NY Gov.'s Office Taps Local Firm To Probe Harassment Claims
• Whole Foods Settles Wage Claims By Off-Duty NYPD Cops
• Husch Blackwell Scoops Up Lewis Brisbois Labor Leader
• Retail Group Asks Justices To Solve Uber's PAGA Arb. Clash
• Senate Confirms OSHA Chief On Eve Of Emergency Vax Rule
• Walmart, Hotel Hit With Ill. Suits Over Workers' Finger Scans
• MedMen Leaders Were Reckless With Investor Cash, Jury Told
• NYPD Union Sues Over 'Draconian' COVID Vaccine Mandate
• Ex-Tech GC Gets Access To Company Docs Ahead Of Trial
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover Ga. Solar Worker's Injury Suit
• United Seeks Win Over Pilots, Flight Attendants' Wage Claims
• Beer Biz Says Language Barrier Can't Beat Arbitration Clause
• Bloomberg Gets Reporter's Sex Bias Claims Trimmed
• Pension Fund Fights Penske's Suit Over Ouster Of Workers
• Confronting Origination Credit: Why GCs Need To Speak Up
• Chef Hits Mass. Japanese Steakhouse Chain With Wage Suit
• CVS Says Ex-Worker Openly Broke Nonsolicitation Agreement
• Curaleaf Shop Unionizes, PharmaCann Workers Ink Contract
• House Panel Probes NFL, GC's Role In Washington Inquiry
• Mitsubishi Chemical Says Ex In-House Atty Forged Doc In Suit
• Union Beats Frito-Lay Worker's Fair Representation Suit
• Ga. Domino's Franchisee To Settle Drivers' Expense Suit
• Insurer On Hook For Cop Who Hit Fellow Officer With Car
• Princeton Lab Hit With Whistleblower Suit Over Project Safety
• MedMen CFO Quit After Finding Possible Crimes, Jury Told
• Activision Can't Get Suit Paused Over Ethics Violations Claims
• LA Jury Awards $49.6M To State Trooper Injured In Crash
• Think Tank Sues Ex-Employee, Counsel Over Retaliation Suit
• CoreCivic Still Can't Nix Suit Over Body Cavity Search
• BAE Systems, NSC Tech To Pay $2.75M In Meal Break Suit
• Employment Authority: Netflix Walkout & 'Striketober'
• NJ Judge Cites Ex-Firm Connection In Firing Suit Recusal
• NFL To Stop Concussion Race-Norming In Unsealed Deal
• Ga. Judge Can't Extend Noncompete, Appeals Court Says
• Grocer Hits Pension Fund With Suit Over Arbitration Award
• Chicago Workers Sue Governor, City Over Vaccine Mandates
• Insurer, Pa. Church End $1.2M Employee Theft Coverage Row
• Mass. Health System Fired Exec For FCA Concerns, Suit Says
• Employees Say Navistar Failed To Prevent Data Breach
• Insurer Says Exclusions Apply To Pharma Co.'s BIPA Suit
• GAO Backs New Biz's 'Unacceptable' Work History Rating
• DOL Proposal Signals Relaxed Rules For ESG Investing
• Unvaxxed Players, Coaches Have Uphill Legal Fights Ahead
• What SEC's Growing Whistleblower Incentives Mean For Cos.
• Ex-Ventilator Exec Must Face Poaching Suit, 1st Circ. Told
• NBA Announcer Fired For 'All Lives Matter' Tweet Sues Station
• Feds Oppose Service Members' Anonymity In Vaccine Suit
• Texas AG Must Face Whistleblower Suit, Appeals Court Rules
• Judge Lifts Ban On Ex-Bank Worker In Trade Secret Dispute
• Jackson Lewis Opens Office in Riverside, Calif.
• Journalist Orgs Seek 9th Circ. Redo Of AB 5 Challenge
• Ill. Justices Say Arbitrator Overstepped In Layoff Dispute
• Pa. Meat Co. Faces Suit Over Unpaid COVID Screening Time
• Cannabis Co. Took Workers' Tips, Employee Alleges
• DOJ Walks Back Trump-Era Quotas For Immigration Judges
• Ill. Court Says O'Hare Janitors' Wage Claims Are Preempted
• Illinois Judge Pauses Little Caesars BIPA Suit
• ESG Disclosure Mandate Faces Hurdles Regardless Of Path
• 1st Circ. Clears Vax Mandate For Maine Health Care Workers
• Ex-NFLer Pleads Guilty To Filing Fake Unemployment Claims
• Financial Planning Tips For Retiring Law Firm Partners
• Ga. Justices To Review General Motors CEO Deposition Fight
• Dozens Of In-House Teams Join Mansfield Rule '3.0' Program
• Call Center Workers Say Kemper Owes Them OT
• Boston Hospital Workers Can't Halt Vaccine Mandate
• Activision Seeks Look At Calif. Agency's Possible Atty Conflict
• GEO Group Can't Pull ICE Director Into $1-A-Day Wage Retrial
• NJ Medical Pot Dispensary Hit With Whistleblower Suit
• Drop DOD Vax Mandate, Top Armed Services GOP Sen. Says
• Pa. Manufacturer Beats Ex-Worker's Medical Pot Firing Claims
• Christian Employers Target Trans Health Coverage Rules
• 1st Circ. Affirms Boston Housing Court's Firing Of Officer
• 'Key & Peele' Writer Wants Class Cert. In Royalties Suit
• Ga. High Court Won't Take $8M 'Walking Dead' Stuntman Case
• Full 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Tossed $102M Walmart Wage Suit
• Spirit Aero's Retired CEO Wins $45M In Benefits Bench Trial
• Preparing Remote Deposition Defenses For Corporate Entities
• NJ Workers Sue State Over COVID-19 Testing Mandates
• Ga. Justices See Holes In Atty Group's Attack On Bar's Advice
• Facebook Inks $14M Deal To End Feds' Anti-US Bias Claims
• 9th Circ. Judge Says LinkedIn Is Misreading Justices' Reversal
• Burned Sailor Wants 5th Circ. To Rehear Injury Claims
• Motorola Attys Nab $34M After Radio IP Win
• Penske Says Pension Fund Plans To Oust Dallas Workers
• Former Publishing Exec Gets 6 Years For Embezzling $48M
• Puerto Rico Debt Plan Encroaches On Lawmakers, SEIU Says
• NY Giants Must Face Suit Claiming GC Made Strangle Threat
• DC Circ. Doubtful Paving Co. Can Undo NLRB Job-Shift Ruling
• Court OKs $10M Settlement In Walmart Military Leave Suit
• NJ Bar President Escapes Atty's Suit Over City Contract
• Full Fed. Circ. Told To Nix Apple's Bid To Get IP Suit Tossed
• Fish & Richardson Atty Says Provident Wrongly Denied Claim
• Ex-Dentons Partner Gets NY Arbitration Put On Hold
• Truck Driver's Estate Loses Subrogation Action Appeal
• Fired Worker Awarded $1M Fights Invesco's New Trial Bid
• OSHA Virus Citation Highlights Key Compliance Challenges
• Biden's OSHRC Pick Reports $735K Morgan Lewis Pay
• Embattled Ga. Probate Judge Escapes Suspension Bid
• Union Pacific, Rail Unions Battle Over Vaccine Mandate
• Mary Kay Asks Judge To Shut Down Ex-Assistant's Book
• Mass. Corrections Officers Can't Duck Vax Mandate
• Calif. Cannabis Farm, Ex-Workers End Retaliation Suit
• High Court Turns Away Envoy Air Race Bias Case
• Boston Hospital Staff Sue Over Lack Of Vaccine Exemptions
• Why Law Schools Should Require Justice Reform Curriculum
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Injunction In Baking Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit​
• Chicago Radio Host Says Station Defamed Her In $10M Suit
• Texas Justices To Review SandRidge Electric Shock Suit
• Employment Authority: Wage Chief Delay & NLRB Complaints
• Hotel Union Wants NJ Sheraton To Pay For Pandemic Layoffs
• 7th Circ. Affirms Remand Of BIPA Suit Against Illinois Grocer
• Police Union Sues Over Allegheny County Vaccine Mandate
• Imminent NFL Race-Norming Deal To Be Sealed, For Now
• Cargill Meatpackers Seek Pay For COVID Screening Time
• DOL Plan Could Make ESG Retirement Investing Hip — Again
• Extension Of The HSR Waiting Period Increases Acquirer Risk
• Atkinson Andelson Adds Public-Focused Employment Partner
• Copyright Law's Employment Test Is Frighteningly Outdated
• Counsel Sanctioned In Newark Health Dept. Bias Suit
• Jones Day Derides Paralegal's 'Excuses' On Serving Bias Suit
• Jury Axes Sexual Harassment Claims Against MyPhillyLawyer
• Goodwin Snags Another Litigator From Manatt In SoCal
• Texas Justices Block School District's Vax Mandate
• LA County Prosecutors Accuse Gascón Of 'Political Cronyism'
• FBI's Ex-No. 2 McCabe Inks Deal Over 'Political' Firing
• Biden's 24/7 Plan To Unsnarl Supply Chain Not A Panacea
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-HP Worker's No-Poach Claims
• Prof Says Navy Employment Can't Excuse Harassment
• Software Ex-CEO Entitled To $5.4M And Tesla, Ga. Court Rules
• Ill. Meat Processor, Staffing Co. Settle AG's Race Bias Claims
• Texas Judge Wants Unions' Input On United Vaccine Mandate
• Pot Patient Says Food Co. Illegally Yanked Job Offer
• Ga. Court Won't Enforce BB&T Insurance's Non-Compete
• MyPhillyLawyer Boss Slams Ex-Staffer's Harassment Claims
• NCAA Athletes Want Wage Class Cert., Notice To Thousands
• Lowenstein Atty, Gov.'s Aide Pulled Into NJ Virus 'Favor' Suit
• Minn. High Court Blocks Payment For Worker's Medical Pot
• Anti-Retaliation Refresher Following Facebook Whistleblower
• NYC Teacher Vax Rule Seems Likely To Pass 2nd Circ. Test
• Texas Judge Doubts He Can Stop United's Vaccine Mandate
• NFL Union's Pursuit Of Washington Probe Emails A Stretch
• SEIU Calif. Head Steps Down Following Embezzlement Charge
• Teamsters Can't Arbitrate Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
• Ex-Silvers Langsam Staffer Slams 'Demeaning' Office Conduct
• H-E-B Gets Baker's Injury Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Ex-Ford Worker 'Produces Bupkis' To Back Claim, Judge Says
• DOL Aims To Undo 'Chilling' Trump-Era ESG Investment Rules
• Girardi Scandal Provides Important Ethics Lessons
• Fed. Judge Says Ex-Atlanta Staffers' Bias Suit Should Be Axed
• Civil Suit Over Arbery Death Paused Due To Criminal Cases
• Judge OKs Civil Settlement In $30M Treasury Bond Fraud Suit
• Atty Fired After Parental Leave Must Arbitrate, 1st Circ. Told
• Ports, Retailers Pivot To 24/7 To Tackle Supply Chain Crunch
• United Halted From Placing Some Unvaxxed On Unpaid Leave
• Biden Admin. Does Away With Worksite Immigration Raids
• High-Ranking DOD Official Sues Over Suspension Limbo
• Employers Advised To Heed Texas Vax Mandate Ban, For Now
• Former Delta Unit Can't Dodge Ex-Worker's BIPA Claims
• Sanofi Whistleblowers Were Legitimately Fired, NJ Court Told
• SEC Official Warns Vast Swaths Of Economy Are 'Going Dark'
• CFPB Urged To Change Course On Earned-Wage Programs
• Zoom Unlawfully Denied Job To DACA Recipient, Suit Says
• Justices Won't Hear DoorDash's PAGA Arbitration Challenge
• Embracing ESG: Jabil GC Talks Compliance Preparation
• Feds Float Nixing Preferential Contracts For Subminimum Pay
• Justices Want SG's Take In $420M Tata Trade Secrets Row
• NYC Vaccine Orders Survive Scrutiny In 2 Court Rulings
• King & Spalding Snags Seyfarth Team For Corporate Practice
• Ex-Ga. Insurance Commissioner Gets 7 Years For $2M Fraud
• High Court Won't Review Ex-TWA Pilots' Seniority Suit
• Corporate Boards' Role In Workplace Vaccine Mandates
• American Airlines Unit Can't Pause Discovery In BIPA Suit
• Amtrak Can't Get Juvenile Med Docs In Employee Injury Suit
• No Bad Faith Delay In Pa. Discrimination Suit, Judge Says
• Top Court Won't Review Toss Of $1M Abbott Age Bias Award
• HR Software Co. Valued At $6.3B In Greenoaks-Led Injection
• Employment Authority: Tesla Verdict & Starbucks Union Vote
• Kaiser Permanente Hit With Vaccine Mandate Suit
• Court Trims Class In American Airlines Military Leave Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Doctors' Antitrust Spat With Cert. Board
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive Diversity Suit Against The Gap
• NY Judge Doubts Challenge To Vax Mandate But Grills City
• 3 Ways CLOs Can Drive ESG Efforts
• Ute Tribe And Ex-Manager Dispute Tribal Court Jurisdiction
• NJ-NY Ferry Co. Sinks Bulk Of FCA Suit For Now
• Judge Blocks Insurer's Appeal Bid Over Duke's Antitrust Suits
• Why Congress Should Pass Whistleblower Protection Law
• Meet The Attys Bringing COVID Suit Under Conn. Workers Law
• Copyright Termination, Work-For-Hire Doctrine Need Review
• BIA Worker's Bias Suit Says Colleague Threatened Hate Crime
• Citing NLRB Memo, NCAA Athletes Say No Pay Is 'Offensive'
• Dallas Cowboys Player Challenges Drug Testing Suspension
• EEOC Strikes $1M Deal With Ill. Meat Plant To End Bias Suit
• GEO Group Says 9th Circ. Ruling Ends $1-A-Day Wage Retrial
• Night Transit Workers Ask Illinois Court For Class Cert.
• 9th Circ. Judges Ask Ex-HP Worker For More No-Poach Proof
• United Moves To Trim COVID-19 Vax Mandate Suit
• Forcing Vax Status Disclosure Is Political Speech, Suit Says
• How Law Firms Can Rethink Offices In A Post-Pandemic World
• NFL Wants Players' Painkiller Suit Thrown Out
• Real Estate Firm Gets Ex-Worker's Bias Case Narrowed
• Pa. Trucking Co. Sales Staff Say They Aren't OT-Exempt
• Virgin Urges Justices To Review OK Of Calif. Breaks Mandate
• 3 Ways To Navigate Tipped Wages Obligations
• Billionaire's Co. Hit With $6M In Punitive Damages Over Firing
• Montana Firm Challenges State's Employer Vax Mandate Ban
• Senior NY Judge Flouting Vax Mandate Provokes Unions' Ire
• UAW Backs NLRB's Tesla Union-Busting Findings At 5th Circ.
• Hong Kong Shirt Co. Remains On Trade Blacklist For Now
• SAG-AFTRA Says 'Titanic' Actress's Benefits Suit Missed Boat
• Atty Tardiness Leads Court To Nix Quinn Emanuel Bias Suit
• Ex-Partner's Feud With Dentons Up To Arbitrator, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Axes Freelancers' Challenge To Calif. Contractor Law
• Court Sides With Rival In AbbVie's Trade Secrets Suit
• CoreCivic Denies Subjecting Officer To Body Cavity Search
• Time To Restore Arbitration's Promise Of Efficiency For All
• Butterball Facing Class Suit For Not Hiring Medical Pot Patient
• Paul Weiss, Latham To Steer HireRight's Planned IPO
• McKool Smith Adds Quinn Emanuel Litigator In Calif.
• Rite Aid Beats Challenge To Lower Fee Award In Bias Suit
• FDNY Can't Dodge 'Boys' Club' Sex Harassment Suit
• Senate OKs 8 US Attys, Including SDNY And EDNY
• Jury Says 'Bully' Billionaire's Co. Owes $1M For Firing
• 5th Circ. Mulls If Courts Can Hear Union Pacific's Union Row
• 3rd Circ. Blasts 'Trial Before Certification' Plan In Wage Suit
• Cruise Co. Can't Escape Suit Over Employee's Death
• NJ Judge Can Pursue Claims But Not Get Pension Approved
• Airport Shops Co. Wants Out Of Employee Data Breach Suit
• Maison Kayser, Workers Want Go-Ahead On $1.8M FLSA Deal
• PowerPlan Can't Duck $47M Monopoly Suit Over Fake Threats
• Ill. Court Stays Pie Five BIPA Suit For Preemption Guidance
• Judge Says Fulton DA Office Can't Face Harassment Suit
• High Court Won't Review Ex-USF Employee Retaliation Suit
• AFSCME Wants Out Of Chicago Workers' Medical Plan Suit
• UT Austin Says Merits, Not Sex Bias, Set Law Prof's Pay
• Ga. Justices Reject Uber's Appeal In Wrongful Death Case
• Morgan Lewis Snags SF Shareholder From Ogletree
• Judge Reprimands Littler For False Claims In FMLA Case
• Ga. Attorney's Job Offer Suit Against Taylor English Tossed
• 'Bully' Billionaire's Co. Owes Millions Over Firing, Jury Told
• Tesla Hit With $137M Verdict In Race Harassment Trial
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge Over Ore. Bar Fee Mandate
• DOL Contractor Watchdog Unveils $3.3M Worth Of Bias Deals
• Philly Archdiocese Settles Ex-Secretary's Pay Bias Suit
• DOJ Defends Health Care Staffing No-Poach Charges
• Chipotle Settles Management Trainees' OT Suit For $8M
• Manufacturers Face Evolving COVID-19 Legal Challenges
• Embracing ESG: Baker Hughes CLO Talks Sustainability Team
• Mass. Justices Doubt Contractor Test Fits For Joint Employers
• Firm Says Ex-Legal Assistant Quit, Wasn't Fired In FMLA Suit
• Justices Pass On Challenge To NJ Misclassification Laws
• Syracuse U. Strikes $3.7M Deal To Settle Pay Bias Suit
• Kaufman Dolowich Buys Up Babchik & Young In Westchester
• EEOC Says Army Support Biz Fired Staffer Over Cancer
• High Court Won't Review AB 5 Motor Carrier Law Override
• Employment Authority: Big Wage Cases & NLRB Athlete Memo
• Billionaire Never Fired Worker Because He Quit, Jury Told
• Supreme Court's Return Could Deliver Conservative Windfall
• 4 Workplace Law Questions The High Court Can Answer
• House OKs Short-Term Patch Amid Stalled Infrastructure Vote
• EEOC Sues Hilton-Branded Hotel For Sexual Harassment
• 5th Circ. Affirms Arbitration Award For Ship Worker's '99 Injury
• Pro Say: A Supreme Court Term Packed With Landmark Cases
• $15M Lyft PAGA Settlement Upheld Over Intervenors' Protest
• NFL 'Race Norming' Settlement Imminent, Judge Says
• EEOC Says Enviro Co. Denied Black Worker Raise, Fired Him
• UAW Local Seeks Win Over Auto Worker's Bias Suit
• Up Next At High Court: State Water Rights, CIA Black Sites
• What Mainstreaming Of Litigation Finance Means For Industry
• Stuck On Plane Is No Meal Break, 11th Circ. Says
• Delta Wins Challenge To NYC's Paid Sick Leave Law
• Kavanaugh Tests Positive For COVID, Has No Symptoms