“The New York state court system has fired 103 employees and banned four judges from courthouses for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. One of the four judges is Judge Jenny Rivera of the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s top court, courts spokesperson Lucian Chalfen confirmed Read more…
“A Florida judge on Friday appeared reluctant to allow jurors to wear virtual reality goggles that illustrate the findings of an expert witness for the defense in an attempted murder case. Judge Ernest A. Kollra Jr. of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, expressed concern that jurors would see different Read more…
“The Biden administration’s workplace vaccine mandate was scheduled to take effect Jan. 10. Pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard, employees at businesses with more than 100 workers must be fully vaccinated or submit to masking and weekly testing. But on Nov. 6, the New Orleans-based Read more…
“As Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler attorneys readied for an arbitration of a partnership dispute involving two co-founders of an alternative asset management fund, they exchanged documents with the other side and also fought some discovery battles. Typical for any dispute. But when the New York City-based firm’s lawyers turned Read more…
“A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an Illinois lawyer’s libel lawsuit against online commenters who gave him one-star ratings after he posted an “odd and offensive” comment on Facebook. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago ruled that the negative reviews for lawyer David Freydin Read more…
“A jury on Monday found Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of failed blood-testing startup Theranos, guilty on four of 11 federal charges related to fraud and conspiracy. The New York Times, CNN, Time, Reuters and NBC News have coverage of the verdict. Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former president and chief operating officer of Read more…
“The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans on Saturday granted an emergency motion to stay the federal government’s vaccine mandate for larger employers pending expedited judicial review. The 5th Circuit acted in a suit by several companies and the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Read more…
“ Sixteen student athletes at Western Michigan University who were denied a religious exemption from a vaccine mandate will likely succeed in their lawsuit, a federal appeals court has ruled. The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the university violated the students’ right to the free exercise of Read more…
“An Australian real estate agent is facing a defamation lawsuit because of a missing apostrophe in his Facebook post. The real estate agent, Anthony Zadravic, wrote the post last year about his former employer, Stuart Gan, and his alleged failure to pay money into Australia’s retirement system, report the New York Read more…
“Updated: Several BigLaw firms plan to require coronavirus vaccines for those returning to the office, including two firms with a get-tough policy for noncompliance. Law.com’s “vaccine mandate tracker” on Thursday listed more than 20 mostly BigLaw firms that are requiring vaccination for those returning to the office. Some firms are mandating Read more…