On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to implement mandatory COVID-19 […]
The EEOC Updates Guidance Clarifying Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations Are Permitted Under Federal Law
Updated December 17, 2021 On December 14, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its guidance on What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, […]
New York City Releases Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
September 20, 2022 Update On September 20, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that effective November 1, 2022, New York City will rescind its requirement that […]
NYC Requires Employers to Provide Paid COVID-19 Child Vaccination Leave
The New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act has been amended to require that employers provide employees with four hours of paid COVID-19 child vaccination time […]
OSHA COVID-19 ETS – Legal Challenges
January 13, 2022 Update On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States stayed implementation of the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with 100 or […]
California Reenacts COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
On February 9, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill No. 84, which provides COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave to certain employees. California previously enacted COVID-19 supplemental paid […]
Fifth Circuit Rules That COVID-19 Does Not Satisfy the “Natural Disaster” Exception to the Warn Act’s Notice Requirement
On June 15, 2022, in Easom v. US Well Services, Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a decision by the District Court for the […]
New York City Announces Plans to Rescind COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for Businesses
On September 20, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that effective November 1, 2022, New York City will rescind its requirement that private sector workers in New […]
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance Following End of the Federal Public Health Emergency
On May 15, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its comprehensive “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other […]
German Court Rules Pfizer, BioNTech Infringed Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Patent
Freshfields has won a Düsseldorf regional court patent dispute on behalf of client Moderna against German COVID-19 vaccine inventors BioNTech and Pfizer. BioNTech, represented by Taylor Wessing, and […]