15 Aug, 2024 Regulators Seek to Test Raw Milk for H5N1 in National Study By David Crass Last week, FDA, USDA and the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments sent a joint letter to leadership of state Departments of...
14 May, 2024 CDC PPE Recommendations for H5N1 By David Crass As confirmed by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its...
14 May, 2024 USTR Releases Sec. 301 Report and Recs By David Crass Today, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released the results of its Sec. 301tariff statutory review, detailing ongoing...
11 Sep, 2023 9th Circuit Holds that CARES Act does not provide a private right of action to enforce violations of § 3202 By Courtney Tito On September 9, 2023, the 9th Circuit held that the CARES Act doesn't create a private right of action for providers to sue payors for...
04 Apr, 2023 Online Library Violated Copyright Law: Are you relying too heavily on fair use? By Laura Lamansky The COVID-19 pandemic is still causing ripple effects across many industries, including libraries and higher education. In 2020, major...
27 Jun, 2022 Employers need to be on the lookout for "take home" COVID-19 liability lawsuits. By Paul Benson During the pandemic, most employers could take solace in the fact that if their employees contracted COVID-19 at their workplace, they...
10 Feb, 2022 Approaching Normalcy - Rolling Back Mask Mandates By Farrah Rifelj "Approaching normalcy"...it may not feel like it yet, but it is a welcoming thought. Employers have been riding the rollercoaster of...
11 Jan, 2022 On Predicting the Future By Michael Best Way back when COVID-19 was just beginning to make its mark on the world, yours truly offered two somber blogs (one perhaps even bleak) on...
15 Sep, 2021 Vaccine mandates for healthcare workers? By Carrie Meigs While this is just one decision regarding vaccine mandates, there is certainly a trend toward finding that vaccines cannot be mandated...
23 Aug, 2021 A return to in-person hearings in Federal Courts? By Carrie Meigs As litigators, we have all hoped for a return to in-person hearings and trials and perhaps even dreamed of being able to do so without...
30 Jul, 2021 Can you mandate people be vaccinated? Yes, according to the DOJ. By Paul Benson A little bit of clarity has been added to the debate over whether or not public and private entities can require that people be...
15 Jun, 2021 Congress' FY 2022 funding fight starts this month By Lucia Alonzo On June 15, the House Appropriations Committee announced their markup schedule for fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding bills, setting up new...