Judge Rejects Spouse’s Wrongful Death Suit Against Airline Over Lax Covid Safety June 24, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Citing a concern over “opening the floodgates” to litigation, a federal judge has dismissed a flight attendant’s negligence lawsuit against...
Royal Caribbean Delays Cruise Launch After 8 Crew Test Positive for COVID-19 June 16, 2021 By Nivedita Balu Royal Caribbean Group said on Wednesday it would delay the inaugural sailing of its Odyssey of the Seas cruise liner...
Federal Employees Allowed to Return to Offices Without Vaccinations June 14, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner U.S. government employees should not be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to their workplace or made to...
Judge Dismisses Texas Hospital Workers’ Suit Challenging Covid Vaccine Mandate June 13, 2021 By Karen Freifeld A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that...
Key Stage of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline Completed but Insurance Needed June 4, 2021 By Dina Khrennikova Russian President Vladimir Putin said a key stage of a gas pipeline to Germany that the U.S. targeted for sanctions...
U.S. Updates Guidance on COVID Vaccine Mandates, Incentives, Privacy in Workplace June 1, 2021 Federal employment laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for...
Employees Sue Texas Hospital Network to Halt Vaccine Mandate May 31, 2021 By Derek Francis A group of 117 healthcare workers at a Texas hospital filed a lawsuit in state court against their employer’s mandate...
Alabama Prohibits Businesses, Agencies From Requiring Vaccine Passports May 26, 2021 By Kanishka Singh Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Monday signed a bill that prohibited private businesses and public institutions from requiring COVID-19 “vaccine...
Relaxed Mask Rules Make Some Retail Workers Nervous May 24, 2021 By Joseph Pisani, Alexandra Olson and Anne D'Innocenzio An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at some retail and grocery stores reeling as they try to...
Starr’s Greenberg Initiates Group Letter Urging Biden to Speed Global Vaccination Effort May 12, 2021 A group of 16 international business and policy leaders today published an open letter to U.S. President Joseph R. Biden...