On Tuesday, DOJ released its eagerly awaited False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, announcing that DOJ had obtained $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against
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More Administration Actions on the COVID-19 Vaccination Front
By Susan Ebner
The Biden Administration continues its march towards implementation and enforcement of permanent vaccination mandates.
OSHA withdraws OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
On January 13, 2022, the Administration’s plan to force employers to vaccinate or test more than 84 million employees…
Government Contractor Vaccine Mandate Still Stayed Despite Government Attempts to Overturn
The saga continues. In prior alerts, we have been providing updates and analysis regarding continuing practical and legal challenges to implementing the President’s Path Out of the Pandemic plan, and in particular, the Executive Order 14042 (“EO 14042”) mandating that…
Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Argument on OSHA Vaccine Rule – What Will This Mean for Government Contractors?
By Susan Ebner
In the latest round of litigation on the rules being rolled out to implement the Biden Administration’s Path Out of the Pandemic, the Supreme Court signed orders yesterday to hold oral argument on January 7th, 2022 on the Sixth Circuit’s…
Louisiana District Court Joins Bandwagon of Courts Issuing Preliminary Injunctions Against Implementation of EO 14042’s Government Contractor Vaccination Mandate
By Susan Ebner
Executive Order 14042 (the “EO”) and the implementing FAR clause and Safer Workforce Task Force (SWTF) Guidance – which mandate that government contractors and their subcontractors be vaccinated absent a legal exception – has been challenged by 26 states, as…
Georgia v. Biden Places Nationwide Stay on the Government Contractor Vaccination Mandate
By Susan Ebner & Eric Whytsell
Breaking news – Following an expedited briefing schedule and hearing, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, in Georgia v. Biden, No. 21-cv-00163, has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction staying implementation of the government contractor vaccination…
Judicial Holdings Throw Vaccine Mandate Implementation into Disarray
As anticipated in our prior alerts, there have been continuing practical and legal challenges to implementing the Path Out of the Pandemic plan. This alert provides an update on the current status of challenges to OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS),…
White House Fact Sheet Results in Additional Questions for Government Contractors
By Susan Ebner & Eric Whytsell
On November 4, 2021, the White House released a fact sheet on the issuance of new OSHA ETS and CMS Rules and also addressed some changes to the previously announced EO 14042 federal contractor vaccination mandate. During last week’s White…
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Rule for Government Contractors Continues to Develop
We have previously reported on implementation issues arising from President Biden’s Path out of the Pandemic plan, which included issuance of Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, the related Safer Workforce Task Force Guidance, and…
Update on Vaccine Requirements and Roll Out of the Path out of Pandemic Plan
We have been answering a number of questions from clients regarding the nature and scope of the requirements for COVID vaccination, testing, masking and more. Our previous alert and blogs laid out the administration’s Path out of the Pandemic,…