In May of 2021, Indiana University issued a requirement that all students must receive a COVID-19 vaccination before returning to campus. Some students took issue with this requirement, resulting in a 55 page lawsuit alleging that the university’s new requirement violated both the U.S. Constitution and the State’s earlier ruling prohibiting the use of “vaccine passports” to indicate or prove a person’s vaccination status.
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Every industry has felt the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, whether through decreased profits, business operations, or both. The legal industry is no exception, as attorneys turn to remote means of operations and struggle with courts closing, reopening with restricted measures, and closing again. E-documents and video conferencing have become paramount to successfully practicing law in the coronavirus era, and they are expected to continue as...
In the newest in a string of recent inmate-VS-correctional facility lawsuits, plaintiffs Ricky Price and Kevin Conway on behalf of all inmates similarly situated in the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) are suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for failing to protect inmates from the COVID-19 virus.
The MCC and BOP are facing a class action lawsuit alleging that these parties violated the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every industry, including legal. With remote means of communication becoming commonplace, it’s important for law firms to keep up with the trends. In the past, in-person meetings were a great way for attorneys to display both their industry authority and personality to potential clients; however, video conferencing and video marketing have presented new means of synthesizing the in-person experience without...
Damon Crist, an inmate in the Utah State Prison, has filed a lawsuit regarding the civil rights of himself and other Utah inmates, alleging that the Utah Department of Corrections acted recklessly in regard to inmate COVID safety.
The lawsuit alleges that the prison’s practice of moving large groups of inmates from one facility to another directly contributed to serious outbreaks of the virus in October of 2020, and that inmate requests for...
The coronavirus pandemic presented many new challenges for businesses and families. Arguably one of the greatest but less frequently discussed challenges of the pandemic is figuring out how to effectively co-parent while prioritizing the safety of the children and other family members. With the first wave of initial shutdowns, the question of court-ordered shared custody became immediately apparent, with most courts recommending adhering to...
Florida is the most recent of several states to consider passing legislation which would protect businesses from COVID-exposure lawsuits.
The two bills in question (HB 7 and SB 72), revolve around the idea of “good faith virus prevention efforts”. This means that immunity may be applicable for a business facing legal ramifications of a customer’s contraction of the virus if it can be proven that the business took reasonable steps to prevent...
A lab in Ventnor, New Jersey is facing a class action lawsuit over falsely advertising a finger prick antibody blood test as a “rapid COVID test”, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised directly against it.
Infinity Diagnostics Laboratories has been issuing finger-stick blood tests since March of 2020 and has allegedly tested thousands of patients at $50-$75 per test. When the FBI raided the facility early in December...