Chamber Litigation Blog

Jason A. Levine, Gillian H. Clow, and Giles Judd

This post’s top COVID-19 litigation developments are: Arizona’s lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s recent vaccination mandates; a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision broadly applying a prior emergency order that tolled the deadline for civil lawsuits due to the pandemic; StubHub’s settlement of state lawsuits over its pandemic refund policy; and an EEOC lawsuit against an employer for its alleged failure to reasonably accommodate a worker who was allegedly at high risk if she were to contract COVID-19.

Jason A. Levine, Ryan Martin-Patterson, & Stephen Tagert

This week’s top COVID-19 litigation developments are: the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision rendering inoperative the CDC’s moratorium on residential evictions; decisions by several Texas courts against Governor Abbott’s attempt to ban mask mandates; the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding Los Angeles’ local residential eviction moratorium; Apple’s motion to dismiss a suit over its refusal to sell certain COVID-19-related apps on the “App Store”; and a lawsuit by Ohio hospital workers seeking to invalidate their employers’ vaccine mandates.

Jason A. Levine, Gillian H. Clow, and Giles Judd

This week’s top COVID-19 litigation developments are: Lufthansa’s proposed $60.1 million settlement of ticket-refund litigation; the Texas Education Agency’s announcement that Governor Abbott’s ban on mask mandates in schools is not currently being enforced due to litigation; a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by students against the University of Massachusetts’ vaccine mandate, along with the settlement of a similar suit by a George Mason University professor; and a negligence lawsuit against Walgreens over its accommodations for customers vaccinated at the pharmacy.

Paul Lettow, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center

The U.S. Chamber has submitted a comment letter to the President’s Commission on the Supreme Court that underscores the importance of preserving the Supreme Court—and the rule of law upon which the nation and its private sector depend— against a partisan push to expand the number of Supreme Court justices.

John C. Richter, Amy Boring, and Christina Kung, King & Spalding LLP

This week’s top False Claims Act developments include: FDA’s final intended use rule for medical products; DOJ’s recent intervention in six FCA cases involving Medicare Part C; a Fifth Circuit decision that emphasizes the importance of vigorous litigation with regard to privilege issues; expanding FCA risks for private equity firms; and an aggressive theory of liability being put forth by the government in a reverse FCA case.

Jason A. Levine, Gillian H. Clow, and Ryan Martin-Patterson

This week’s top COVID-19 litigation developments include: the Biden Administration’s issuance of new guidance about “long COVID” as a federally-recognized disability; the 11th Circuit’s decision upholding a stay of CDC restrictions on the cruise industry; a new suit against the State of Florida over its termination of CARES Act federal unemployment benefits; a new securities suit against a pharmaceutical company over a purported COVID-19 treatment; and a motion to dismiss a refund suit filed by the official U.S. seller of tickets to the Tokyo Olympics.

Check out some of the victories the Litigation Center recently helped secure for businesses in state and federal courts.

Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Ethan P. Davis, Jamie Lang, Amy Boring, King & Spalding LLP

This biweekly blog will explore top False Claims Act (FCA) developments.  We’ll cover the waterfront, including significant resolutions with DOJ, important judicial decisions, speeches by government officials, and much more.  Most of our posts will be high level and designed for a quick read, but we’ll occasionally publish in-depth pieces on specific topics. 

In this inaugural edition, you can read about a Fifth Circuit decision addressing DOJ’s authority to dismiss qui tam FCA suits brought by private relators; an uptick in enforcement against skilled nursing facilities; a D.C. Circuit decision involving fraudulent inducement liability; and an interesting concurring opinion from D.C. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao.

Jason A. Levine, Ryan Martin-Patterson, and Stephen Tagert

This week’s top COVID-19 litigation developments include: the Supreme Court’s refusal to halt enforcement of the CDC’s residential eviction moratorium; a New Jersey court’s rejection of business interruption insurance claims by the parent company of Versace; and a challenge to the constitutionality of a Nevada law that prevents certain efforts to collect medical debts incurred during the pandemic.