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As discussed in the article we published in the early morning hours on Saturday, December 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit gave new life to OSHA’s Vaccination or Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). Late the prior day, the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay that had been […]

On December 17, 2021, a panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit delivered a highly anticipated decision regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).  In a divided decision, the Sixth Circuit granted the Biden […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring COVID-19 vaccination for covered healthcare staff has been met with challenge after challenge.  These roadblocks to enforcement will persist under a new decision from the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. On December 13, 2021, the Eighth […]

On November 18, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service released Revenue Procedures 2021-48, 2021-49, and 2021-50 to provide flexibility for the tax treatment of the tax-exempt income arising from forgiveness of a loan made by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). Revenue Procedure 2021-48 provides […]

According to a December 9, 2021 posting on the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force’s website, the Office of Management and Budget issued guidance[1] related to its enforcement of the federal contractor vaccine mandate.  This guidance comes two days after a federal court in Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting […]