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As if federal contractors did not already have enough to worry about amidst the vaccine mandate rollercoaster, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has announced several notable initiatives.  Here’s what federal contractors and subcontractors should know. OFCCP Contractor Portal On December 2, 2021, the OFCCP […]

This week has brought several blows to the Biden administration’s broad plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare institutions and now, federal contractors in certain states.  Specifically with regard to federal contractors, on November 30, 2021, a Kentucky federal district court issued a preliminary injunction halting the Biden administration from […]

The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care staff has hit yet another stumbling block.  On November 30, 2021, a Louisiana federal court issued a preliminary injunction nationwide to halt the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule (IFR), which required COVID-19 vaccination for covered health care staff by […]

On November 29, 2021, a federal court in Missouri issued a preliminary injunction to halt the Biden administration’s enforcement of a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 10 states.  The mandate was recently released on November 4, 2021 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) as an Interim […]

In Mississippi v. Tennessee, a potentially consequential case for groundwater rights in the Ogallala Aquifer, the court rejected Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee had stolen its groundwater. The Supreme Court has issued an opinion in the long-running dispute over groundwater in the Middle Claiborne Aquifer.  That aquifer underlies Mississippi, Tennessee, and […]