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George Mason Grants Professor COVID Vaccine Mandate Exemption After ‘Natural Immunity’ Lawsuit

August 17, 2021
George Mason University granted a professor a medical exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after he filed a lawsuit that included an affidavit from his doctor citing “natural immunity” to the coronavirus — though the school denied a settlement had been reached. Read the full articleTweetShareShare0 Shares
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GMU Law Prof Gets Exemption After Challenging Vax Mandate

August 17, 2021
Attorneys for an unvaccinated George Mason University law professor said Tuesday the institution has granted their client a medical exemption from its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, a move coming two weeks after he sued the public institution in Virginia federal court for allegedly violating his constitutional rights. Published in Law360 TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Full D.C. Circuit Asked To Hear Challenge To Infant Bath Seat Rule

August 17, 2021
A mother has asked the full D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to revive her challenge to a recent Consumer Product Safety Commission standard for infant bath seats on the grounds that the standard was not made available to the public and that a panel wrongly dismissed her case as time-barred. Read the full article…
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Landlords Seek 11th Circ. Rehearing Over CDC Eviction Ban

August 16, 2021
The National Apartment Association and individual landlords have asked the Eleventh Circuit for a full court rehearing on the federal residential eviction ban imposed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after a split panel ruled against their bid to scrap it. Published in Law360 TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Federal Judge Pushes Back on Landlords’ Efforts to Overthrow Eviction Moratorium

August 16, 2021
Late last week, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich refused Alabama landlords’ request to walk back the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium. Though she agreed the ban was illegal, Judge Friedrich said her “hands are tied” by an appellate decision made by the courts last spring. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Suit Seeks Supreme Court Review of Trump’s Ban on Gun Bump Stocks

August 16, 2021
A gun owner who lawfully purchased a bump stock years ago has taken his case to the Supreme Court this month, challenging the Trump administration‘s 2018 reclassification of the devices as unlawful machine guns that must be destroyed. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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