On Aug. 31, Judge Paul Maloney, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, declined to block Michigan State University’s (MSU) COVID-19 vaccine mandate. MSU employee Jeanna Norris alleged, that she should be exempted from the vaccine mandate because she has natural antibodies from a previous infection. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares

A group of charter fishermen and boat owners are plowing ahead with a class-action lawsuit that challenges a new federal rule called the “For-Hire Electronic Reporting Amendment” that requires the installation of GPS tracking systems on their boats as well as the submission of weekly location reports to the government. John J. Vecchione, senior litigation…

The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a lawsuit against Michigan State University over the COVID vaccination policy it announced July 30 for students and staff. Specifically, it objects to the school’s refusal to grant an exception for individuals who already have natural immunity acquired by previously contracting the disease. The lawsuit argues that the vaccine requirement violates…

A new category of professional has joined the legal challenges to university vaccine mandates: doctors. University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine psychiatrist and medical ethicist Aaron Kheriaty is suing the university system to recognize his natural immunity from COVID-19 recovery, and he’s getting help from fellow UC medical professors. Read the full article…

Todd Zywicki, a George Mason University law professor, sued school officials in early August over its vaccination policy and other Covid measures, saying that he shouldn’t have to comply because he’d already had Covid. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represented him, later said Zywicki had been given a medical exemption. Read the full article…

A Western Michigan University soccer player is defending her decision to not get the COVID-19 vaccine as she and some of her fellow teammates fight back against the school’s policy. The deadline to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for the plaintiffs fighting the vaccine mandates has passed. While the lawsuits rely on different arguments, similar cases…