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Professor who had COVID sues George Mason University over vax mandate

A law professor sued George Mason University over its coronavirus vaccine mandate, claiming he’s built a “robust natural immunity” after recovering from COVID-19 last year. Antonin Scalia Law School professor Todd Zywicki, 55, calls the Virginia university’s requirements unconstitutional and says he shouldn’t have to get jabbed after he had the coronavirus in March 2020,…
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Law professor sues George Mason University, challenging covid vaccine mandate

A law-school professor filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging George Mason University’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, arguing it is unnecessarily coercive and unconstitutional. The nonprofit New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the case against George Mason’s president and some of its other leaders in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Todd…
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SEC Loses Jury Trial Against Spartan In 'Shell Factory' Case

A Florida federal jury on Friday largely rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s allegations that Spartan Securities Group Ltd. was complicit in a scheme to create sham companies and fraudulently sell their stock on over-the-counter markets. Published in Law360 TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Landlords Lose Challenge to Eviction Ban at 11th Circuit

An effort by a national landlord group to strike down the federal directive halting residential evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic was rebuffed Wednesday by a divided 11th Circuit panel, which ruled that the landlords failed to show they would suffer irreparable harm if they remained unable to evict delinquent tenants. Read the full article TweetShareShare0…
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Landlords lose latest challenge to CDC eviction freeze

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by a group of landlords seeking to overturn the Centers for Disease Control’s nationwide freeze on many residential evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Federal appeals court leaves evictions moratorium in place, a blow to landlords

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the federal government’s ban on evicting tenants can remain in place over protest from mom-and-pop landlords. A group of landlords had asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to halt the eviction moratorium, saying it is unconstitutional and an overreach by the federal government. Read…
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