A few federal courts have adopted policies in recent weeks requiring lawyers to be vaccinated before appearing in court, leading some observers to raise concerns about how clients might be impacted.

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As Law.com’s Charles Toutant reported, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on Aug. 25 joined the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Seventh and Tenth Circuits in requiring attorneys to get the vaccine, which is a step further than the handful of other federal courts that have mandated vaccination for their judges and staffs.

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