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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Clears Path for Ex-Saltz Mongeluzzi Paralegal Suit: Vaccination Status Is Confidential 'Health Information'

"Judge Wolson only ruled on certain preliminary legal pleading issues, but at this stage, of course, he did not make any determination on the accuracy of the plaintiff's alleged claims or consider any of the firm's factual defenses," the firm's attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner Michael Banks, said via email Tuesday.
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International Edition

Crowell, Loyens & Loeff and Strelia Counsel Pfizer Lawsuits Against Hungary and Poland

Pfizer and BioNTech have sued the Polish and Hungarian governments over COVID-19 vaccine orders.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Lloyd's of London Prevails in Insurance Claim Over KN95 Masks Detained by Customs Authorities

"The central issue is whether the detention of the masks by customs authorities constituted a 'physical loss or damage' to the masks," the opinion said. "Our review of the plain language of the policy does not convince us it was ambiguous."
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Daily Business Review

Zoom Will Blaze into 2024 in This Sector, Miami Attorney Says

"I think that it's going to take a different type of mediator in the future than those which have historically been doing it," Attorney Abbey Kaplan said.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Upholds $8.5M Verdict in COVID-19 Test Manufacturing, Breach-of-Contract Suit

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has upheld an $8.5 million jury verdict in a breach-of-contract suit over the manufacturing of COVID-19 tests after determining that a new trial wasn't warranted.
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Daily Report Online

Georgia Doctor Claims COVID-19-Related Immunity in Appeal of Med-Mal Lawsuit

"[The defendant] is speciously trying to apply immunity for truly frontline workers to himself and trying to speciously apply Emory [Johns Creek Hospital]'s arbitration agreement for his conduct," plaintiff attorney Adam Malone said. "The trial court and appeals court rejected both of those arguments, [saying] they're not applicable to him."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Religious Organization's Challenge to Vaccine Requirement Fails

"If the law compels a judge to write an opinion that a church may still preach its doctrine and its congregants may live that doctrine everywhere except church, the Constitution has died in the United States," Cameron Atkinson said.
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New York Law Journal

Revoked Relief Erroneous: ERAP Includes Cooperative Maintenance

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program was created to provide economic relief to low- and moderate-income households at risk of homelessness due to the pandemic. The program was rushed to meet the immediate threat of evictions due to the COVID shutdowns, and the hastiness of ERAP's creation has led to a wave of litigation, including a recent New York Supreme Court ruling.
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The American Lawyer

'Staggering' Jump in Law Firms Planning to Expand Nonequity Partner Ranks

The average annual growth in income partner classes at some of the most profitable firms between 2017 and 2022 was 13.4%, while at other large, two-tier partner firms, it was 4%, according to a report this week.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Division Relied on Precedent to Dismiss Tory Burch's COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

"Thus, based on our holding in 'Mac Property,' we reject plaintiff's contention that respiratory particles—droplets and airborne aerosols—are physical substances that could have physically and tangibly altered its insured property," the opinion said. "Since the policies here require physical tangible alteration to property, and it has already been determined that coronavirus on surfaces could not physically alter property, factual and expert discovery would be futile."
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