Worldwide: Litigation, Contracts and Force Majeure

The recent imposition of tariffs by the U.S. government has introduced significant complexities in contractual performance and risk allocation.

In last year's edition of EnforceMintz, we predicted that 2024 would bring an increase in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement activity related to COVID-19 pandemic fraud.

Although COVID-19 emerged in the United States for the first time in March 2020 and hit the first of many "peaks" almost exactly four years ago, the effects of the pandemic are still being felt today...

On April 10, a group of Democratic state attorneys general, along with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, sued the Trump Administration over access to previously-approved funding to address...

In August 2021, the U.S. Secretary of Defense mandated that all service members receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The policy was later rescinded in January 2023, but not before thousands of service members were separated...

This order makes reinstatement available to all members of the military who were discharged solely for refusing to comply the Department of Defense's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as administered on August 24, 2021, and revoked January 10, 2023.

In the years following the globally disruptive COVID-19 pandemic, employers have explored variations of work arrangements to balance the demands of their businesses with the needs of their employees' personal lives.

This week's episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman, senior associate Elizabeth Mincer, and associate Niyah Dantzler with their analysis of the key developments...

Nurses make up the largest section of the healthcare profession and spend more time with patients than any other care team member.

On May 20, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director Vinay Prasad published an editorial outlining FDA's new approach...

In a recent COVID-19 Washington State insurance bad faith case, Tulalip Tribes of Washington v. Lexington Ins. Co., Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed Washington's...

Last week, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in North State Deli, LLC v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, siding with a group of North Carolina restaurants...