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The return of the vaccine mandate for health workers and sovereign immunity for a Turkish bank

The return of the vaccine mandate for health workers and sovereign immunity for a Turkish bank

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This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, and a Turkish bank’s immunity claim.

In Missouri v. Biden, the justices face a petition asking them to review on the merits the Biden administration’s vaccine policy for health care workers. The mandate requires nearly all health care workers at facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 … Read the rest

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Justices add new cases on bankruptcy, workers’ comp, and relief from final judgments

Justices add new cases on bankruptcy, workers’ comp, and relief from final judgments

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The Supreme Court on Monday morning added three new cases — involving bankruptcy law, civil procedure, and workers’ compensation — to its docket for the 2021-22 term. But the orders that the justices issued from their private conference on Jan. 7 were just as noteworthy for what they did not do: The court did not act on a pair of petitions challenging the consideration of race in the undergraduate admissions process at Harvard University and the University of North … Read the rest