Do Employers Have to Comply with Federal OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Right Now?

By R. Patrick Bolling, Agnis C. Chakravorty, Daniel C. Summerlin III, Thomas M. Winn III

Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, employers in roughly half of the United States must vaccinate or test employees by February 9, 2021. In those states, federal OSHA regulates workplace safety directly, and so the federal large employer vaccine-or-test mandate will… Read more

January 13, 2022 | COVID-19 Legal Updates | Labor & Employment

Supreme Court Issues Two Important Decisions On COVID-19 Vaccination And Testing

By Dean T. Buckius, George M. Nicholos

Today, the United States Supreme Court decided to block the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring that employers with 100 or more employees ensure that their employees are vaccinated or tested weekly for COVID-19. While the decision is not a… Read more

January 13, 2022 | COVID-19 Task Force | Labor & Employment

Banks Will Have 36 Hours to Report Cyberattacks Under New Rule

By Joseph (Jay) E. Spruill III, Elizabeth Burgin Waller

The federal banking agencies recently issued a final regulation that will require a bank to notify its primary federal regulator of a cyberattack, or computer-security incident, no later than 36 hours after the bank determines a “notification incident” occurred. The… Read more

January 12, 2022 | Compliance & FinTech | Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

New Certification Requirement for Federal Contractors

By Anne G. Bibeau

Beginning this year, federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors will be required to certify that they have developed and maintained an affirmative action program (AAP) for each establishment. Previously, while most federal contractors have been required to have an… Read more

January 11, 2022 | Government Contracts | Labor & Employment

Effect of Expanded Jurisdiction of Virginia Court of Appeals on Community Associations

By W. Thomas Chappell

Legal Alert for Community Associations: Community associations should take notice that Virginia recently became the final state to allow civil litigants a right to appeal a circuit court ruling. This article provides a detailed overview of these changes. Under prior… Read more

January 11, 2022 | Community Associations

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