The Singapore Court of Appeal stayed the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national who was convicted of illegally importing 42.72 grams of diamorphine in 2009, on Tuesday. The stay came in the light of Nagaenthran testing positive for COVID-19 a day before his execution was due in a case that has attracted international attention. [...]
The Biden administration asserted Monday that it can lawfully require employers to mandate employee vaccination or offer employees the option to mask and test. The administration reasoned that, amid an “extraordinary pandemic and a serious threat to employees,” the federal government can “address the grave dangers posed by COVID-19 in the workplace.” Late last week, [...]
A federal district judge in Fort Worth Monday denied United Airlines employees’ motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the company’s vaccine mandate. United Airlines employees sued the company over its accommodation policy for medical or religious exemptions. They argued that the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by [...]
The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has imposed a temporary injunction on the vaccine mandate from the Biden administration that requires businesses to vaccinate and test its workers. The mandate is called the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Vaccination and Testing, and it was published Saturday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The [...]
Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee sued the Biden Administration Wednesday in response to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued for federal contractors. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed the suit, calling the mandate “unlawful and unconstitutional.” The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) laid out the requirements, ordering companies with 100 or more employees to have those employees [...]
The US Supreme Court has temporarily postponed oral arguments; most state and local courts have as well. Yet, despite the risk posed by COVID-19, immigration courts across America continue to hold in-person removal proceedings. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues apprehensions. Individuals are still being placed on international flights and deported to their home countries. [...]
Law students across the country are rallying like never before, launching ground-up, grassroots movements urging their respective state bars to forgo the traditional bar exam in favor of emergency diploma privilege in light of the COVID-19 crisis. One letter addressed to the NCBE has amassed over 2,000 signatures. Another letter, sent to the California State [...]
With the astonishing speed of the spread of COVID-19 – affecting more than 199 countries, 1,315,989 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 74,000 deaths – many countries are implementing extraordinary measures to meet this unprecedented challenge and to cope with the severe implications of the coronavirus crisis. The key measures of the containment strategy have entailed multiple [...]
The COVID-19 outbreak has shocked and de-globalized the international community. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a pandemic and several scholars have argued that China breached International Health Regulations (IHR) by not preventing the spread of the deadly COVID-19. The IHR aim to aid the international community in preventing and responding to [...]
Sometimes, it takes a crisis to make a change. Especially for the legal profession, which is notoriously allergic to change, no matter how necessary. For decades, the legal profession has debated how and why to evaluate attorneys before admitting them to the bar. But it looks like the COVID-19 pandemic may finally force its hand. [...]
