North America: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Court of Federal Claims recently denied the United States’ motion to dismiss a patent infringement suit related to production of a COVID-19 vaccine. The court held that it had jurisdiction because the plaintiff filed...

Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have created safety concerns, complex legal implications and delays for shipping companies operating in one of the world's most vital trade waterways.

On September 15, 2021, amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Purolator Canada Inc ("Employer") introduced a mandatory vaccination policy known as the COVID-19 Safer Work Policy (the "SWP")...

The COVID-19 pandemic (the "Pandemic") sent shockwaves through the global economy, profoundly impacting various sectors, including the lending industry.

In the ABA's Winter 2022 White-Collar Newsletter, we published a look back at the first year of COVID enforcement under the Biden Administration and identified several areas...

COVID-19 isn't entirely behind us, but everyday life has largely resumed a semblance of normalcy and most Americans are back to living as they did before the pandemic.

A Florida federal court addressed whether COVID-19 business interruption claims could proceed under a policy's "Loss of Attraction" coverage for infectious disease...

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...

In a recent settlement, five South Carolina companies agreed to pay a combined $7.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by improperly obtaining over $5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The five companies include EuWe Eugen Wexler US Plastics Inc., Mankiewicz Coatings, LLC, Fukoku America, Inc., AWL Automation, LLC, and Stoba USA Corporation.

In Dorceus v Ontario, 2026 ONCA 321, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an order to strike a Statement of Claim containing broad allegations about the Ontario government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision reaffirmed that courts are not political institutions and that legally unfounded claims are appropriately weeded out by motion to strike, even if characterized as “novel”.

A critical tax deadline is approaching on July 10, 2026, that could entitle taxpayers to refunds of penalties and interest that accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic disaster relief period.