The coronavirus pandemic may be winding down, but there are still cases pending on the legality of executive mandates requiring vaccination for different types of employees. One of them, Georgia v. Biden, is currently before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and its resolution will determine the fate of President Joe Biden’s executive order mandating vaccination for federal contractors. Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate In September 2021, President […]

Jockeys at Puerto Rico’s lone horse-racing track have been paid the same amount since 1989; a $20 “mount fee” for each race and a share of the prize money if they finish at least fifth. Unsurprisingly, they became fed up with the low pay and other work conditions at the track. In 2016, when attempts at negotiation failed, they made […]

The use of nationwide preliminary injunctions has been on the rise in recent decades. A preliminary injunction is a court order that prohibits one party in a lawsuit from taking a certain action or the government from enforcing a particular rule or law. Unlike, say, a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction can last for the entirety of the litigation. […]

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split on substantial similarity tests in copyright law, to the disappointment of the owner of “the best-selling song in Iceland ever.” Johannsongs-Publishing Ltd. sued songwriter Rolf Lovland and several record companies over the song “You Raise Me Up” written by Lovland in 2001 and popularized by Josh Groban in 2003. It argues that […]