NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been blocked by a federal appeals court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, in a decision Thursday, rejected arguments that ...

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“Welcome back!”  Those are the words that many managing partners across South Carolina and elsewhere have been dying to utter since COVID-19 forced lawyers and professional staff to abandon their offices nearly two years ago. Recently, it had appeared as ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and enforcing standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders. But President Joe Biden ...

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Larger U.S. businesses now won’t have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy. President Joe Biden announced sweeping new orders Thursday that will require employers with more than 100 ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Sigal Chattah goes to federal court to challenge a school mask mandate issued by the governor of Nevada, she’ll likely be required to wear the very thing she’s arguing against: a mask. That’s because U.S. ...

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A recent survey of senior in-house legal and human resources decision-makers shows that many companies, including law firms, have held steady or seen increased business during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “During the pandemic, much has changed,” said Matt Keen, managing shareholder of Ogletree ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Language in a bill now on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk allocating more COVID-19 relief funds from Congress in North Carolina would make it harder to get money out quickly for people struggling with rent and utilities, a ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a coronavirus relief bill Wednesday that will dole out money the state received as part of stimulus bill Congress passed in December. The federal funds provide money for schools to reopen, ...

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In-person hearings and other court proceedings, including jury trials, are on hold for the next month due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has announced. “In light of the recent surge ...

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GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) — Three newspapers have asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to order courts in a county where rally-goers were pepper sprayed and arrested to stop barring reporters from court proceedings. Court staff in Alamance County have ...

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