Coronavirus Roundup: The Latest on the Federal Contractors Vaccine Mandate Challenge

Coronavirus Roundup: The Latest on the Federal Contractors Vaccine Mandate Challenge

April 15, 2022, Government Executive

Fred Levy spoke with Government Executive following oral arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit focusing on one of the challenges to the vaccine mandate for covered federal contractors. In light of an appeals court reinstating the vaccine mandate for federal employees last week, Fred commented that that is “completely separate” and won’t have an impact on the contractor challenges.

“It's really anybody's guess at this point and the 11th Circuit is just one circuit that’s going to rule on this. If there are seemingly conflicting orders between circuits, then you have to examine the scope of the orders,” Fred said.

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