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George Mason Grants Professor COVID Vaccine Mandate Exemption After ‘Natural Immunity’ Lawsuit
George Mason University granted a professor a medical exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after he filed a lawsuit that included an affidavit from his doctor citing “natural immunity” to the coronavirus — though the school denied a settlement had been reached....

GMU Law Prof Gets Exemption After Challenging Vax Mandate
Attorneys for an unvaccinated George Mason University law professor said Tuesday the institution has granted their client a medical exemption from its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, a move coming two weeks after he sued the public institution in Virginia...

Full D.C. Circuit Asked To Hear Challenge To Infant Bath Seat Rule
A mother has asked the full D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to revive her challenge to a recent Consumer Product Safety Commission standard for infant bath seats on the grounds that the standard was not made available to the public and that a panel wrongly...

Landlords Seek 11th Circ. Rehearing Over CDC Eviction Ban
The National Apartment Association and individual landlords have asked the Eleventh Circuit for a full court rehearing on the federal residential eviction ban imposed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after a split panel ruled against their bid...

Federal Judge Pushes Back on Landlords’ Efforts to Overthrow Eviction Moratorium
Late last week, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich refused Alabama landlords’ request to walk back the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium. Though she agreed the ban was illegal, Judge Friedrich said her “hands are tied” by an...

Suit Seeks Supreme Court Review of Trump’s Ban on Gun Bump Stocks
A gun owner who lawfully purchased a bump stock years ago has taken his case to the Supreme Court this month, challenging the Trump administration‘s 2018 reclassification of the devices as unlawful machine guns that must be destroyed. Read the full article

Should Covid Immunity Be an Exception to Vaccine Mandates?
NCLA's client Prof. Todd Zywicki joins CNN to explain how George Mason University (GMU) is threatening employees with disciplinary action that includes “unpaid leave or possible loss of employment” if they don’t comply with the public university’s vaccine...

George Mason University Law Professor Sues Over Vaccine Mandate
George Mason University has mandated all students to submit proof of their COVID-19 vaccinations to the university by August 1 to be permitted on campus for the fall semester. Students with approved medical or religious exemptions and students who are taking only...

Gold King Mine Owner Files Lawsuit Against EPA
Six years after the Gold King Mine in Silverton polluted rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, a lawsuit has been filed in federal court. The flood of wastewater from the mine has been called an environmental disaster. An Environmental Protection Agency-led...

Group Says NLRB Ruling Over Musk Tweet Ignored Free Speech Rights
The New Civil Liberties Alliance in an amicus brief told the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the NLRB's March order directing Tesla to require Musk to delete the 2018 tweet was part of a shift at the agency toward disregarding employers' free-speech rights and...

NCLA’s Case Against GMU’s Unconstitutional Mandatory Vaccination Policy for Naturally Immune People
NCLA Litigation Counsel Jenin Younes joins Richmond's Morning Show with John Reid on WRVA to discuss NCLA's case against George Mason University and their unconstitutional reopening policy for the Fall 2021 semester.

George Mason University Professor Sues Over Vaccine Mandate, Cites His ‘Natural Immunity’
A George Mason University law professor sued the university over its COVID-19 requirements, asserting that he has natural immunity to the coronavirus and does not need the vaccine. Todd Zywicki, the professor, filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of...

Texas Judge Shoots Down Challenge to SEC ‘Gag Order’
A Texas federal judge denied a former defendant's bid to lift what his lawyers called a "gag order" in his settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of Fort Worth said there had been no change in the law...

Chamber Says NLRB Tesla Case Shows Union Speech Bias
A National Labor Relations Board ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully discouraged unionizing in a tweet violates the First Amendment and signifies a trend toward the board favoring union speech over employer speech, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has argued in the...

Fed Circ Upholds VA Cutoff on Resuming Disability Benefits
Partially disabled veterans whose benefits are suspended when they are recalled to active duty are not automatically entitled to benefits once their tours of duty end, a divided federal appeals court held. In a 2-1 decision Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

EPA Sued Over Colorado Mine Catastrophe
The Environmental Protection Agency has been sued for taking over property adjacent to the 2015 Gold King Mine catastrophe in Colorado to stage cleanup equipment and projects, and keeping it, never paying for it or even for renting it. The case seeks millions of...

Prominent Law Professor Sues His School Over Vaccine Policy
Imposing a constitutionally dubious vaccine policy at a public university that not only has some of the top classical liberal law professors in the country but is also intimately connected with a global network of freedom advocates is a recipe for a lawsuit. That’s...

Colorado mine owner seeks US compensation over 2015 spill
The owner of an inactive southwestern Colorado mine that was the source of a disastrous 2015 spill that fouled rivers in three Western states has sued the U.S. government, seeking nearly $3.8 million in compensation for using his land in its cleanup. Read the full...

NCLA Sues GMU Officials Over Their Refusal to Recognize Prof.’s Naturally-Acquired Covid Immunity
NCLA Litigation Counsel Jenin Younes joins Cheddar News to explain how George Mason University is threatening employees with disciplinary action that includes “unpaid leave or possible loss of employment” if they don’t comply with the public university’s...

Why I’m Suing Over My Employer’s Vaccine Mandate
In a few weeks I will begin my 24th year as a law professor at George Mason University. Last year I volunteered to teach in person, even though I’m in my 50s. Teaching law is my job and I owe my students my best. I also knew I could do it safely. During the spring of...

Law professor sues over vaccination requirement, says he already had covid, doesn’t need vaccine
A George Mason University professor is suing the school over its vaccination-for-all policy. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of GMU law professor, Dr. Todd Zywicki by the nonpartisan nonprofit New Civil Liberties Alliance. George Mason University’s policy states that...

George Mason University Law Professor With COVID Antibodies Sues Over Vaccine Mandate
George Mason University law professor with naturally acquired immunity from COVID-19 who filed a lawsuit this week against the university because of its demands he get a required COVID vaccine, now has an even bigger fight on his hands. Read the full article

Uncertainty looms for renters, landlords as courts hear challenge to CDC eviction ban
The fight over the federal eviction moratorium is heating up after a federal judge gave the Biden administration a Friday deadline to respond to a legal challenge brought by a group of property owners. The landlords, led by the Alabama Association of Realtors, filed...

Lawsuit Over George Mason Vaccination Requirement Seeks Exemption for Those Who Had Already Contracted COVID
Professor Todd Zywicki has already contracted and fully recovered from COVID19. As a result, he has acquired robust natural immunity, confirmed unequivocally by multiple positive SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests conducted over the past year. Professor Zywicki's immunologist,...

Law prof who had COVID-19 sues over university’s mask, testing mandates
A George Mason University law professor has sued the Virginia university's leadership in federal court over its reopening policy, alleging its requirement that unvaccinated employees wear masks on campus and submit to COVID-19 testing violates his constitutional...