Federal Court Issue Preliminary Injunctions Blocking the Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Nationwide and for Federal Contractors in a Few States
The end of November brought a flurry of vaccine mandate litigation. Two federal courts issued preliminary injunctions blocking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) mandate and the federal contractor vaccine mandate. CMS Vaccine Mandate Blocked Nationwide CMS had issued an emergency regulation requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and…