On 24 May 2023, the Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal for protection against the prohibition of a protest planned for 30 April 2020, during the first state of alarm due to Covid-19. The prohibition was decided by the Government’s Sub-delegation in Sevilla on 22 April 2020.
A man convicted of attempted illegal reentry after deportation, filed an appeal against his conviction claiming that the trial district court should have dismissed the accusations levelled against him by the district court on account of the violations of the Speedy Trial Act.
On 12 May 2023, the Singapore High Court condemned a Singaporean company to compensate the municipality of Buenos Aires (Argentina), due to failure in the delivery of Covid-19 test kits which were bought by the Argentinian city in 2020.
On 16 May 2023, the Federal Administrative Court held that the closure of leisure sports facilities, with exceptions, through the Saxon Corona Protection Ordinance of 30 October 2020, was lawful.
On 3 May 2023, the High Court of Delhi dismissed a plea of several students which sought a writ of mandamus declaring an exception to the criterion limiting attempts at the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to two in two consecutive years. The petitioners had been theoretically eligible to take part in the exam since 2021, but due to the pandemic in 2020 and the subsequent lockdown, their study was adversely affected.
The mother of a child who was under the care of the Department of Children and Family services (hereinafter also “the Department”) and who, after having turned 12, had become eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, filed suit with the juvenile court requesting that it ordered her son not be required to receive the vaccine due to religious exemption and to the many side effects her child had from medication.
On 15 March 2023, the Administrative Tribunal of San José granted a request for precautionary measure filed by a group of parents against the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, the National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission, and the Ministry of Health.
By judgment of 11.5.2023, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire reversed a trial judgment issued in favor of a group of hotels in a covid-related business interruption case, thus joining a growing number of High State Courts that have progressively aligned with the Federal Courts’ trend of dismissing suits of such nature, especially when they relate to all-risk commercial property insurance policies.
On 16 May 2023, the Federal Administrative Court held in two cases that the closure of gastronomy establishments at the end of October 2020 based on the general clause of Infection Control Law was lawful.
A High Court judge in Ireland has rejected a request for the taxpayer to cover the legal costs of parties making unsubstantiated claims about the Covid-19 vaccine.
To address the urgent need of producing a vaccine against Covid-19, in May 2020 the Government launched Operation Warp Speed, i.e., an interagency partnership between the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services which aimed at accelerating the development acquisition and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine.
On 10 May 2023, the EU’s General Court has annulled a European Commission decision to approve a €6 billion bailout package for Lufthansa as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 17 April 2023, Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a family with a minor in their care who illegally occupied a public housing unit, and whose eviction was temporarily suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The Korean Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the tenant of a shop who faced an eviction request from his landlord for not paying the rent, by upholding the deduction of an amount corresponding to six months’ rent from the overdue, so that the conditions for the termination of the rent were not met.
In the fall of 2021, a 15-year-old minor went to a pharmacy in Kansas to be vaccinated against Covid-19 without parental consent.
On 24 April 2023, the Czech Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined the Czech Ministry of the Interior CZK 975,000 (approximately €41,500) for collecting sensitive health data of individuals who were diagnosed with Covid-19 and ordered to remain in isolation during the pandemic.
Some weeks after the Governor of Massachusetts declared a state of emergency on account of the spread of the Covid-19, the decision-making authorities of a Soldiers’ Home – having acknowledged a Covid-related staffing shortage issue – directed their staff to consolidate two floors of elderly veterans onto one floor.
The High Court of Calcutta has disposed of a public interest litigation’s petition, filed by an advocate, by directing the state government and, in particular the Commissioner of School Education, to investigate school attendance issues with regard to students who dropped out during the pandemic in the light of online remote classes and other inconveniences.
In October 2021, a man was hospitalized in a healthcare center after having tested positive for Covid-19. His nephew, who held health care power of attorney for his uncle, turned to a different doctor for a second opinion on the treatments to be administered to his uncle and received a prescription for Ivermectin, a medication for parasitic diseases which such doctor – like others in the USA – asserted was effective against Covid-19.
With the decision no. 25/2023, the Italian Constitutional Court declared Art. 206 bis of the Military Code partially illegitimate, as it failed to specify for which kind of diseases vaccination could be imposed on soldiers by the Military Health Authority.
On 20 April 2023, the Constitutional Court has issued a ruling on the vaccination of people with disabilities under the Patient Autonomy Law.
On 27 April 2023, a district court in Singapore sentenced a foreigner to 16 weeks of prison for having participated in a fraud to obtain fake vaccines against Covid-19.
The Minister for Education and Culture in Hessen, Germany, established legal and organizational frameworks for school education during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the option for students to attend live classes by videoconference with their consent or the consent of their parents.
On 27 April 2023, the Constitutional Court has rejected almost all challenges to the legislation related to the COVID Safe Ticket (a digital or paper certificate proving that the holder has been vaccinated, tested negative for COVID-19, or recovered from the virus), except for the regime in Flanders for vulnerable residential care.
As part of his efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, President Biden issued a series of vaccine mandates, including a mandate ordering all federal agencies to include in their new contracts a clause that would require contract recipients to ensure that their employees wear masks at work and be vaccinated against Covid-19.
On 20 March 2020, the Arizona Governor ordered that all indoor gyms and fitness clubs be closed to the public because of the Covid-19. That closure continued through 17 May 2020 and, after a brief suspension, from 29 June 2020 through 26 August 2020.
A consumer brought a civil claim for damages against a travel agency for refusing to refund the price paid for two airline tickets that the claimant could not use due to the enactment of Covid-related travel restrictions.
On 5 April 2023 the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania gave final approval to a class action lawsuit settlement over a covid-related data breach.
On 16 March 2023, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia has rejected the petition filed by individuals challenging the constitutionality of Covid-19 containment measures adopted by the Slovenian government since October 2020 (including the introduction of a curfew).
On 18 April 2023, the Court of Appeal of Liège found that the Walloon Region’s automatic renewal of the Covid Safe Ticket (CST) was illegal.
Eight hotel companies, whose business had been heavily affected by Covid-related closures and further restrictive measures, filed suit against their respective municipalities claiming that they should have been exempted from paying taxes during the pandemic.
On 17 March 2020, the Government of Ontario declared a provincial state of emergency under s. 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, implementing a series of measures that limited the size of gatherings, restricted access to public places, and suspended non-essential services.
On 30 March 2023, the People’s Court of the Songshan District of Chifeng City condemned an insurance company to pay 10,000 Chinese Yuan to a person who had stipulated an insurance policy in 2022 covering illness from infectious diseases.
A farmer from West Jutland was convicted to pay a fine of 100,000 kroner and to do community service after being found guilty of illegal breeding.
On the 27th of November 2020, the Government of the Valencian Community signed an agreement establishing a special pay for all the healthcare professionals required to work extra during the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 11.4.202 a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) signed a consent order which settled a dispute over allegations of discrimination against a disabled person residing in an independent apartment of the above community and who died during the pandemic.
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