By Kevin Young and Anne Dana
Seyfarth Synopsis: Similar to mask mandates, COVID-19 passports—a means to prove one’s vaccination status—are becoming a political lightning rod in the United States. Where states like New York have viewed such passports as a viable tool for promoting safe in-person interactions, others, like Florida and Texas, have viewed them as an affront to privacy
Continue Reading Passport Rejected — A New Twist in the COVID-19 Passport Chapter
By Loren Gesinsky and Julia Gorham
Seyfarth Synopsis: For many private employers around the world, it might be too soon to know what COVID-19 passports, if any, they will recognize, encourage, or even require. They see far more risks than benefits in being early adopters given fast-evolving variations in infections, the availability of tests and vaccines, government guidance and
Continue Reading Early-Stage COVID-19 Passport Considerations for Employers
By Anne Dana, Loren Gesinsky, Julia Gorham, John Tomaszewski, and Kevin Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: “I can’t wait for things to return to normal.” We’ve all heard (and most of us have spoken) those words since the COVID-19 pandemic began over a year ago. Now, as the employer community inches closer to the time we longed
Continue Reading Legal Update: The Road to “Normal” is Filled With…COVID Passports?