Federal Vaccine Mandate Will Remain On Hold For Foreseeable Future – Next Stop Supreme Court?

On November 12, 2021, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed its stay on the Federal Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (VAX ETS) pending what it called “adequate judicial review of the petitioners’ underlying motions for a permanent injunction” and further ordered that Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (Fed/OSHA) take no steps to implement or enforce the VAX ETS.