On February 3, 2021, we blogged about “
The Challenge to the Cal/OSHA Regulations is Rejected
That day has come, and last week Judge Shulman (in a 40-page decision) emphatically and unambiguously denied the parties’ request for a preliminary injunction, in its entirety. Judge Schulman’s opinion pointed out how Cal/OSHA issued the emergency regulations “[o]n November 30, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic surged out of control in California and across the country…,” and “[n]ow as the United States passes the grim milestone of half a million deaths from the pandemic, Plaintiffs in these related cases … seek a preliminary injunction restraining the Board from enforcing the ETS Regulations.