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Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court
Medicaid Receiving Startlingly Little Attention As Everyone Discusses Medicare
Obama Administration Calls for Free Access to Federally Funded Research
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Should Wall Street Fear Mary Jo White?
Looking Ahead to Washington State’s Legalized Marijuana Marketplace
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Local Governments Continue to Fight States for Right to Govern Fracking
Tax Questions to Ask Yourself with the End of 2012 and the Fiscal Cliff Approaching
Obama Blocks Chinese-Owned Wind Project Out of Concerns for National Security
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Stewart Baker, Former GC of NSA, on Why the Cybersecurity Act Failed & Threat of Tomorrow’s Terrorism
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Who pays for road damage in Pennsylvania after ACT 13?
Smartphone Data Solution: Sharing Airwaves
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NLRB Posting Rule Delayed Again, Will We Ever See Resolution?—McKenna Long's Seth Borden
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California attorney Joseph Cavallo was convicted of violating Title 10, CCR section 2071, "recommendation of attorney by bail licensee". The authority to prosecute violations of the bail licensing regulations lies with the...more
On December 21, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) announced that it filed with HUD a housing discrimination complaint against a major insurance company regarding the offering of hazard insurance in a certain...more
Five federal agencies have collectively proposed regulations to implement elements of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") healthcare reform legislation designed to encourage employers to sponsor employee wellness programs. The...more
The world did not end last week, and so it is that time again to reflect on the year behind us and to consider what is on the horizon for the upcoming year. What resolutions will we make for 2013? Will we train for an Iron...more
As 2012 winds to a close, a look back at legal developments demonstrates that state legislatures were busy all year long. Every year, employers are inundated with new employment laws and regulations that impose new compliance...more
Updated audit protocols from the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) include a review for compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)...more
The Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services have issued a revised set of proposed regulations for nondiscrimination in wellness programs. The regulations prohibit a wellness program offered as part of a...more
Laws Providing Leaves of Absence - Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - The FMLA, as relevant here, requires covered employers to provide eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave due to a serious...more
There are risks and benefits to workplace wellness programs. Are employers who eliminate junk food from the break room, offer classes on how to quit smoking, and dispense free flu shots doing enough to combat rising...more
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 53 expanding insurers' reporting requirements. Existing law already requires each admitted insurer to provide information to the Insurance Commissioner on its community...more
In one of the few cases that has considered the legality of an employer wellness program, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered a challenge by an employee of Broward County, Florida to the county’s imposition of a...more
On July 26, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, in partnership with United States Attorneys’ offices nationwide, introduced the “Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative.” This initiative seeks to...more
The Department of Labor recently updated its self-compliance tool for plan sponsors and plan administrators of group health plans. The self-compliance tool contains questions relating to requirements on issues such as...more
Does Your Company’s Wellness Program Violate GINA? The Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) expressly prohibits covered employers and health plan sponsors from asking an employee to provide genetic...more
Governor Jerry Brown has approved numerous significant new laws affecting California employers. The following highlights some of these changes. New Mandatory Employee Notification Requirements (AB 469); California...more
Your Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) may not give you the coverage you think for EEOC actions commenced on behalf of your employees. Up to now, most insurers have not denied coverage for these claims as long...more
A recent case decided in Florida, Seff v. Broward County, held that an employer-sponsored wellness program which imposed financial penalties on employees who refused to complete a health assessment did not violate the...more
The new regulations issued by the EEOC under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) became effective on January 10, 2011. The regulations make clear that the law protects applicants, current and former...more
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued a policy directive to "provide comprehensive guidance for assessing when health care providers and insurers are federal...more
On December 22, the Departments of Health & Human Services, Labor and the Treasury (the "Departments") issued Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the "ACA"), including...more
In the past, there were no nondiscrimination rules that applied to employer-sponsored health coverage, outside of self-insured medical reimbursement plans. By “nondiscrimination,” this means that plans cannot be more...more
On December 23, 2010, the IRS issued Notice 2011-1 regarding the application of the nondiscrimination rules under Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 105(h) to non-grandfathered insured group health plans pursuant to the...more
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) became law on May 21, 2008. Title II of GINA, which became effective on November 21, 2009, prohibits the use of genetic information in employment, restricts employers from...more
New Nondiscrimination Rule Under Health Care Reform As you are no doubt aware, the determination as to whether a medical plan is “grandfathered” for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has many...more
Ricostruzione del quadro normativo e regolatorio, consolidato e in evoluzione. Relatore: Nicola C. Salerno (CeRM). Evento: Convegno promosso da BusinessInternational, Milano, 26 Ottobre 2010. Key-words: farmaci, farmcia,...more
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