The End of COVID Waivers and Exceptions: What Now?
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Fee Waivers for Small Businesses: Who Qualifies for the Small Business User Fee Waiver for Drugs and Biologics and How to Apply
NGE On Demand: COVID-19 and IP Waiver for Patent Protection with Kevin O'Connor and Olivia Luk Bedi
Prohibitions on Use of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services, Complying with the NDAA
COVID-19: Where are we now?
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules
Value-based health care: fraud & abuse laws
What patients misunderstand about their right of informed consent
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman issued a letter Feb. 28 to address the challenges and concerns of tax practitioners regarding the policy and procedural changes to pass-through entity (PTE) filings and payments. Most...more
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, utilities and telecommunications companies in Florida and other states in its path will be beginning the disaster recovery process. This checklist is not intended to be an all-inclusive...more
Payment of FCC regulatory fees for FY 2022 (which cover the period October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022) is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Payments received after the deadline will be subject...more
On August 5, 2020, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a new law, Senate Bill 315, changing Georgia’s lien law statute, O.C.G.A. 44-14-366. The new statute, effective January 1, 2021, makes clear that lien waivers only waive...more
On May 27, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a further extension of certain deadlines that were about to expire on May 31. The latest order provides until July 1, 2020 for certain actions delayed due to...more
The director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on March 31, 2020, a 30-day extension of statutory deadlines for filing certain patent-related documents and paying associated fees so long as...more
The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on March 31, 2020 signed a notice waiving certain deadlines for patent-related filings, if the missed deadline resulted from situations relating to COVID-19. Due dates...more
Pennsylvania business owners who are interested in applying for a COVID-19 Business Exemption Waiver, they are due April 3, 2020 at 5pm. We do not expect that this deadline will be extended....more
Yesterday, March 31, 2020, the USPTO issued a Notice of Waiver of Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the CARES Act. The Waiver concerns a limited set of deadlines for patent-related documents or fees that are otherwise due...more
The Mississippi Department of Revenue is aware of the new pressures on the business community and state governments in responding to the COVID 19 pandemic. We are committed to doing what we can to help provide relief and...more
Recognizing the disruptions caused by COVID-19, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is providing fee waivers for certain applicants that cannot meet filing deadlines to maintain their intellectual property...more
The IRS recently issued draft 2015 Instructions for Forms 1094-C and 1095-C (“2015 Instructions”). These are the forms that employers with 50 or more full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees) in the...more
Any company that communicates by fax should strongly consider whether to request a retroactive waiver from the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) rule requiring that opt-out notice be included on all fax ads, including...more
The Delaware Supreme Court recently announced a new standard refining the rules that govern litigants’ requests for extensions. Since 2010, the “Drejka analysis” provided a six-factor test to apply when considering whether to...more