On February 21, 2024, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (the "PA Supreme Court") issued its decision in Ursinus College v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Board. The Pa Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Pennsylvania Commonwealth...more
Happy 2024! The entire Saul Ewing Health Law Practice Group wishes you and yours a healthy and prosperous new year and successful (and compliant) activities in the health care delivery system this year and beyond....more
2/2/2024
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On August 4th, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (the “Court”) issued its decision in Ursinus College v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Board. The Court reversed a decision by the Prevailing Wage Appeals Board (the “Board”) in...more
COVID-19 – and its variants Delta and Omicron – continue to wreak havoc around the world. Thousands of individuals have died and continue to die, and millions more have been diagnosed as having COVID-19. Many sectors of the...more
2/3/2022
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One year ago – in early 2020 – most of us did not know what COVID-19 meant (co-Corona; vi-Virus; d-disease; 19 – 2019); had no idea how to “zoom”; did not know what social distance meant; and, were largely unfamiliar with...more
2/18/2021
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The Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP Health Care Practice includes attorneys that handle regulatory, compliance, transactional and litigation needs for clients across the entire health care delivery system, including: ...more
On November 9, 2017, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee (the “Chairman”) released a conceptual outline of the Chairman’s tax reform proposal. Unlike the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1, which was voted out of the...more
New legislation in Pennsylvania expands the permissible financial products in which municipalities, school districts and municipal authorities may invest. Recently approved Pennsylvania legislation (Act No. 10 of 2016, the...more
Pursuant to the requirements of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, on March 1, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order reducing the budgetary authority in accounts subject to...more
For the first time, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a municipal bond issuer with securities fraud for falsely claiming that it was compliant with annual disclosure obligations....more
Certain payment models created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act intended to coordinate care and lower healthcare costs raise questions concerning the tax-exempt status of debt issued by certain healthcare...more
The Commonwealth Financing Authority has begun accepting applications for five programs established by the Act 13 Marcellus Legacy Fund to support conservation projects and environmental protection measures.
On...more
An Executive Order signed by the President on March 1, 2013 will trigger automatic reductions in subsidy payments for certain Direct Pay Bonds.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the...more