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The Pennsylvania Department of Health on July 31, 2021, began overhauling the Commonwealth’s long-term care nursing facility regulations via four sets of proposed regulations. On December 24, 2022, the Department...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to rules requiring most reporting companies to publish pay-versus-performance information in certain proxy statements and information...more
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health last year began overhauling the Commonwealth’s long-term care nursing facility regulations. On May 28, 2022, the Department of Health published the fourth and final set of...more
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health last year began overhauling the Commonwealth’s long-term care nursing facility regulations, with regulatory changes to be implemented in four parts. The Department of Health...more
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently published the second of an expected five sets of proposed changes to the Commonwealth’s long-term care nursing facility regulations. The regulatory overhaul began...more
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On July 31, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Health officially began its first overhaul of the Commonwealth’s long-term care nursing facility regulations since 1999. The regulatory changes will be implemented...more
As a result of the operational and economic turmoil that has been caused by the global spread of COVID-19, many public reporting companies are considering disclosure obligations regarding the various ways the virus has...more
The fallout from the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has significantly impacted a number of global industries and financial markets, causing uncertainty and disruptions that continue to evolve....more
3/13/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Form 8-K ,
MD&A Statements ,
Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
The Securities and Exchange Commission is providing temporary regulatory relief due to the novel coronavirus outbreak....more
3/12/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Form 10-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
In light of the increasing significance of cybersecurity incidents, and their potential impact on a company's operations, on February 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance to public reporting...more
2/27/2018
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
New Guidance ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Nearly two years after issuing the proposed rule, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 5, 2015, adopted by a 3-2 vote, the final rule on CEO-to-median employee pay ratio disclosure in what has become...more
8/7/2015
/ Compliance ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employees ,
Executive Compensation ,
Foreign Workers ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Pay Ratio ,
Payroll Records ,
Privacy Policy ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tax Records ,
Temporary Employees
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed rules requiring national securities exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ to establish listing standards requiring publicly traded companies to...more
Recent amendments to the NYSE MKT Company Guide provide that NYSE MKT-listed companies can comply with that Exchange’s immediate release policy by disseminating required information using any method or combination of methods...more
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released for public comment its 2015 draft voting policies. The draft policies relate to two topics affecting the U.S. market: independent board chair shareholder proposals...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently voted unanimously to propose rules that, for the first time, would allow investors to buy stock in companies over the Internet using a crowdfunding exchange. The proposed rules...more
On Sept. 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its proposed rule on the CEO-to-median employee pay ratio disclosure. This proposed rule adds disclosure requirements to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, as...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took long-awaited action on July 10, 2013, to finalize and adopt new rules that eliminate the current prohibition against general solicitation and advertising in certain Rule 506...more
The IRS has recently proposed regulations affecting tax-exempt hospitals that provide guidance and comfort about the consequences of failing to meet the community health needs assessment (CHNA) requirement.
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Public disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical, medical device, biologic, and medical supply manufacturers to physicians and hospitals will begin under a final rule on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act)...more
2/8/2013
/ Biologics ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Covered Entities ,
GPOs ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Supplies ,
Medicare ,
Payment Records ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sunshine Act ,
Third-Party ,
Transparency