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Protecting Your Career and Your Income: Why High-Earning Professionals Need Own-Occupation Disability Insurance

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Consider the numbers: an orthopedic specialist sidelined at age 42 by a degenerative spinal condition could forfeit millions in earnings.  A cardiologist who suffers a stroke at 55 may not return to the operating room, losing...more

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Recent FinCEN Advisory Highlights Rising Health Care Fraud Risk for Financial Institutions

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As the federal government intensifies its “whole of government” approach to combat fraud, waste, and abuse, particularly in Federal Health Care Benefit Programs, financial institutions face growing exposure to health care...more

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Formosa Petrochemical’s Force Majeure – Supply Chain Disruptions & Potential Insurance Implications

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The recent force majeure notice issued by Formosa Petrochemical Corporation – due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and its global impact – is disrupting the availability of key petrochemical inputs across multiple...more

White & Case LLP

Regulatory termination fee insurance: An emerging transactional insurance product that may impact M&A deal dynamics

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Regulatory clearance is one of the most consequential variables in many M&A transactions. The increasing complexity of many regulatory regimes and M&A transactions, the evolving (and often more aggressive) positions of...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Price Is Wrong: Dominated PPOs and the Downfall of ERISA Settlor Discretion

A recent decision from the Northern District of Illinois threatens to expose health and welfare plan fiduciaries to the same types of imprudent selection claims that have plagued defined contribution plans for more than two...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

ERISA Preemption – Alive and Well

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The recent rise in state law regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and prescription drug pricing continues to test the limits of preemption under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended...more

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Grand Theft Cargo: Practical Ways Freight Brokers Can Avoid Cyber-Enabled Cargo Theft

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Cargo theft is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years it has evolved into an increasingly sophisticated, often international enterprise aimed at surreptitiously taking possession of another’s freight through calculated...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

FinCEN Advisory Warns Financial Institutions of Healthcare Fraud Targeting Medicare and Medicaid

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At the end of March, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a new Advisory urging financial institutions to heighten scrutiny of transactions potentially tied to healthcare fraud...more

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States Continue to Advance New PBM and Drug Pricing Legislation in 2026

While federal and state legislators contemplate the next wave of PBM and drug pricing reform, legislatures in Virginia and Ohio have already sent significant legislation addressing prescription drug pricing and pharmacy...more

Marshall Dennehey

Court of Appeal Affirms Ruling That Late‑Asserted Major Contributing Cause Defenses Are Waived

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Budd v. Jandrew Enterprises LLC, (1D2024-3161, January 30, 2026) (OJCC# 23-004984) - The First District Court of Appeal recently issued a per curiam affirmed (PCA) ruling concerning the perennial issue of major contributing...more

Mayer Brown

US NAIC Spring 2026 National Meeting Highlights: Producer Licensing (D) Task Force

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On March 23, 2026, the Producer Licensing (D) Task Force (“PLTF”) met at the Spring 2026 US National Meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”). In addition to routine matters, such as adoption of...more

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US NAIC Spring 2026 National Meeting Highlights: Reinsurance (E) Task Force

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The Reinsurance (E) Task Force (“RTF”) of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held a virtual meeting on March 2, 2026 in lieu of meeting in person at the NAIC Spring 2026 National Meeting. In...more

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US NAIC Spring 2026 National Meeting Highlights: Natural Catastrophe Risk and Resilience (EX) Task Force

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The Natural Catastrophe Risk and Resilience (EX) Task Force (the “NCRRTF” or the “Task Force”) of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) met on March 24, 2026 at the NAIC’s Spring 2026 National...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Monthly Deposits – Issue #1 - MoFo’s Bank Regulatory Newsletter

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Monthly Deposits: MoFo’s Bank Regulatory Newsletter, which provides an overview of recent developments in U.S. bank regulation, including proposed rules, reforms, and other significant...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Long Anticipated Medicare Advantage Compliance Guidance Heightens Investor and Provider Scrutiny

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In February 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued its highly anticipated Industry Compliance Program Guidance for Medicare Advantage (MA ICPG), the first such...more

Clark Hill PLC

CMS Proposes Significant Medicare Advantage Payment and Compliance Changes for 2027

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its Advance Notice and related rulemaking for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D programs for plan year 2027. ...more

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When Geopolitic Events Disrupt the Cloud: Insurance Coverage for Data Center Supply Chain Losses in a New Era of Conflict

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Escalating tensions involving Iran—including maritime incidents affecting oil transport and alleged cyber and physical targeting of digital infrastructure in the Middle East—highlight a growing and underappreciated risk for...more

J.S. Held

AST vs. UST Regulatory Gaps: Hidden Environmental Liability & Insurance Risk

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Insurers should note that environmental regulations designed to protect against releases from fuel distribution Aboveground Storage Tank (AST) systems, as defined under EPA 40 CFR Part 112, are less stringent than the...more

A&O Shearman

ESAs Final Joint Guidelines For ESG Stress Testing Published In All Official EU Languages

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The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs, comprising the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority) published official...more

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LEAD: CMS brings Medicare Advantage-like flexibility to original Medicare

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The CMS Innovation Center has released the request for applications (RFA) for the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) model, a new 10-year accountable care initiative that will begin in 2027....more

FBT Gibbons LLP

Recent Seventh Circuit Case Provides Additional Insured Warning and Extracontractual Guardrails

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Atlanta Gas Light Company and its parent (collectively, AGL) hired United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC) to locate and mark gas lines in Georgia....more

Ankura

[Webinar] Cyber Incidents in Real Time: Response, Coverage, and Financial Reality - April 23rd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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When a cyber incident occurs, most organizations quickly discover the hard truth that no one is fully prepared for what happens next. Decisions made in the first hours and days of an attack can significantly impact business...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

OIG Greenlights Cost-Sharing Subsidies for Medicare Enrollees in Medical Device Clinical Trial

On March 11, 2026, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 26-05, concluding that it would not impose sanctions on a medical device company (Requestor) that proposes to subsidize Medicare...more

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Probate & Fiduciary Newsletter - April 2026

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Attorney Who Assisted Decedent in Signing Will Not Disqualified as Witness to Execution of Will - Matter of Nires, 241 A.D.3d 555 (2d Dep’t 2025) - If an attorney assists a client in signing his will, is that attorney...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: April 2026

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Issues Affecting All Schemes - Finance Act 2026 – Inheritance Tax Changes - The Finance Act 2026 has received Royal Assent. Its key pensions-related provisions introduce changes to the inheritance tax (IHT) treatment of lump...more

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