On September 9, 2024, the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and HHS (the Departments) jointly issued a final rule (the Final Rule) amending regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental…
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/ Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
Political pressure increasing on social media companies to police their platforms -
Over the course of a week in August, the UK experienced widespread civil unrest with crimes such as rioting, vandalism, looting and assault…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Criminal Law, Elections & Politics
On 6 August 2024, the Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) Labor Law and its Implementing Regulations. These will come into force on 19 February 2025, 180 days after being published in…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On August 29, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule under the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) requiring certain persons involved in real estate closings and settlements to report and maintain…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
On August 11, 2024, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “Kingdom” or “Saudi Arabia”) issued the new Investment Law, pursuant to Royal Decree number M/19 (the “New Investment Law”), which is intended to replace the Foreign…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On September 4, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), U.S. Department of Treasury, published a final rule (the “Final Rule”) expanding the definition of “financial institution” under the Bank Secrecy Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On August 28, 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), together with the FBI and Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, issued an advisory to U.S. organizations, including healthcare…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
Last week, HHS filed a motion asking the Fifth Circuit’s permission to voluntarily dismiss its appeal of a District Court order directing HHS to rescind its guidance restricting hospitals’ ability to track online traffic to…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
On August 20, 2024, OIG issued Advisory Opinion No. 24-07 in which it responded to a request for an advisory opinion regarding a nonprofit grant-making organization’s (Requestor) proposal to fund a patient assistance program…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
On August 7, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS” or the “Agency”) issued a final procedural notice (“Notice”) outlining a new Medicare coverage pathway, aimed at achieving timelier and predictable access to…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
The line between ‘work’ and ‘home’ has historically been clear for most employees – separated by a distinct office building, worksite, or retail space. Technology has blurred this line in the past few decades and, for some…
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/ International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Im Schneckentempo zur Energiewende -
Ende August hat das Bundesministerium der Finanzen einen Referentenentwurf für ein Zweites Gesetz zur Finanzierung von zukunftssichernden Investitionen (ZuFinG II) vorgelegt. Die…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
If September 4, 2024, was circled on your calendar as the start of the federal government’s anti-restrictive covenant push into private employment contracts, hopefully it was in pencil. Last week, Judge Ada E. Brown of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On July 15, 2024, the Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) announced new guidance regarding the use of cookies, tags, and other online user information tracking tools. Although New York does not yet have a…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On August 12, 2024, OIG announced the results of an audit of payments made to hospitals for inpatient claims with the Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups (MS-DRGs) that require ninety-six hours of consecutive mechanical…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
