The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”) was signed into law last week, on July 4. As promised by the White House, the Act extends – i.e., purports to make “permanent” – many of the otherwise expiring provisions that were…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
On July 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group to strengthen “their ongoing collaboration to advance…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Government Contracting, Health
Last week the United States celebrated the 249th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Great Britain. In celebration of the occasion, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Act which, among other…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics, Taxation
Cigna filed a lawsuit on June 24 in Manhattan federal court accusing Bristol Myers Squibb of unlawfully blocking generic versions of its blood cancer drug, Pomalyst, from entering the market. The suit also names Celgene, a…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced another settlement for alleged violations of HIPAA. OCR investigated BayCare Health System, which serves central Florida, after a…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
While we may know better, an 18-year-old is generally considered an adult under New York law. Many of those 18-year-olds will be heading off to college in the next couple of months. Parents’ rights to make decisions for their…
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/ Family Law, Health, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
The Administrative Board of the Courts is seeking public comment on a proposal by the Commercial Division Advisory Council to amend the Commercial Division rules (22 NYCRR § 202.70) to clarify what types of insurance cases may…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Insurance
A worker was injured when he fell from a ladder while working for a subcontractor at a construction project. The injured worker sued the owner of the project, seeking damages for his injuries. The owner was defended by its…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Construction Law, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
Tennr, a healthcare technology company focused on streamlining healthcare operations, recently announced the receipt of $101 million in funding. While the investment signals growing confidence in AI-enabled administrative tools,…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
Michael Cannata and Frank Misiti wrote, “There’s Coverage for That? The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage” for the Summer 2025 issue of USLAW Magazine.
The story explains “personal and advertising”…
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/ Business Torts, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Personal Injury
The Nassau County District Attorney recently charged Joseph Golyan, a Great Neck gastroenterologist, with collecting Social Security and other government benefits over a four-year period, while simultaneously billing Medicare…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Health
We’ve selected five recent insurance decisions for this month’s update.
Foreign insurers will be pleased with the Second Circuit’s revamped view of the New York Convention. In finding that the international treaty is…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Insurance, Securities Law
If you’ve been around closely held businesses long enough, you know that a transfer of money between a business and its owner, or between two related businesses, is sometimes characterized by the parties as a loan (“related…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Taxation
Last month, the head of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew R. Galeotti, issued a Memorandum outlining DOJ’s enforcement priorities and policies for prosecuting white-collar crime, identifying…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Health
Ellipsis Health, a digital health startup based in San Francisco, recently announced that it raised $45 million in a Series A-1 funding round led by Salesforce Ventures, CVS Health Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. The funding will…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
