K&L Gates Triage: An Insider’s Perspective on the Health Care Debate in Washington, DC
Those who made it to page 1,080 of H.R. 2617 (the "Consolidated Appropriations Act") will know that Congress has amended Section 15(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt "M&A Brokers" from the requirement to...more
Both the House and Senate have passed legislation under the Railway Labor Act to avoid a railroad strike by imposing the bargaining agreement brokered by President Joe Biden in September 2022....more
On Friday, the House approved a continuing resolution (CR) (H.R. 6833) to fund the government through Dec. 16, giving lawmakers a reprieve until after the midterm elections in November. The Senate passed the measure on...more
Summer Break? After the last couple of weeks, I’m looking forward to Congress’s summer vacation. I’m pretty sure our elected representatives feel the same way, though it is unclear at this point when they will be heading...more
Genus Continues to Sow Confusion and May Prompt Congressional Action - For a court case involving arcane, but important, regulatory issues, Genus Medical Technologies, LLC v. FDA, 994 F. 3d 631 (D.C. Cir. 2021), has...more
On November 5, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 228-206 to approve the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” (Infrastructure Bill). The Infrastructure Bill, which had already cleared the Senate in August, will...more
As we near the end of the calendar year, the Medicare sequester will reemerge as an important topic for Congress. A sequester is a budgetary tool that automatically cuts federal spending across all issue areas. This client...more
Congress has given U.S. service personnel slightly improved help if they find they have been harmed while receiving military medical care and want to pursue justice via legal actions....more
President-elect Joe Biden has already pledged to undo the repeal of nearly 100 public health and environmental laws, noting that he will consider every tool available to do so. With Democratic control of Congress and the...more
Key Points - - This advisory summarizes the requirements and legislative intent of the Corporate Transparency Act, which is included under the National Defense Authorization Act, known as the Defense Bill. - The...more
On December 27, 2020, Congress signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, into law. The omnibus act includes new legislation affecting patent, copyright and trademark law. A brief summary of key provisions is provided...more
As we discussed in previous posts, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires private employers with less than 500 employees and certain public employers to provide employees with 80 hours of paid sick leave...more
Dear Friends - Negotiations over a fourth Coronavirus recovery package came to an abrupt halt earlier this week after a presidential tweet, and the hopes of another large stimulus bill, or other targeted relief, before the...more
This is like watching sausage being made – it isn’t pretty. The House passed its $3 Trillion COVID rescue package (the HEROES Act) about a month ago. But the Senate’s HEALS Act is still a work in progress with an...more
Legislation enacted by Congress has repealed three excise taxes that had been previously imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”). Congress recently enacted the Taxpayer Certainty...more
China’s 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) convened for its Third Plenum in Beijing alongside the advisory Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in the annual “Two Sessions” on May 22 after a delay of two and...more
Whether insurance coverage is available for coronavirus-related claims may often depend on the actions of lawmakers who are jumping into the fray with proposed changes to insurance coverage laws. Businesses seeking coverage...more
Department of Defense (“DoD”) acquisition chief Ellen Lord earlier this week issued a memorandum reducing internal approvals required to issue other transactions (“OTs”) for prototype projects related to the national...more
...On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Whip James Clyburn, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, and Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone held a press conference on a...more
Here are some key health care policy headlines from the past week that you may have missed. Congress - Legislation and Committee Activity - Bloomberg: Opioids Compromise Already in the Works in Congress – Congress is...more
Congress is back in session after the August recess and, as expected, a flurry of activity took place. Here are some key health care policy headlines from the past week that you may have missed....more
In the third episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Amanda Makki and Corbin Santo provide an overview of how the Trump Administration and Congress may address the opioid epidemic this year....more
In this episode of Triage, Amanda Makki and Corbin Santo of the K&L Gates Public Policy and Law practice group discuss several fundamental issues that are currently at the center of the health care debate in Washington, DC....more
On June 15, 2017, the U.S. Senate voted 98-2 in favour of new sanctions against Russia in the face of express opposition from President Trump's administration. The proposed law includes significant changes to the current U.S....more
After years of gridlock, Congress is poised to unleash a flurry of legislative activity early in 2017. The agenda is jam-packed as the Republican-led Congress targets major changes to the Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank,...more