K&L Gates Triage: An Insider’s Perspective on the Health Care Debate in Washington, DC
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
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Legislation enacted by Congress has repealed three excise taxes that had been previously imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”).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