Navigating the Nuances of the COBRA Subsidy Under the American Rescue Plan Act
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems - The American Rescue Plan Act’s COBRA Subsidy: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Healthcare Headlines Episode 5 - COVID Legislation & Regulations: Financial Support for Providers
Inside DC: What To Expect From the DC Budget Process
COVID-19 Vaccine News - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
Podcast: Employers and the American Rescue Plan - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
COVID-Related Changes to Paid Sick Leave
Podcast: American Rescue Plan Delivers New Stimulus Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
How the American Rescue Plan Act Affects COBRA
#WorkforceWednesday: The American Rescue Plan, OSHA’s New COVID-19 Directive, and NY Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine PTO - Employment Law This Week®
Episode 3 | Forgiveness is Divine: Looking at the 2021 PPP
Income-based Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) were established through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to make health insurance more affordable for qualifying Americans purchasing coverage through the Marketplaces. However,...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for October 23, 2025 – November 6, 2025. ...more
The federal government is in the midst of a shutdown that is centrally focused on a dispute regarding the level of financial assistance that should be provided to individuals and families purchasing health insurance plans on...more
On September 16, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in In re Yellow Corp., No. 25-1421: (i) upheld regulations issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) that partially exclude...more
On July 3, 2025, Congress passed H.R. 1, “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (the “Act”), which was signed into law on July 4, 2025. The Act sets out a wide range of changes to U.S....more
The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was introduced as part of the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to encourage businesses to maintain their workforce during the economic disruptions of...more
On January 14, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service and the US Treasury Department issued proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to implement changes under the American Rescue Plan Act of...more
On January 14, 2025, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) relating to the expansion of the definition of “covered employees” under Internal Revenue...more
On January 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations ( 90 FR 4691) under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 162(m) generally limits the deductibility of compensation paid in any...more
On January 14, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued new proposed regulations under section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), supplementing regulations already in effect. Under section 162(m),...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has announced the issuance of a December 17, 2024 report titled: Water Affordability Needs Assessment: Report to Congress (“Report”)....more
In the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Congress and the Biden administration lowered the minimum reporting threshold for filing information returns relating to “reportable payment transactions” (a payment card is accepted...more
On November 26, 2024, the IRS issued Notice 2024-85, providing a revised timeline for the transition to the $600 threshold in section 6050W(e), as amended by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, for third-party settlement...more
A bankruptcy court in Delaware recently upheld rules issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) that severely impact how liability is calculated for employers withdrawing from multiemployer pension plans...more
Bankruptcy court clarifies Yellow Corp. owes pensions | WSJ - A Del. bankruptcy court stated Yellow Corp. is liable for some portion of the $6.5 billion in withdrawal liability claims, but the exact amount to be paid is...more
Gig Economy & Technology NEW YORK — City Deploys Drones for Major Storm Warnings- New York City emergency management officials have deployed five teams with multiple drones to warn residents in basement or ground-floor...more
Statewide ballot referenda are not new to voters in the Badger State. There are four scenarios in which a question may be directly asked of voters: whether to amend the state’s constitution; ratification of a law extending...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the decades-old Chevron doctrine of judicial deference to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute. (See “Go Fish! U.S. Supreme Court Overturns ‘Chevron Deference’...more
Are you selling items online or receiving payment for goods and/or services on platforms such as PayPal, Venmo, eBay, Zelle, Etsy, or Cash App? Online platforms are the preferred method of shopping for most Americans. These...more
The childcare industry has long been a crucial pillar of the U.S. economy, enabling parents to work and contributing significantly to national stability. However, the past decade has seen unprecedented challenges,...more
BALTIMORE — Visiting Tech Companies Want to Expand Baltimore Presence- The latest Techstars Equitech Accelerator brought several innovative companies to Baltimore, with founders expressing their commitment to expanding...more
HRSA’s “Audit Reporting Requirement Attestations” arrived in inboxes on Friday, March 22, 2024, and require a response by Friday, April 5, 2024. The government is under pressure to show that the money distributed under the...more
On Friday, March 29, the U.S. Department of Treasury published new FAQs that address the eligible uses of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds by Tribal Governments. The American Rescue Plan Act provided $350 billion to...more
Insulin costs lowered to $35 dollars per month for many patients this year as three major insulin manufacturers — Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, and Eli Lilly — began offering price caps or savings programs.[1] This strategy was...more
In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) and the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced a new cooperative agreement to allocate $12.4 million in Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI)...more