False Claims Act Insights - DOJ’s Reliance on FCA to Pursue Covid-Related Fraud
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 20 - Pitfalls and Perils: Employee Retention Credit Enforcement Trends
Telehealth Risk Report: What the Government Found
Podcast: Hot Areas in COVID-19 Enforcement, Testing, and Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
Navigating Potential COVID Relief and Healthcare Fraud Issues
Health Care Practices: Can They Seek Employee Retention Credits Based on Harm Caused By COVID-19?
Credit Eco to Go Podcast - Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
Stephen Shaver on CARES Act Relief Funds and Healthcare Organizations
Labor & Employment Podcast Series, Biden’s First 100 Days: A Check-In for Employers.
Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
The Year Ahead: COVID-19's Impact on the Employee Benefits Value Proposition
PPP Loans: Frequently Asked Questions
Paycheck Protection Program – Common Questions and Updated Guidance
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: The Latest on Using and Reporting Your Provider Relief Funds
When Is Form 1099-C Required of Lenders? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 16]
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New Round of COVID-19 Relief Expands Assistance for Employers
2021: The Year Ahead for Employers
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part One
Slamming the door on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
Dealing with The CARES Act and the Current Status of Offsets in Pennsylvania Workers Compensation
Two critical deadlines are converging. Calendar year plans must adopt amendments reflecting the SECURE Act, CARES Act, and SECURE 2.0 by December 31, 2026 (with later deadlines for collectively bargained and governmental...more
The Internal Revenue Service’s April 27, 2026, announcement of a streamlined process for filing Form 907 to extend the deadline on Employee Retention Credit (ERC) disallowance challenges was, on its surface, a procedural...more
When Congress passed the CARES Act in March 2020, it did more than inject liquidity into the economy through programs like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)....more
Since 2019, Congress has enacted three major pieces of legislation impacting retirement plans, significantly changing the retirement landscape. The legislation contained a number of amendments to the Internal Revenue Code and...more
Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made multiple policy announcements, including a revocation of the 30-day nonpayment notice, publication of an updated Procurement Handbook for public...more
By December 31, 2026, plan sponsors of certain qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) and defined benefit plans, must amend the plans to incorporate required and discretionary changes under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...more
February 16, 2026 was not just another regulatory waypoint—it marked the compliance deadline for significant changes affecting The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Notices of Privacy...more
On February 16, 2026, in conjunction with the effective date of various updates to 42 CFR Part 2, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched its new enforcement program...more
Entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), such as group health plans, that receive or maintain substance use disorder (SUD) treatment records from programs subject to federal...more
Introduction and Summary - HHS issued a final rule modernizing 42 CFR Part 2 to implement the CARES Act and more closely align with HIPAA's Privacy, Breach Notification, and Enforcement frameworks. The rule permits a single,...more
Three New York Appellate Division workers’ compensation decisions plus one bonus Court of Appeals case on pandemic unemployment benefits last week...more
FDA has published a proposed administrative order to include bemotrizinol (BEMT) as an active ingredient in over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen products under the U.S. sunscreen monograph. The list has remained largely unchanged...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Dec. 11, 2025, announced a proposed administrative order to add bemotrizinol as a new active ingredient to the over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen monograph. This is the first new...more
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group advises plan sponsors to get ready for 2025 IRS year-end amendments and offers year-end action items....more
The Paycheck Protection Program was a lifeline for small businesses struggling to keep their employees paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for business owners who failed to include all applicable employees in their size...more
The following non-exhaustive list describes year-end action items and the annual notices for retirement plans, which generally must be distributed within a reasonable time prior to the start of the plan year. For calendar...more
With the leaves changing colors and the holidays around the corner, it’s time for retirement plan sponsors to review their plan documents to comply with year-end amendment deadlines, confirm operational compliance with...more
This month, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report alleging that 17 of 25 hospitals selected for an audit did not comply, or may not have complied, with the so-called “balance billing requirement” of the...more
On September 22, 2025, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Mortgage Forbearance Act into law, with an immediate effective date. The law, designed to provide emergency relief to California mortgage loan borrowers impacted...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the legislation commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”). One of the provisions of the Act that positively impacts educational institutions and other...more
As we enter the second half of 2025—over five years now since the COVID-19 pandemic began—federal government scrutiny relating to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans received in the early days of the pandemic is still...more
Johnson & Johnson Challenges the Constitutionality of FCA $1.6 Billion Verdict - Following a record $1.6 billion jury verdict for off-label promotion of HIV drugs Prezista and Intelence, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary...more
On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill (the “OBBB”) was signed into law. Compared to recent legislation, the OBBB does not contain a significant number of employee benefits provisions. However,...more
The Cozen Lens - • The federal debt has grown dramatically in recent years, with both parties pursuing significant deficit spending, the impacts of which will likely not be fully clear for several years. • President Donald...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