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Cozen O'Connor

IRS Proposes to Permanently Allow Remote Witnessing of Spousal Consents

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On December 29, 2022, the IRS issued proposed regulations that would permanently allow retirement plans to accept remote participant elections and spousal consents. PROPOSED REGULATIONS STEM FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC-...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FCC Seeks Comment on HHS/CMS Request for Certainty About Communications Critical to Federal and State Health Insurance Programs...

Reacting quickly to a joint request by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (collectively, the Health Agencies) last Thursday, the FCC released a Public...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Kamera an bei der Videokonferenz

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1. HOMEOFFICE UND INFEKTIONSSCHUTZGESETZ - Seit dem 24. November 2021 gilt das geänderte Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG). Zunächst befristet bis zum 19. März 2022 gilt nunmehr gem. § 26b Abs. 4 IfSG auch wieder die Pflicht...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Recording Zoom Calls: What to Know Before Hitting the Red Button

Since the onset of the pandemic, the workflow structure in the corporate world has drastically shifted. In response to the pandemic (but likely a practice here to stay), video conferencing on platforms such as Zoom has become...more

BCLP

Risky Business: Recording Board Meetings

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With the Delta variant surge, many companies have delayed plans for a return to in-person board and committee meetings. The go-to alternative, in many cases, will be a return to video conferences, which worked well in the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alexa, Are You Allowed to Be Here? Considerations for Drafting Virtual Assistant Policies for Long Term Care Facilities

Virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Facebook’s Portal, Google’s Nest Hub, and countless others continue growing in popularity as families navigate safely remaining connected with their loved ones receiving long-term...more

Kilpatrick

IRS Extends Remote Notarization Relief

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On June 24, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2021-40, which extended relief from the “physical presence” requirement for witnessing by plan representatives or notaries of spousal consents through...more

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Temporary Relief for Witnessing Spousal Consent Extended for Another Year

Just when we were about to draft our blog reminding plans of the expiration of the temporary relief. . . The IRS has now issued Notice 2021-40 extending for another year the temporary relief from the requirement that spousal...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Future Imperfect: Vaccine Passports Pose Complex Privacy Questions

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Multiple times a day, clients ask us whether vaccine passports will be the admission ticket to the post-COVID-19 future. For many events and travel in many jurisdictions, the answer is likely yes. But what does that mean for...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

5 Key Data Privacy And Security Risks That Arise When Organizations Record Job Interviews & Strategies For Mitigating Them

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COVID-19 drove many formerly in-person interactions onto a variety of video conferencing platforms. But as millions of vaccinations are administered each day, and case numbers decline, it’s now possible to imagine and plan...more

Kerr Russell

Telemedicine in Michigan: 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of telemedicine as a means of providing patients with access to safe and quality medical care through the use of technology... Originally...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Loan Transfers: 102

Despite many similarities, high-yield bonds remain liquid instruments that are freely transferable in accordance with US securities law, whilst leveraged loans are becoming increasingly difficult to trade, particularly during...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Second Chance for the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act

This is the seventh alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic... Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has re-introduced a bill to create the Public Health...more

King & Spalding

Tracking Employee Vaccinations Globally: Can You Obtain The COVID-19 Vaccination Status Of Your Employees Everywhere?

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Issue 2: 10 in 10 Employers are exploring methods to better ensure the safety of their employees against the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued risk the pandemic poses to return to work initiatives. One potential...more

Kilpatrick

IRS Extends Relief for Remote Notarization of Spousal Consents

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In June, the IRS provided temporary relief that allows for spousal consents for retirement plan loans or distributions to be witnessed remotely through audio visual equipment by a notary public in accordance with a state...more

White & Case LLP

Replacing Pay with Equity to Preserve Cash in a COVID Economy

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As pandemic effects linger, companies intent on avoiding layoffs are looking at compensating workers with equity in lieu of cash as part of their pay. In August 2020, the United Kingdom began winding down its Coronavirus...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOL Revises FFCRA Regulations in Light of New York Federal Court Decision

As we previously reported, on August 3, 2020 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) struck down four provisions of the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) regulations interpreting...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Revised FFCRA Regulations Addressing Ruling of New York Federal Court

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On the evening of Friday, September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revisions and clarifications to its temporary rule issued on April 1, 2020, that implemented the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

What U.S. Companies Should Know About LGPD – Brazil’s New General Data Protection Law

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Keypoint: LGPD is a complicated regulatory regime that will required U.S. entities subject to its requirements to undertake substantial compliance efforts. As documented in Dirceu Santa Rosa’s article for the IAPP’s Privacy...more

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Labor Department Revises COVID-19 Leave Regulations, Broadening Coverage For Healthcare Workers And Clarifying Other Employer...

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Employers of healthcare providers will soon be required to provide paid sick leave and partially paid family leave to a broader category of employees, and all employers subject to the law now have clarification on a number of...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

FFCRA Update: Court Strikes Four Employer-Friendly Rules

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On August 3, 2020, a federal court in New York struck four key Department of Labor (DOL) employer-friendly rules implementing the Families Firsts Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Pursuant to the court’s ruling, more...more

Dentons

Consents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has many healthcare providers wondering whether they can suspend their consent and admission processes.  Although state and federal regulators have waived some consent requirements to provide greater...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Telehealth: CMS Proposes New Medicare Changes for 2021

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On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the advance copy of its proposed 2021 Physician Fee Schedule rule, which contains new telehealth services covered under Medicare. Compared to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Impact of COVID-19 on M&A Transactions - Part 2: Deal Terms

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruption, distress and uncertainty for companies across almost every industry. While this initially resulted in a substantial slow-down in the M&A market, transactional activity is...more

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Global Solutions Episode 6: Consent to Collect? Processing Employee COVID-19 Data

In addition to the potential uses of contact-tracing apps, discussed recently in episode 1 of the Global Solutions series, most employers now conduct some form of employee screening or monitoring to help prevent the spread of...more

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