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Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
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Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
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On February 16, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced that it is updating its internal supervisory appeals process for institutions seeking to appeal a compliance rating or an adverse...more
USPTO News - ..On October 19, 2022 the USPTO issued a report titled “Where are U.S. women patentees? Assessing three decades of growth” examining trends in women’s patenting in the U.S. from 1990-2019. ..Director...more
As we dive into the next decade of small business matters (hello 2020!), we wanted to briefly review the key small business regulatory changes that took place at the end of 2019. We also want to discuss a December 2019...more
On December 16, 2019, a nationwide coalition of hospitals sued HHS to block implementation of the 340B rate cuts contained in the 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) Final Rule. As detailed in our...more
On 2 July 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule finalizing the category of "517A decisions," previously termed "significant decisions," as well as two accompanying guidance documents related to...more
On May 3, 2019, CMS issued its final rule implementing changes to the appeal procedures for Medicare claims and Medicare prescription drug coverage determinations (the Final Rule). The Final Rule will be published in the...more
On September 12, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) issued a final rule that amends the procedures used by the public to obtain information from the Bureau under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the...more
On April 2, 2018, significant changes to ERISA’s disability claims procedures will take effect. These new rules will require all ERISA-covered plans which provide disability benefits to make significant modifications to the...more
The Department of Labor’s new regulations governing disability claims and appeals published on December 19, 2016 will go into effect on April 1, 2018, as announced by the DOL on January 5, 2018. ...more
Under the Obama Administration, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued final regulations imposing new requirements on employers regarding their handling of claims and appeals filed on or after January 1, 2018 for disability...more
CFPB Arbitration Rule Will Prevent Firms From Blocking Class Action Lawsuits - The CFPB has approved a new rule that will prohibit banks and other covered providers of certain consumer financial products and services from...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its final rule revamping the Medicare appeals process at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level on January 17, 2017. The final rule extensively revises federal...more
Editor's Overview - It has been a little more than one year since the U.S. Supreme Court altered the legal landscape for litigating ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims relating to the investment in employer stock...more
On February 27, 2015, CMS published a final rule, effective April 28, 2015, to establish a formal, multilevel administrative appeals process for applicable plans against which Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) recovery demands...more
For the last several years, hospitals, on the one hand, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its contractors (collectively, CMS), on the other, have been engaged in a spirited dispute over claims denials for...more