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The New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance Issues Two Health-Related Insurance Bulletins Announcing Changes to the Law,...

On December 31, 2024, the New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance (“Department”) issued two Bulletins, announcing changes to the law, effective January 1, 2025. Both Bulletins addressed health insurance. Bulletin, No....more

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South Carolina Becomes Fifth State to Enact Law Regulating Earned Wage Access Services

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South Carolina has become the fifth state (and the third in 2024) to enact a law that establishes a financial services oversight regime for earned wage access services, also known as on-demand pay services, which allow...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Jersey Regulatory Update Part I

It is that time of year for our regulatory update. Parts I and II will discuss proposed and adopted rules from the second half of last year to the first quarter of this year that impact healthcare providers in New Jersey,...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

NJ Senate Passes Telemarketing Caller ID Bill

On February 12, 2024, the New Jersey Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 1237 (“S1237”). S1237 focuses on telemarketing caller ID requirements. Specifically, it amends Section 10 of P.L.2003, c.76 to mandate that “a...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

New Jersey Passes Landmark Law to Limit Pharmacy Benefit Managers

New Jersey has passed a landmark law limiting the power of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). On Monday, July 10, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed the law, requiring PBMs to disclose their negotiated reimbursement rates for...more

Paul Hastings LLP

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Issues Final Rules Governing New York City’s Automated Employment Decision Tool...

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On April 6, 2023, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) issued final rules governing Local Law 144 of 2021. That law prohibits employers in New York City from using automated employment...more

Cozen O'Connor

Major Shake Up in the Department of Buildings’ Zoning Division

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It is a New Year for D.C. zoning and we are all wondering what 2023 will bring given the recent changes at the Department of Buildings. As of October 2022, the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) was...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

NJ Printing Companies to Pay $130,000 for Alleged Violations of HIPAA and NJ Consumer Fraud Act

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The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and Division of Consumer Affairs recently announced that two New Jersey-based printing companies, Command Marketing Innovations, LLC (CMI) and Strategic Content Imaging, LLC (SCI),...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Updated COVID-19 Health And Safety Requirements For Veterinarians In New Jersey

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On November 2, 2020, the Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in New Jersey issued DCA Administrative Order No. 2020-20, ordering, "Veterinarians are authorized to provide the full scope of veterinary...more

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Update on California Department of Consumer Affairs COVID-19 Waivers

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Due to the broader spread of COVID-19 in California, the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has extended numerous professional licensing waivers to facilitate the delivery of patient care during the state of emergency. ...more

Genova Burns LLC

New Jersey Announces Voluntary Compliance Program for 501(c)(4) Charitable Registration

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The State of New Jersey requires any charitable organization that solicits donations from New Jersey residents to register with the Division of Consumer Affairs within the Attorney General’s office. This requirement has...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Pink Tax: Discrimination or Actual Differentiation?

At the end of 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo released the 10th proposal of his 2020 State of the State Agenda, which aims to eliminate the so-called “pink tax,” a gender-based pricing phenomenon that allegedly results in...more

Morgan Lewis

CFPB State Regulator Partner in Loan Broker Suit

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced that, along with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, it has filed suit in South Carolina federal district court against two loan broker...more

Genova Burns LLC

Isolated ‘Highly Offensive Gender Slur’ Insufficient to Warrant Employee’s Termination

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The New Jersey Supreme Court overturned the termination of a state employee who uttered a highly offensive gender slur that was overheard by other employees. William R. Hendrickson, Jr., a fire safety inspector with the New...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Mandatory Posting Requirement Announced for NYC Temporary Schedule Change Law

As we have previously reported, effective July 18, 2018, employers in New York City are now required to grant employee requests for temporary work schedule changes when needed for certain medical and family care purposes. ...more

Maynard Nexsen

2018 South Carolina Legislation on Homeowners Associations - New Residential Real Estate Law Requires Public Access to Homeowner...

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For years the South Carolina legislature has considered regulating the operation of homeowner associations (HOAs) within the state. In 2016, the South Carolina Committee on Homeowners Associations (Committee) was established...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Proposed Ohio Law May Encourage Businesses to Adopt Cyber Standards

Recently proposed legislation in Ohio could provide businesses with special protection from lawsuits in the event of a hack under certain circumstances. Senate Bill 220 would shelter businesses that have been proactive in...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Massachusetts Data Breach Notification History Now Available Online

The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) has published an online list of data breach notifications issued each year to Massachusetts residents since 2007, the inception of the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Breach Response Portal Added by Massachusetts Regulator

If you have had to provide data breach notices across any number of states (and who hasn’t….), you would know that they vary widely in how those notices must be provided to state regulators. In some states (for example,...more

McAfee & Taft

Payment is due at the time services are rendered

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Typically, physicians collect co-payments from patients when services are provided, submit claims for reimbursement to government and commercial payers, and then send bills to patients for the balance owing. The payment and...more

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