As we’ve reported, on his first day in office President Biden revoked Executive Order 13950, the controversial Trump administration order that prohibited federal contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients from providing certain workplace diversity training and programs.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to dramatically increase the number of available vaccinators who may administer COVID-19 shots.
In addition to dramatically changing the policies of former President Trump on the pandemic, the economy, immigration, and other key issues, the Biden Administration is likely to substantially increase the federal government’s oversight of the insurance industry in at least two ways. First, by regul
DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein ruled on December 16, 2020, that the District’s ban on the filing of new eviction cases during the public health emergency is unconstitutional.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that FMCSA’s rest break regulations preempt the California meal and rest break rules (CAMRB Rules).
As part of its recent rulemaking process, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a new exception to the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark Law) to protect arrangements where limited remuneration is provided to a physician in exchange for items or services provided by the
On January 19, the D.C. Circuit vacated the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE), a rule intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted from power plants.
On January 19, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division ruled in Henderson Road Restaurant Systems, Inc. dba Hyde Park Grille, et al. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 1:20-cv-01239, that a commercial insurance policy business income coverage form issued by Zurich A
In Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018), the California Supreme Court held that any individual who performs work for a person or entity is presumed to be an employee who falls within the protections afforded by California’s Labor Code and Wage Orders.
In its first significant Stark Law rulemaking since 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a new final rule (Final Rule) intending to provide physicians and designated health services (DHS) entities with additional flexibility in complying with the law’s stringent
Many corporations, limited liability companies, and other similar entities will soon be required to disclose their beneficial owners to the United States government.
In 2016, the US Department of Justice issued its Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals (Antitrust Guidance), in which it warned that criminal charges may result if corporations enter into “naked no-poach agreements.”
On January 8, 2021, US authorities announced that they reached an agreement with Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Bank) to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) as well as a separate investigation into a commodities fraud scheme.
In early December, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied, in part, a motion to dismiss claims of breach of fiduciary duty and recovery of fraudulent conveyances brought against former directors and officers of the Jones Group.
Over the past several years, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives have gained popularity among investors, but have gained less traction in federal law.