From the last line of Justice Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion, one thing is clear from the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling against the NCAA in NCAA v. Alston, “The NCAA is not above the law.”......
Northern District of Illinois recently found that a home health care company violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) because the fees it paid to a community care organization for access to that company’s patient data constituted a prohibited referral......
A recent court decision serves as an important reminder that attorney-client privilege may not apply to communications between an executive and a company’s counsel during the course of an investigation unless individual privilege is clearly established.
In a recent ERISA class action settlement, a 401(k) Plan sponsor with close to $2 billion in assets was forced to pay millions of dollars in damages and appoint an independent third-party fiduciary to oversee aspects of their plan.
The IRS recently issued Notice 2021-26, which provides guidance related to certain pandemic relief provisions including carry-overs and extended grace periods which impact dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs) provided under a Code Section 125 cafeteria plan in tax years ending in 2021 and 2
What is a vaccine passport? A vaccine passport is a document that serves as proof that an individual has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. They can be used to regulate international travel or to limit the access of unvaccinated people in public spaces domestically.
On June 15, 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 483, which amends the Oregon Safe Employment Act to increase whistleblower protections for workplace safety complaints. The amendments to the act took effect upon its passage....
On June 10, 2021, OSHA issued its long-awaited emergency temporary standard (ETS), which requires certain healthcare employers to implement a number of policies and procedures to protect their employees from COVID-19.
A rare outbreak of tuberculosis among dozens of surgical patients - some of them at hospitals in northern Virginia - is under investigation by federal health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
