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Unemployment Insurance System Update, Part III: Additional States Opting Out of Federal Unemployment Benefits

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

Twenty-two of 27 Republican-led states have announced that they will end enhanced federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits early. Of those, four (Arizona, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma) will offer additional monetary incentives for individuals to return to work....

Extended and Expanded: Litigation Streamlining for Environmental Leadership Projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

On May 20, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 7 into law, which reenacts the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act (the Act) and extends the date of repeal to January 1, 2026.

CFPB and Debt Settlement Company Agree to Stipulated Final Judgment and Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

On May 17, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has entered​ into a stipulated judgment​ and order​ to resolve a civil action that it previously filed against a debt settlement company in the U.S.

Authorized Property and Business Interruption Insurers of Commercial Property in New Jersey to Include Statements That Policy May Not Cover Pandemics or Viruses

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

​On May 12, 2021, the Governor of New Jersey signed into law a bill that will require authorized insurers that provide property and business interruption insurance for commercial property in New Jersey to provide a summary to policyholders and applicants that includes a statement that the policy

CMS Proposes Repeal of Certain Cost Reporting Requirements from the IPPS Final Rule for 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

On April 27, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) unpublished Proposed Rule for 2022 (“Proposed Rule”).

The Eastern District of Texas Granted a Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal Because the Asserted Patent Was Directed to the Patent-Ineligible Abstract Idea of Credentialing Visitors and Checking Them In and Out of an Access-Controlled Environment

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

A district court in the Eastern District of Texas granted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss computer-implemented claims as patent-ineligible abstract ideas under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

Plan Ahead for Changes to Physician Group Practice Profit Sharing

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a new rule modernizing the “Stark Law” regulations. The rule aims to advance value-based care and ease the regulatory burden on physicians.

HIPAA Privacy Rule Modification – Removing Barriers and Promoting Coordinated Care at What Cost?

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

On May 6, 2021, the comment period for the proposed modification to regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH”) closed.

Afternoon Briefs: Judge rules against courtroom prayer program; public comment sought on student loans

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21


French Language Requirements in Québec: Part 8 - The cost of violating the French language requirements in the province of Québec

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21

Important Notice: On May 13, 2021, the Québec government tabled Bill 96 which aims to better protect the French language in the Province of Québec.

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