The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 – part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act ("CAA") – allows an employer to amend its cafeteria plan to allow either an unlimited carryover or a 12-month grace period to apply under a dependent care flexible spending account ("dependent
The California Court of Appeal recently reversed a trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit, concluding that because there was a dispute over when a homeowner's claim "occurred" for purposes of an insurance policy, that dispute must be resolved by a jury....
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, applying California law, has found that a single lawsuit contains multiple “Claims.” Stem, Inc. v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 2021 WL 1736823 (N.D. Cal. May 3, 2021).
As part of the FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule issued on April 27, 2021, CMS intends to repeal a requirement that hospitals report their median payer-specific negotiated charges with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently issued an advisory opinion permitting Pray.com to feature members of Congress in the company’s online audio and video content, notwithstanding that those members also may be candidates for reelection or election to other federal offices.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - Companies should anticipate the possibility that they will find themselves in a situation where a vendor, customer, or other contract counterparty commences a bankruptcy case pursuant to Title 11 of the U.S. Code (the Bankruptcy Code).
A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....
Since the California Department of Protection and Financial Innovation's (DFPI) formal establishment at the beginning of this year, a number of issues have come into focus as key agency priorities.
The Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness data shows that more than 182,000 PPP loan forgiveness applications are currently "under review" by the SBA.
