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Insurer Wrongfully Passed Sequestration Cuts Through to Providers

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

A Pennsylvania judge found, on May 6, 2015, that a Medicare Advantage Plan had no right under its participation agreements to pass CMS sequestration reductions through to participating providers. Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. in the Allegheny Court of...

Recent Lawsuit Underscores Critical Lessons for Purchasers of Cyber Insurance

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

Columbia Casualty Company v. Cottage Health Systems, No. 2:15-cv-03432, was filed on May 7, 2015 in the Central District of California. Cottage Health is one of the first cases nationwide—if not the first case—in which the scope of a “best practices”...

Transgender Complaints on the Rise: What Should Employers Do?

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

The President, the EEOC and the Justice Department have announced that gender identity discrimination is prohibited sex discrimination under Title VII. Since these declarations, the number of lawsuits alleging gender identity discrimination continues...

New Amendments to USPTO Post-Grant Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

On May 19, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a final rule amending its regulations that apply to post-grant proceedings. These new rules deal with ministerial changes such as increasing page limits and making the...

House Financial Services Committee Mark-Up of JOBS Act Bills

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

On May 20th, the Committee will be meeting beginning at 10am in an open session to mark up eleven bills that relate to various capital formation and JOBS Act measures. We have reported on a number of these bills in prior posts....

Senators Urge President to issue "Model Employer" Executive Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

On Friday, May 15, 18 Democratic Senators sent a letter to President Obama calling for him to issue an executive order that would make the federal government a "model employer." The letter is an updated version of letters the Congressional...

Supreme Court Ruling Could Alter Class Action Landscape

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide a case that could alter the landscape of federal class action litigation. Granting the defendant’s petition for certiorari in Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez, the Court will review (1) whether a case...

CMS Call: National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI (June 16)

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

On June 16, CMS is holding a call on the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI). The target audience for the call is consumer and advocacy groups, nursing home providers, the surveyor...

Paying to Cash Your Check – Bank Fees in Florida Are Now the Norm

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

Your client, an individual, walks into Friendly Bank and presents for payment a check in the amount of $100.00, drawn on Friendly Bank and payable to the order of your client. The bank teller asks if your client has an account with Friendly Bank, to...

Nano Community Members Can Benefit from Membership in the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/15

Membership in the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) offers a number of benefits to members of the nano community. As a member of the Governing Board, I strongly recommend that you consider joining and become part of the SNO family....

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