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The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance yesterday that extends the due date for providing certain Affordable Care Act forms for the 2019 calendar year.

As discussed in our recent Employee Benefits Newsletter and earlier Client Alert, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Final Rule to amend the HIPAA regulations includes changes to HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices ("NPP"). The deadline for making those changes is less than two weeks away on February 16, 2026.

Previously, EPCRS permitted self-correction through a retroactive amendment only in a few instances.

Identity authentication is a process that corroborates a person's identity prior to granting the person access to a system or digital platform.

More than one dozen class action lawsuits were filed this year challenging wellness programs that increased group health plan premiums for participants who use tobacco.

Effective December 27, 2020, a health plan cannot enter into an agreement with a health care provider, network, third-party administrator, or other service provider offering access to a network...

This August, participants in Walgreens' 401(k) plan, a $10 billion plan with approximately 130,000 participants, filed a class action lawsuit focusing on the Northern Trust Focus Target Retirement Trusts, the plan's target date fund series.

Defined benefit plans typically offer participants several ways to receive their benefits, including single life annuities, joint and survivor annuities, and certain life annuities...

On Thursday afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the final version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" following Senate approval on Monday, setting the stage for a bill-signing ceremony on July 4.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued Guidance on February 13, 2024, providing clarity on inventorship requirements for patents and applications involving...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently issued a decision on the enforceability of an arbitration agreement. In Plummer v. McSweeney, No. 18-3059 (8th Cir. Oct. 23, 2019...

On April 25, 2024, the Treasury Department issued final regulations pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6418, replacing the Proposed and Temporary Regulations issued on June 14, 2023.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the following annual adjustments of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing thresholds (15 USC § 18a, Clayton Act § 7A) for stock and asset acquisitions, mergers, consolidations...

Earlier this year, the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association ("Council") announced its annual proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law...

On March 11, 2019 the IRS issued Notice 2020-15 which allows high-deductible health plans to provide medical care services associated with testing for and treatment of COVID-19 without a deductible and without jeopardizing ...

The final rule will become effective on January 1, 2020 and marks the first increase to the salary threshold since 2004.

On June 25, 2024, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, affirmed a Superior Court judgment in favor of the City of Escondido...