The Health and Human Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) exists to detect and remedy fraud, waste and abuse in the healthcare industry.

There is a war happening in Utah, but rather than bullets, the combatants are using lawyers and freshly-baked cookies. The first shots were fired at the beginning of summer 2022...

On May 18, 2022, the Idaho Supreme Court decided Daniel Sharp v. Thomas Brothers Plumbing.

In March of 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, force majeure clauses became a hot topic of conversation.

Over the past few years, a number of states and municipalities have enacted pay transparency requirements, opening yet another front in the compliance battle for multi-state employers.

Litigation is a Crap Shoot: The PWFA Regulations and Two Completely Different Judicial Outcomes The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires that employers with at least 15 employees provide reasonable...

Starved for developments arising from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)? Hoping for an email update focused exclusively on the EEOC?

A state court of appeals upheld an order compelling arbitration between a law firm and its client based on a provision in an unsigned fee agreement.

When entrepreneurs and founders approach Parsons Lift about raising capital for their business, I often discover that they have failed to take fundamental steps to properly set up the business.

Many assume that patent protection is the most valuable form of intellectual property (IP) protection one can secure in today's business environment.

During July 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its COVID-19 workplace guidance. Among other things, the updated guidance sets forth...

The unique relationship between a provider and a patient is central to the provision of quality healthcare. The American Medical Association (AMA) maintains that this relationship...

The holidays are in full swing, and many human resource professionals are making their lists and checking them twice, working to update their employee handbooks for 2024.

As we have noted in previous updates, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in the McLaren decision, took the position that confidentiality provisions and non-disparagement provisions...

On one or more occasions, your heart may have skipped a beat when you came across a deed of trust, a promissory note, another security instrument or an assignment thereof...

Employment lawyers and HR professionals who provide workplace training may worry whether their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training is sufficiently engaging or effective.

The constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has recently come under fire in an Alabama federal court.

This article will focus on the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process under the Act.

The Utah Court of Appeals Recently Upheld a Nationwide Geographical Scope of a Non-Compete Agreement as Reasonable and Enforceable

If you own a business, your interest in the business may be one of your largest assets. Estate and tax planning as a business owner is a delicate but crucial process because business interests are includable...