A number of challenges are being initiated by the plaintiffs' bar and U.S. Department of Labor investigators in the area of retirement plan asset charges and retirement plan expenses.

A number of challenges are being initiated by the plaintiffs' bar and U.S. Department of Labor investigators in the area of retirement plan asset charges and retirement plan expenses.

The first point of contact in this process will be an email sent by OCR with a request that contact information be provided for a given covered entity or business associate.

On March 21, 2016, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it was ready to begin Phase 2 of its audit program for HIPAA compliance.

A number of challenges are being initiated by the plaintiffs' bar and U.S. Department of Labor investigators in the area of retirement plan asset charges and retirement plan expenses.

On August 4, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its first revocation of a hospital's tax exemption under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) for failure to comply with...

Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse for skilled nursing facility (SNF) providers in terms of civil money penalties and other survey sanctions, it did.

There are no words more feared by a skilled nursing facility Administrator during an annual recertification survey or complaint survey than these from a surveyor—"we're citing you for an Immediate Jeopardy."

​In June 2016, India-based online advertising behemoth InMobi Ltd. agreed to pay a $ 950,000 fine to resolve Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations that its data collection practices violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

North Carolina courts traditionally recognized their limited power in amending terms of unenforceable non-compete agreements.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in Zarda v. Altitude Express and held that Title VII provides protection from discrimination and harassment because of an individual's sexual orientation.

Young was a part-time driver for UPS. She became pregnant and, as a result of her pregnancy, was assigned a 20-pound lifting restriction by her doctor.

Tax reform (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) made significant changes to the taxation of executive compensation, which may increase the cost of certain arrangements.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2017.

As previously noted, a recent ransomware attack crippled over 75,000 computers worldwide.

The case was brought in 2012 by two former employees of Agape as relators ("plaintiffs") under the whistleblower provisions of the FCA.

​In a presidential election year, Americans are often reminded that "As Ohio goes, so goes the nation." When it comes to banks, insurers and financial institutions, it may be equally true to say...

In Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730, 1735 (U.S. 2017) the Supreme Court of the United States held that N.C.G.S. § 14-202.5, a North Carolina statute that barred registered sex offenders from websites such as Facebook and LinkedIn was unconstitutional.

Hollywood has traditionally shown suspicious spouses relying on the same Victorian sleuthing techniques as Sherlock Holmes.

In cybersecurity, as in other areas, new and exciting threats carry a visceral appeal that older and more mundane ones do not.