ArticleUpdated COVID-19 FAQs For New York Employers We have compiled FAQs concerning New York's COVID-19-related health and safety protocols for businesses across the state.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Reed Smith
ArticleCOVID-19 FAQs For New York EmployersSince early May, New York State has published – across multiple platforms – a slew of materials related to business reopenings and workplace-related health and safety. United StatesEmployment and HRReed Smith
ArticleGov. Newsom Signs Bill To Expand CFRA RightsOn October 10, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom officially signed a bill expanding protected leave rights under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) United StatesEmployment and HRReed Smith
ArticleTCPA Violations Of Debt Collectors Could Make The Loan Owner LiableThe Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals majority opinion, reversed the grant of summary by the District Court that a loan owner ...United StatesFinance and BankingReed Smith
ArticleCMS Accelerates Investigations Of EMTALA Complaints, Surveys Of Hospital Deaths In Restraint Or SeclusionThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has instructed state survey agencies that they must conduct onsite complaint investigations related to Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Finalizes DSH Allotment Reductions Starting In FY 2020The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule implementing the agency's methodology for making statutory reductions to Medicaid disproportionate share hospitalUnited StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Is Tracking Down Clinicians Owed Medicare Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive PaymentsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a "payment advisory" alerting approximately 1,400 clinicians who are Qualifying APM United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Proposes 2021 Funding Methodology For ACA Basic Health ProgramThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the methodology and data sources it proposes to use to determine federal payment to states that establish a Basic Health Program ...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Proposes Federal Funding Methodology For ACA Basic Health Program For 2019-2020CMS has published a proposed rule setting forth its methodology for determining federal payment amounts to states that elect to establish a Basic Health Program (BHP) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Sets CY 2020 Amount In Controversy Thresholds For Medicare AppealsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is increasing the amount in controversy (AIC) threshold amounts for Administrative Law Judge ...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleHHS Boosts Civil Monetary Penalties AgainThe Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just published its "annual" inflation update to civil monetary penalty amounts (CMP) in its regulations United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleHHS Health Fraud Penalties Climb AgainMaximum civil monetary penalty (CMP) amounts that may be imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleMedicare OPPS Advisory Panel To Meet August 19-20, 2019The annual Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment meeting will be held on August 19-20, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
PodcastNavigating Construction Disputes In The Energy Sector: Insights From Mehak Oberoi (Podcast)Mehak Oberoi, Legal Head/General Counsel for GE Vernova, Hydro Power, joins Niyati Ahuja to discuss the importance of lawyers understanding business needs and the intricacies of construction disputes...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationReed Smith
ArticleCalifornia Attorney General Issues Draft CCPA RegulationsOn October 10, 2019, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued proposed regulations implementing and interpreting the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). United StatesPrivacyReed Smith
ArticleCalifornia Attorney General Issues Revised Draft Regulations With Key Changes For Regulated BusinessesThe public spoke and the California Attorney General (AG) listened. Nearly four months after releasing initial proposed CCPA regulationsUnited StatesPrivacyReed Smith
ArticleExpected Changes To COPPA: Bipartisan Proposals And The FTC ReviewWith newly proposed legislation, the House has joined the Senate in introducing bipartisan legislation making changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). United StatesPrivacyReed Smith
ArticleTenn. Attorney General Slatery On State And Federal Consumer Privacy In 2021 And BeyondIn a recent Q&A with Tennessee Attorney General (AG) Herbert Slatery, the eight-year term AG discusses how he makes consumer protection...United StatesPrivacyReed Smith
ArticleCourt Changes Course In Enforcement Action Against Cryptocurrency CompanyThe United States District Court for the Southern District of California recently changed course in an enforcement action brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against cryptocurrency company Blockvest.United StatesTechnologyReed Smith
PodcastOffshore Wind Update: The U.S. Jones Act And Key Challenges (Podcast)Alice Colarossi and Julia Norsetter discuss how the Jones Act poses challenges for the development of offshore wind projects in the U.S. United StatesTransportReed Smith