By adopting amended Senate Bill 351 (SB351) last week, the Connecticut General Assembly proposed to reduce significantly the enforceability of non-compete restrictions for physicians.

Reuters reported that the 23 Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs) created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were not invited to the November 15th meeting between President Obama and insurance company executives to discuss the extension of insurance policies that don’t comply with the ACA.

The proposed legislation will also require the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) to publish on its website a list of arbitration decisions rendered during each calendar year.

Under H.R. 2, the SGR will be replaced with annual payment increases of 0.5% beginning later this year through 2019.

Mark Salah Morgan, Maureen C. Pavely and Michael L. Fialkoff authored an article, "Authenticating Social Media Evidence in NJ Courts," which was published by the New Jersey Law Journal.

Joy Harmon Sperling and Karen Wilson-Robinson authored an article, "Lender Filing Foreclosure Complaint Does Not Trigger Statute of Limitations," for the New Jersey Law Journal.

In Bruner v. Bruner, Case No. SJC-10653 (Jan. 27, 2011), the Supreme Judicial Court approved the reformation of a trust to conform with the settlor's intent.

In "Rostanzo v. Rostanzo", Case No. 09-P-1671, 2010 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1334 (Dec. 14, 2010), a decision issued pursuant to Rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed the superior court's dismissal of the plaintiff's quantum meruit claim against the decedent's estate for the uncompensated "services" she allegedly provided to the decedent.

On April 28, 2011, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law Senate Bill No. 2753 (the "Bill").

In Day Pitney's June 2018 Employment and Labor Quarterly Update, we reported on New York state's and New York City's recently enacted legislation imposing new requirements on employers relating to sexual harassment.

As a result, the media and public should have access to the McKinsey report and other evidence relating to the selection process.

The lawsuit by several New Jersey hospitals against Horizon Healthcare regarding its two-tiered health plan, OMNIA, is continuing...

The "rigorous" materiality requirement in False Claims Act cases post-Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar just cost a relator millions of dollars.

A June 6 article in Bloomberg Law's Health Law & Life Sciences News, "Feds Get Dinged for Subpar Health-Care Cybersecurity," discussed a letter that was recently released...

Day Pitney's Eric Fader was quoted in the article.

A March 2 article in Bloomberg BNA's Privacy Law Watch and other publications, "Privacy and Security Audits May Be Moving From Education to Enforcement," reported that the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights' (OCR's) ongoing HIPAA privacy and security audits may be shifting focus from provider education to enforcement.

A June 28 article in Bloomberg BNA's Privacy Law Watch and other publications, "Anthem Class Suit Highlights Data Breach Risks," reported that Anthem Inc.'s recent $115 million settlement to resolve...

In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published very helpful guidance on the implementation of the waiver of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-Day Rule for certain Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs.

At the risk of oversimplification, individuals looking to change domicile to another state must sever as many ties as possible with their current state to demonstrate that they have abandoned the current state.

On January 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that they will share data, data analytics tools and best practices...