The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recently announced that it will implement new measures to strengthen its Whistleblower Protection Program.

A discussion on two bills designed to combat gender-based pay inequality that were introduced into the New Jersey Assembly.

On March 13, 2014, President Obama signed a memorandum asking the United States Department of Labor to update and modernize its overtime regulations.

In a decision from the Southern District of New York, District Judge Jesse Furman denied the parties’ request to approve their proposed settlement of a Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") case.

D.R. Horton Inc. has added a new argument to its appeal of the divisive National Labor Relations Board holding that employers may not require employees to waive their rights to arbitrate their employment claims as a class action.

Employers need to be aware of two important actions recently taken by the New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL).

On December 8, 2013, USCIS will release new and revised Memoranda for its E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification system.

In response to Governor Christie's direction to state agencies to implement common sense principles, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") has adopted a rule to allow the agency to waive its own environmental regulations on a case-by-case basis.

In "Ajemian v. Yahoo! Inc.", Case No. 09E-0079-GC1 (Nov. 10, 2010), the Norfolk County Probate and Family Court (Casey, J.) addressed the question of whether the administrators of an estate could access the decedent's e-mail account with Yahoo, including all of the decedent's e-mails.

In "Redding v. Proulx", Case No. 09-P-722, 2010 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 580 (June 1, 2010), a decision issued pursuant to Rule 1:28, the Appeals Court addressed the shifting of the burden of proof in an undue influence action.

Despite’s Washington’s spending cuts, the cash flow is still running for nanotechnology.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") recently announced that as a result of certain repairs made to the federal health insurance marketplace website, HealthCare.gov, insurers and brokers should soon be able to offer the same federally subsidized health plans available on HealthCare.gov.

The BPCI, introduced in the Affordable Care Act, is designed to test whether bundled payments can reduce Medicare's costs while maintaining or improving the quality of care.

On January 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intent to revise the requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program.

On the heels of last week's announcement that online enrollment in the federal Small Business Health Options Program ("SHOP") exchange would be delayed for one year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a "frequently asked questions" document on the SHOP initiative.

CMS issued a rule updating payment policies and payment rates in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for outpatient services furnished by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.

On March 13, details emerged about negotiations in the U.S. House of Representatives regarding a proposed Congressional deal to solve the annual "doc fix" problem.

For Medicare to cover skilled nursing facility costs, beneficiaries must first spend three consecutive nights as an admitted patient in a hospital; observation days don't count.

Henry Schein Practice Solutions Inc., a provider of office management software for dental practices, has entered into a consent order to settle FTC charges that it falsely advertised the level of encryption it provided to protect patient data.

On June 9, 2011, the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") released draft guidance intended to "provide regulated industries with greater certainty about the use of nanotechnology."