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CMS Delays Data Collection Under ACA's Physician Payments Sunshine Act to January 1, 2013
Frederick R. Ball,Elinor L. Hart, May 10, 2012
On May 3, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced that it will delay data-collection and reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Physician Payments Sunshine Act (the "Sunshine Act"), due in part to the...

EEOC Ruling Provides Guidance on Applying Title VII's Discrimination Prohibition to Transgender Employees
May 8, 2012
On April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Macy v. Holder ruled that a "complaint of discrimination based on gender identity, change of sex, and/or transgender status is cognizable under Title VII." This landmark ruling marks the first time that the EEOC has...

EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on Employers' Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions
May 3, 2012
On April 25, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an "Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964" (the "Guidance"), which updates and supersedes the...