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Becket McGrath, Trupti Reddy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 2012 On 24 April 2012, the UK government department responsible for business (the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills or BIS) published a consultation document on private actions in competition law. The document proposes a number of measures intended to encourage private competition law...
| | New York Emergency Regulation 200 Creates Search Requirements for Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits
Matthew B. Criscuolo, John David Dickenson, Patrick J. Gennardo, A. Kenneth Levine; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2012, previously published on May 2012 In a May 14, 2012, press release, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky, announced the issuance of Emergency Regulation 200, which creates search requirements for unclaimed life insurance benefits. Release of the Regulation came despite collaboration...
| | Resale Price Maintenance - Dead or Alive
Elizabeth H. Kelly, Stephen P. Murphy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 2012 Subsequent to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007), rejecting per se treatment of resale price maintenance, a groundswell erupted of outrage and threats of reprisal by federal and state legislators. On the federal...
| | The Eurozone Crisis - The Final Stage?
Charles Proctor; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 2012 The Eurozone financial crisis enjoyed a brief respite from mid-March, following the conclusion of Greece's sovereign debt restructuring and the release of substantial funding as part of the bailout organised by Eurozone governments through the European Financial Stability Facility and the...
| | Massachusetts Bills Target Healthcare Cost Reductions
Eric D. Fader, Leslie J. Levinson; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 Two proposed bills in the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives suggest two approaches to address rising healthcare costs, including supporting payment reform, accountable care organizations, and caps on healthcare spending. The House bill adds a proposed tax on the state’s most...
| | New Rules to Ease Regulatory Burdens on Providers
Eric D. Fader, Leslie J. Levinson; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 On May 10, CMS announced two new rules that aim to reduce regulatory burdens on hospitals and other healthcare providers. CMS hopes that the rules, which are supported by the American Hospital Association and other healthcare organizations, will save the industry almost $940 million in the first...
| | New Bill Proposes Repeal of SGR and Reform of Medicare Physician Payment System
Eric D. Fader, Leslie J. Levinson; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 A proposed bipartisan House bill would permanently repeal the oft-criticized Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and phase out fee-for-service payments to providers. The “Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act,” introduced by U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe...
| | CMS Proposes Medicaid Payment Increase
Eric D. Fader, Leslie J. Levinson; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 On May 9, CMS announced a proposed rule, “Medicaid Program; Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration Under the Vaccines for Children Program” (CMS-2370-P), that would increase Medicaid payments to primary care physicians....
| | EEOC Updates Policy on Employer’s Use of Arrest and Conviction Records
Rory J. McEvoy, Julie L. Sauer; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 2012 On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a revised policy, titled, Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §...
| | Senate Fills FCC Vacancies After Lengthy Delay
Seth A. Davidson, Arthur H. Harding, Gregory E. Young; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2012, previously published on May 8, 2012 The United States Senate has unanimously confirmed Republican Ajit Pai and Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel to fill two vacancies on the Federal Communications Commission. Action on the nominations of Pai and Rosenworcel had been delayed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for several months in protest...
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