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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Document Search Results (389) Show: results per page Sort by:  | IRS, Treasury Department Issue Proposed Rules Governing Minimum Value, Affordability, and Wellness Programs
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 A key policy goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is the expansion of health insurance coverage to all Americans. The concepts of “minimum value” and its correlate “actuarial value” speak to the generosity of that coverage. What...
| | Enter, The APPS Act
Amy Malone; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia, has introduced a mobile privacy bill that if passed will require mobile application developers to maintain privacy policies, obtain consent from consumers before collecting data, and securely maintain the data they collect.
| | Supreme Court Upholds Limitations on Non-Residents’ Access to Public Information
Elissa Flynn-Poppey, Kelly L. Frey; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 On April 29, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision upholding citizen-specific limitations in the State of Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act (the “Act”). The Act provides that “all public records shall be open to inspection and copying...
| | Warrantless Cell Phone Searches - A Look at the Case Law
Sara J. Crasson, Bridget M. Rohde; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 14, 2013 When a person is arrested with a cell phone, law enforcement officers will likely want to search the phone’s contents. Today’s smart phones are a treasure trove of contacts, calendars, voice and text messages, e-mail, videos, photographs, internet use records, GPS and cell phone tower...
| | New York City Passes Earned Sick Time Act; Expects to Override Mayor Bloomberg's Threatened Veto Yet Again
Michael S. Arnold; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 As expected, the New York City Council has passed the Earned Sick Time Act, which, if enacted, will require most City employers to provide job-protected sick leave, whether paid or unpaid, to the more than 1.6 million employees who currently do not receive this benefit. As with the recently-passed...
| | FCC Proposes to Establish New Air-to-Ground Mobile Broadband Service for Airline Travelers
Darren J. Abernethy, Sallye Clark, Benjamin J. Griffin; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued last week, the FCC proposed to establish a new, terrestrial-based, air-to-ground (“ATG”) mobile broadband service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz Ku-band, providing multi-gigabyte broadband connectivity for passengers flying over the contiguous United...
| | July 1 COPPA Compliance Deadline is Approaching
Julia M. Siripurapu; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 Today, the FTC sent more than ninety (90) “educational” letters to domestic and foreign businesses whose Web sites and online services (including mobile apps) appear to collect personal information from children that are 12 years old and under, in an attempt to help the businesses come...
| | How to Minimize FCPA Risk in Health Care Acquisitions
Karen S. Lovitch; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2013, previously published on May 10, 2013 When acquiring a health care company doing business abroad, there is no such thing as being too thorough with anti-corruption due diligence. The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have the health care industry on their radar screens for FCPA enforcement. Even if your...
| | Five Years in the Making - IRS Releases Findings from Colleges and Universities Compliance Project
Tyrone P. Thomas; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 The IRS announced it is nearing completion of a five year long compliance project involving tax-exempt colleges and universities. The project, which began with questionnaires to 400 randomly-selected institutions, focused on reporting of executive compensation and unrelated business income. The...
| | Final Medical Marijuana Regulations Approved in Massachusetts
Dianne J. Bourque, M. Daria Niewenhous; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2013, previously published on May 10, 2013 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Public Health Council approved, by unanimous vote, final regulations for the implementation of the medical marijuana ballot initiative law that will allow qualifying patients with certain medical conditions to obtain and use marijuana for medicinal...
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