Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP is a nationally known business law firm delivering creative solutions for large, mid-size and entrepreneurial businesses. The Firm, which traces its origins to 1846, has more than 250 lawyers practicing in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; and Naples, Florida. The Firm provides legal services to a worldwide base of clients in the areas of business and finance, commercial litigation, financial institutions law and regulation, commercial and personal lending, bankruptcy, government affairs, environmental law, personal injury and tort litigation, insurance, health care, employee benefits, labor and employment, real estate, federal and state tax, trusts and estates, probate proceedings and litigation, federal procurement and contracting, utility regulation, international and intellectual property, securities and technologies.

2008 CMS Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
Stacey Borowicz, Richard G. Terapak, Lloyd G. DePew, Theodore G. Fisher, Charles Y. Kidwell, Raphael J. Omerza, Daniel W. Scharff, Mark K. Velasco, Timothy J. Cahill, John Patrick Carney, October 7, 2008
Physician ventures involving diagnostic tests require compliance with federal and state anti-self referral laws (e.g. Stark Law), federal and state anti-kickback statutes, and Medicare billing regulations. Understanding the distinction and overlap between all of these rules and laws became more...

Treasury Provides Relief for Deferred Compensation Plans
David A. Tumen, Richard J. Helmreich, Ann M. Caresani, Greg M. Daugherty, Susan Nolan Lubow, Charles Y. Kidwell, October 6, 2008
The IRS and Treasury Department recently issued two Notices (Notice 2007-86 and Notice 2007-89) that (1) extended key deadlines for employers to bring nonqualified deferred compensation ("NQDC") plans into compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and (2) provided guidance...

Legislation Introduced to Nullify Effects of Supreme Court Decision
Donald M. Barnes, Alan R. Malasky, Salvatore A. Romano, October 4, 2008
Legislation recently introduced by Senators Kohl, Biden and Clinton would nullify the effects of the Supreme Court's decision last term in Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS, Inc. and restore automatic illegality under the Sherman Act of agreements requiring distributors or retailers to...