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Show: results per page Sort by:  | DHS Proposes Benefits Reforms to Help Retain Highly-Skilled Foreign Nationals
Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen Loewy LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012, previously published on January 31, 2012 The Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to expand an optional practical training (OPT) extension for F-1 students with U.S. science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) degrees and grant work authorization to certain H-1B spouses, among other initiatives intended retain...
| | It’s W-9 and 1099 Season
Donna Ray Berkelhammer; Sands Anderson PC;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012, previously published on January 23, 2012 If your business needs to issue a 1099 Form to a contractor or vendor, it is time to get a W-9 Form on file for each entity. The W-9 gathers the information needed to document 1099 eligibility, the taxpayer ID number, and a current mailing address. The 1099 form must be submitted to the taxpayer...
| | Court Decisions Underlying the Profession of Physical Therapy
Law Offices Of David S. Barmak LLC;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012 Some court decisions uphold physical therapy as a profession. A few decsions undermine this perspective by fraying the edges of the profession by allowingt doctors, chiropractors and other quasi medical profesessionals to own and/or operate a physical therapy practice.
| | Government May Require Foreign Workers to Train Local Workforce
Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen Loewy LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012, previously published on February 2, 2012 The Algerian government is expected to require foreign workers train members of the local workforce as a condition to their work permit, and may increase the level of scrutiny that it applies to work permit applications generally.
| | Warfel v. Universal: The case of the Vanishing Evidentiary Presumption of § 627.7073
Christopher Borzell, Judd W. Goodall; McCumber, Daniels, Buntz, Hartig & Puig, P.A.;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012, previously published on First Quarter 2012 This article is an analysis of last week’s Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Universal insurance Company of North America v. Michael Warfel and its implications in litigation and legislation of sinkhole claims.
| | What Constitutes a Breach of Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Law Offices Of David S. Barmak LLC;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology For Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) govern protected health information (PHI) privacy and security provisions.
| | Do You Employ Persons Excluded From Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement?
Law Offices Of David S. Barmak LLC;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will not accept healthcare claims based on work done by "excluded persons".
|  | EPA Issues Notice of Violation of the Renewable Fuel Standard for Generation of 48 Million Fraudulent RINs Worth Approximately $62 Million
Susan G. Lafferty, David M. McCullough, Peter H. Rodgers; Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012, previously published on February 2, 2012 On February 2, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard to Absolute Fuels, LLC, for generating and selling 48,147,974 Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) (currently worth approximately $62 million) on...
| | Health Care Managed Care Gone Too Far
Mark B. Balian, Jeremy S. Piccini; Bertone Piccini LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012 Over the last few months hospitals have been receiving letters from certain insurance companies advising hospital administrators of a ¿change in policy¿ which will take effect in the earlier half of this year. Specifically, the change in policy is an attempt by the provider to unilaterally amend...
| | DHS Outlines Plans to Attract and Retain Highly-Skilled Immigrants and Entrepreneurs
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak Stewart P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article February 3, 2012, previously published on February 2, 2012 In a January 31, 2012 press release, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to reform some administrative practices to ease the visa process and reduce immigration burdens in an effort to retain highly-skilled foreign nationals and attract new business investment to the United...
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