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Mar 10, 2014 | Treasury Announces Simplified Employer Reporting Requirements under the Affordable Care Act
On March 5, 2014, the Department of the Treasury announced changes to the employer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Generally, the ACA requires employers to report information to the IRS regarding the health care coverage t...Alert | Corporate Compliance Alert
Mar 6, 2014 | Supreme Court Expands Reach of Whistleblower Protections
In a decision handed down on March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the “Act”) of 2002 protects not only the “whistleblower” employees of publicly-held companies from retaliatory actions, but...Alert | Corporate Compliance Alert
Mar 4, 2014 | Fraud at Citigroup's Mexican Subsidiary Banamex Leads to SEC Investigation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has undertaken an investigation of Citigroup for possible accounting fraud and violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) following the disclosure by Citigroup of a recently discovered frau...Alert | Banking Alert
Feb 21, 2014 | Banking on the Marijuana Business - Treasury and DOJ Clear Financial Institutions to Service State-Licensed Marijuana Businesses
On February 14, 2014, the Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued detailed guidelines for financial institutions that do business in the 20 states and the District of Columbia that have legalized marijuana in...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Feb 20, 2014 | Ohio Industrial Commission and Bureau of Workers' Compensation Update Wage Loss Compensation Rules
Effective February 13, 2014, the Industrial Commission (IC) and Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) have enacted a new joint rule for the processing and adjudication of requests for wage loss compensation. In response to the Governor’s Common Sense...Alert | Transportation Alert
Feb 19, 2014 | New Northern District of Ohio Decision Interprets Ohio's Catastrophic Loss Exception to the Cap on Noneconomic Damages
The Ohio Tort Reform Act, which became effective in 2005, provides a cap on a plaintiff's recovery of noneconomic damages. Under the Act and set forth in Ohio Revised Code ("R.C.") 2315.18, damages for noneconomic loss are limited to the greater of:...Alert | Employment Services/FSMA Alert
Feb 18, 2014 | OSHA Issues Interim Rule for Whistleblowers under the Food Safety Modernization Act
On February 12, 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an interim final rule that addresses procedures for retaliation complaints under the whistleblower provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The whist...Alert | Corporate Compliance Alert
Feb 14, 2014 | Prescription Drug Fraud Prosecutions on the Rise - Law Enforcement Agencies Casting a Broad Net
The number of prosecutions for prescription drug fraud is expected to increase in 2014, keeping pace with increases seen in 2013. Much of the upsurge has been attributed, at least in part, to the full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affo...Alert | School Law Alert
Feb 13, 2014 | Affordable Care Act's "Employer Mandate" Delayed in Part for Another Year
On February 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it was partially delaying implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate. Mid-sized employers with 50 to 99 full-time employees will not be required to pay a penal...Alert | Health Care Provider Alert
Feb 12, 2014 | Office of Inspector General Adds Executive Compensation Benchmark in 2014
The Office of Inspector General ("OIG") Work Plan for fiscal year 2014 has introduced executive compensation within its enumerated areas of focus. The most recent inclusion shows that the OIG is examining health care organizations more closely, evalu...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Jan 30, 2014 | U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Workers' Time Spent Putting On and Taking Off Protective Gear is Not Compensable if Excluded Under a Collective Bargaining Agreement
On January 27, 2014, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that U.S. Steel is not required to pay its workers for time spent putting on and taking off protective clothing necessary for their work. Specifically at issue in the case was Sec...Alert | Banking Alert
Jan 28, 2014 | Community Banks Get Some Relief from the Requirements of the Volcker Rule
In a move that should offer some relief to community banks, five federal financial regulatory agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange C...Alert | Health Care Provider Alert
Jan 22, 2014 | Insurers Nationwide Continue to Drop Medical Providers from Medicare Advantage Plans
ince last fall, tens of thousands of physicians, medical practices and pharmacies nationwide, and their patients, have received notifications from some of the country's largest Medicare Advantage plan providers, including health insurance giants Unit...Alert | Corporate Compliance Alert
Jan 13, 2014 | Alcoa Pays $384 Million in the Fifth Largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case
Alcoa World Alumina LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary of Alcoa, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA). As part of the plea agreement, Alcoa will pay a criminal fine of $209 million and will disgor...Alert | Drug & Pharmacy Alert
Jan 10, 2014 | CMS New Part D Proposed Regulations Highlights Expansion of Preferred Provider Networks - Other Issues Addressed
On January 10, 2014, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its ruling titled Medicare Program: Contract Year 2015 and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs. The regulations...Alert | Transportation Alert
Jan 9, 2014 | Federal Court Declares the Ohio Supreme Court "Misinterpreted" the Law in Creating "Logo Liability" in Ohio
Roetzel’s Transportation Group attorneys obtained a favorable decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on January 7, 2014, in UPS Ground Freight, Inc. v. James Farran, et al., Case No. 3:12-cv-00130-MRM, whic...Alert | Banking Alert - Illinoi
Dec 23, 2013 | Illinois Banking Act Authorizes Derivative Transactions under Dodd-Frank
In an Interpretive Letter issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking (Department), the Department has determined that the Illinois Banking Act (Act) provides authority for Illinois’ state chartered...Alert | Corporate Compliance Alert
Dec 13, 2013 | Antitrust: European Commission Fines Johnson & Johnson and Novartis over $22 Million for Delaying Market Entry of Generic Painkiller Fentanyl
Not only was a fine imposed, but the companies were also reprimanded for their behaviour. Commission Vice-President Joaquín Almunia, in charge of competition policy, said, "J&J paid Novartis to delay the entry of a generic painkiller. The two compani...Alert | FDA Alert
Dec 4, 2013 | FDA Quickly Leverages its Jurisdiction over Compounding Pharmacies
Within one week of President Obama’s signing a law that will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) partial jurisdiction over compounding pharmacies, the FDA has taken important action that will effectively change how the industry is regula...Alert | School Law Alert
Nov 27, 2013 | Steubenville Superintendent and Others Indicted
These incidents make it clear that every public school district must have in place protocols and guidelines to be followed when any information is obtained related to the possible abuse of a minor (regardless of where the minor attends school). In th...
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