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School Law Alert
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...
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Health Care Alert
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...
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Employment Services Alert
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...
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Banking Alert
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...
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Health Care Alert
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...
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Corporate Compliance Alert
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...
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Drug & Pharmacy Alert
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...
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Transportation Law Alert
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...
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Banking Alert - Illinois
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...
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Corporate Compliance Alert
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...
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FDA Alert
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...
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School Law Alert
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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Corporate Compliance Alert
In sum, the settlement agreement in Bostwick is simply further evidence that the government will aggressively enforce and monitor laboratory and physician practices that encourage or contribute to overutilization. Therefore, a failure to establish an...
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Drug & Pharmacy Alert
On November 18, 2013, the U.S. Senate, by voice vote, passed the Drug Quality and Security Act ( the “Act”) (H.R. 3204), marking the culmination of a nearly decade-long effort by many in the drug and pharmacy industry to clarify and strengthen both t...
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FDA Alert
At the beginning of 2013, FDA initiated an aggressive schedule of inspections of compounding pharmacies involved in the production or repackaging of large volumes of drugs. Almost immediately, FDA identified two compounding pharmacies producing taint...
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Corporate Compliance Alert
The language of the bill, as approved in the Senate, provides that, “no employer may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against a covered individual in the terms and conditions of employment” because of...
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Banking Alert
Cyber insurance, along with appropriate property casualty coverage for physical damage exposure to equipment, data and media, a comprehensive financial institution bond and director and officer (D&O) liability coverage, when combined, offer financial...
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Corporate Compliance Alert
The Omnibus Rule greatly expands the number of organizations directly responsible for compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations. The requirements of the Omnibus Rule make BAs liable for failure to secure Protected Health Information (PHI), a rule tha...
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FDA Alert
The agency has opened a 60-day comment period on this preliminary determination to collect additional data and to gain input on the time potentially needed for food manufacturers to reformulate products that currently contain artificial trans fat sho...
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Medical Malpractice Alert
After extensive briefing and oral arguments by Doug Leak, the Ohio Supreme Court agreed with the position taken by Mr. Leak on behalf of the physician. In its decision, the Ohio Supreme Court set forth three holdings that will be invaluable to the de...