On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule(goes to new website)”) that significantly alters beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting obligations…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
Beginning April 11, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service will enforce provisions requiring all non-U.S. citizens over age 14 register and be fingerprinted if they are in the U.S. for at least 30 days and have not…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law
It has been reported that dentists and other health care professionals have been visited/contacted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seeking to carry out “immigration policies” and to remove those unlawfully in…
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/ Business Organizations, Health, Immigration Law, Privacy
One of the biggest concerns that parents have when leaving substantial assets to the next generation is that if a child knows or expects that they will receive those assets in the future, it may stifle the child’s ambition to…
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/ Finance & Banking, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with beneficial ownership information reports (BOI Reports) under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
Details regarding this year’s H-1B lottery, changes to visa processing at U.S. Consulates, and information about documentation requirements for foreign nationals are included in this month’s edition of Immigration Insider…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
On February 21, 2025, the Michigan Legislature passed, and Governor Whitmer subsequently signed into law, an amendment to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). The new law significantly modifies administrative and financial…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Question: Early in every calendar year our accounts receivable tend to build up due to patients having to pay out of pocket before annual deductibles and co-pays reach their maximums. This typically results in a corresponding…
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/ Consumer Protection, Health
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has stayed the last remaining nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
Medical practices across the United States are grappling with new compliance obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This article addresses the CTA’s applicability to medical practices, its current legal status,…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Health
Effective February 21, 2025, all Michigan employers will be required to provide employees with paid sick time under the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA).
The ESTA replaces the current rules under the Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
While the United States Supreme Court recently lifted one nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated et al. v. McHenry (formerly Garland),…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking
Temporary Protected Status (TPS), enacted in 1990, is available to nationals of designated countries who are already present in the United States, but unable to safely return to their home country…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Question: I have had several colleagues describe their experience with dental plan audits. All of them have had to pay something back. Sometimes they say this is due to a service being deemed a “noncovered service.” Other times…
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/ Health, Insurance, Professional Malpractice
A critical recommendation for foreign nationals in the United States that has gained vital importance in recent days is that they must carry documentation evidencing immigration status at all times…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law
