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Investigations Newsletter: Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme

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Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme - This week, the owner of a home health company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million scheme...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

ISDA Amendments to Master Agreement Relating to Default Notice Provision and Characterisation of Credit Support Annexes

As a response to member feedback relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and following a period of consultation with its members beginning in 2022, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published a number...more

Kilpatrick

The Evolution of the Hybrid Workplace

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The workplace was permanently altered in March 2020, when an unprecedented global pandemic uprooted the traditional ways that companies thought and operated. What was initially expected to be a momentary pause in normal...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Phoenix Children’s Hospital Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Inadvertent Release of Vaccine Exemption Information

An apparent email snafu has led to the filing of a putative class action against the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The allegations stem from an email that was allegedly sent out to 368 people that outlined the protocols for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Right to “Disconnect” for Employees

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We have seen the benefits of technology in keeping us connected in the new remote working environment and the flexibility that it provides, but how does this impact employees’ ability to disconnect from their work?...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 4. Privacy Briefs: April 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 4 (April 2021) - A Texas Medicaid subcontractor has been terminated after a data breach caused by a ransomware attack originating from Russia exposed the personal information of tens of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #277 – Beware of Vaccine Surveys

Criminals use current events to launch new schemes designed to prey on victims’ vulnerabilities or fears. Throughout the pandemic, criminals have used fear of COVID-19, or the anticipation of a cure or a vaccine, to lure...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

ABA Provides New Guidance On Remote Work For Lawyers

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On March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released new guidance for attorneys working remotely. While there has never been a distinction in the Model Rules for Professional Conduct between working in a brick-and-mortar...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Texas Amended Rule 106 On Substitute Service: Have You Been Served?

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Attempting to align the Texas legal system with current realities, effective December 31, 2020, Rule 106 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure is amended to allow substitute service by “social media, email, or other...more

McGuireWoods LLP

New Year, Old Problem: Broker-Dealers Should Evaluate Their Supervision of Personal Device Use

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Many companies that transitioned to a work-from-home environment in early 2020 may have reasonably anticipated a return to the normalcy of in-office operations by the end of the year. Yet as 2021 commences, remote work has...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

DOJ Warns of Business Email Compromise Scheme Targeted at PPP Loan Recipients

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts is warning small businesses that received loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of a dramatic increase in reports of business email-compromise schemes...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more

Brooks Pierce

Changes to the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure Take Effect Oct. 1, 2020

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If opposing counsel sends you discovery or a pleading by email, it is no longer just a courtesy copy. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, that email effects service under the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure...more

Blattel Communications

The Pandemic Is Changing Professional Services Communications, And That May Be A Good Thing

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Broadcast has always been the hardest medium in which to secure opportunities for clients. The reasons are numerous, including its focus is narrower than a daily newspaper’s, commentary openings are time-sensitive and go...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Tracking Employee Hours In A Work From Home World

With employees continuing to work from home for the foreseeable future during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, keeping track of employees’ hours is a whole different ball game. Work schedules may not be as clearly defined...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Emails Seemingly Sent from the Small Business Administration Regarding COVID-19 Loan Relief Could Be Phishing Emails: Exercise...

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) has been added to the list of organizations recently targeted by cyber threat actors. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...more

McAfee & Taft

Does the FAA Aircraft Registry recognize a ‘mailbox rule’?

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Many people are aware of the old common law concept known as the “mailbox rule,” whereby placing a document in the mail is considered under certain circumstances as tantamount to delivering or filing the document under...more

Fisher Phillips

June 2020: The Top 21 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Delaware General Corporation Law Updates Tackle COVID-19, Proxy Information And Emergency Provisions

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Delaware adopted new amendments to its General Corporation Law (DGCL) on July 16, 2020. Amendments to sections 102, 110, 116, 145, 212, 228, 232, 251, 363, 365 and 367 appear to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, while others...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 7. Privacy Briefs: July 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 7 (July 2020) - Concerns about hacking and online security have fallen since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the actual risks have risen, according to the 2020...more

Verrill

DOL E-Disclosure Rule Recognizes Our New (Digital) Reality

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to find new ways to work through digital technology. Now, more than ever, an enormous percentage of our communications occur over the phone and online. The Department of Labor’s recent...more

K2 Integrity

Targeted Cyber Frauds in Today’s Global Crisis

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You receive an email saying that due to COVID-19, a number of regularly scheduled meetings are moving to new dates and times. While hovering over the conveniently provided email link to your calendar, you notice the email...more

Clark Hill PLC

Business Email Compromise

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Working remotely can open up more risk to business email compromise....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Depositions in the COVID-19 Era

COVID-19 has caused a swift and unprecedented change to many social institutions in the United States (and worldwide). As a result, lawyers have been compelled to adopt new practices and policies to face the challenges of...more

McManis Faulkner

Looks Phishy? It Probably Is: Tech Safety During The COVID-19 Outbreak

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These are truly unprecedented times. With the coronavirus outbreak, most of the nation is sheltering in place, and only essential businesses remain open. Even just a few months ago, if you had mentioned “global pandemic,”...more

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