Podcast - 2024 Election Impacts on Food and Agriculture Policy
The Privacy Insider Podcast Ep. 8: Privacy Over Party: Peter Swire
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 207: Long COVID Research & Treatments with Dr. Kashyap Patel of Carolina Blood & Cancer Care Associates
Election Roundup: How a Trump Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Election Roundup: How a Harris Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
No Password Required: MITRE Engage Lead, Innovator in Cyber Deception, and Dance Community Builder
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 196: Regulation Trends in Healthcare and Certificate of Need with Rebecca Thornhill of Maynard Nexsen
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Second Chance Initiatives: Hiring Workers with Criminal Histories
State AG Pulse | Changing of the Guard in the PNW
Compliance Unveiled: 10 Must-Know Tips for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act & Independent Contractor Rules
State AG Pulse | Never Say Never to Federal Privacy Legislation
La Reforma Pensional en Colombia
State AG Pulse | Everybody Comes From Somewhere
AI Law in the Commonwealth of Virginia - Recent Developments
The CFPB's Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Implications and Industry Response — The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Leading With Purpose: Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum Discusses Her Role at NAAG — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
State AG Pulse | The Election of the Double Haters
Exámenes de constitucionalidad a la reforma tributaria ¿en qué vamos?
Employment Law Now VIII-140 - 7th Anniversary Episode: The Current State of Politics for Employers
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Turbocharged during the COVID-19 pandemic, evolving technology, enhanced reimbursement modalities and increased regulatory flexibility are creating new opportunities to offer acute-level oncology care to patients in their own...more
The following is a review of notable cases and regulatory developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels during the last two years....more
The complexity of loss mitigation programs designed to assist distressed mortgage borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been too daunting for many borrowers to seek help, the CFPB said, in a report released last...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more
Four years ago this month, lenders began dispersing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to small businesses in what would become the largest Small Business Administration (SBA) lending program in history. The SBA approved...more
Happy New Year! As we enter 2024, we want to lay out some of the main regulatory issues (both new and old) that McDermott+Consulting will be tracking over the next year. While these may evolve, we think they are still...more
As 2023 comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on all the regulations and policies we reviewed this year (and those that we’ll continue to handle next week before the year actually ends). There were some tasty eggs with...more
S. 3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 Introduced December 7, 202- This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: Establish requirements for a code or...more
As we continue to “unwind” from the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), we are still very much in a transition period. Many of the policies that beneficiaries, providers, plans and states came to rely on during the...more
Executive Summary - On October 19, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final guidance document titled Development and Licensure of Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19: Guidance for Industry, providing...more
Promoters and tax advisors have extensively marketed the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) as a way for employers to reclaim Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) payroll taxes paid during the first two years of the...more
On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued long-awaited enforcement guidance on workplace harassment. The “Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace,” published in the...more
This regular alert covers key regulatory developments related to EU emergency responses, including in particular, to COVID-19, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and cyber threats. It does not purport to provide an...more
S. 2880: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes....more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more
During this session, panelists offered insights into the regulatory action, rulemaking and legislation shaping the future of digital health, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI), data privacy and the end of...more
Legislators in the State of New York (NY), whose law governs many sovereign debt contracts, introduced three general categories of bills related to sovereign debt restructurings. The first is intended to provide support under...more
On May 1, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the end of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, contractors, CMS-certified facilities, and others, because, “we are now in a different phase of our...more
Telehealth experienced massive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, due in no small part to various regulatory and reimbursement policies that federal agencies implemented following a declaration by the US Department of...more
The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more
On February 22, 2023, amendments to the Medical Devices Regulations (Regulations) came into force that create a permanent regulatory framework for COVID-19 medical devices...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of March 13, 2023 – March 17, 2023...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity and developments occurring in January 2023, including several criminal and civil enforcement actions related to the federal...more
EEOC Increases Scrutiny on Discrimination and Harassment in the Construction Industry as Federal Infrastructure Dollars Start Flowing - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) plans to prioritize its efforts to...more
The February Monthly Minute addresses new IRS electronic filing requirements, the extension of pre-deductible telehealth coverage, and the end of the public health and national emergencies’ impact on benefit plan coverage and...more