Feds Propose New Guidance on Wellness Programs. Feel Better Now?
“Wellness programs take many forms; however, the common feature of all wellness programs is that they are designed to encourage healthier lifestyles, often by rewarding participants for attaining or...
View Article5 Must-Reads for Corporate Leaders in the New Year
Dodd-Frank, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, social media in the workplace, cybersecurity, SEC regulations… all front-and-center corporate issues at the start of a new year. Your job, among many...
View ArticleA Regulatory Tsunami is Building in Washington…
The business community as a whole can expect President Obama’s second term to be one of most intense periods of regulatory activity in nearly 40 years. But the health care, energy, and financial...
View ArticleHIPAA Q&A: What’s the New Word on Data Breaches?
“The definition of a data ‘breach’ was changed. The Omnibus Rules replaced the more subjective ‘harm standard’ with a more objective test that requires the covered entity to determine (based on a...
View ArticleJD Supra Corporate Brief: Data Privacy, Tax Reform, Resume Lies, Patent Trolls
Better pack your umbrella today – it’s raining law news! To ITC, or not to ITC … that is the patent infringement question… (DLA Piper) California’s first data privacy violation lawsuit was definitively...
View ArticlePay or Play? Feds Give Employers One More Year to Play Before You Have to Pay...
Think you won’t be able to meet the Affordable Care Act’s “Shared Responsibility” deadline? So do the Feds, who just extended the 2014 deadline to 2015. From attorneys at Cox Smith: “On [July 2, 2013],...
View ArticleJD Supra Corporate Law: China Princelings, Ethical Practices, FRAND Disputes,...
Wednesdays get a raw deal: the spelling / pronunciation discord, the embarrassing “hump day” nickname, those orphaned mid-week holidays… But it’s not all bad – they also get their own JD Supra...
View ArticleHow Can Employers Make Sense of Health Care Reform Requirements, With...
Keeping up with (and making sense of!) developments in health care reform can be challenging even for the best of us. Here’s a good start: this 90-second overview of the new ways health coverage will...
View ArticleJD Supra Corporate Brief: Money Laundering, 3D Printers, Age Discrimination,...
On September 13, 1898, Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film. On September 13, 2013, schoolchildren around the world say, “Huh? What’s photographic film?” It’s time for banks to move...
View ArticleJD Supra Corporate Brief: JPMorgan Fine, Volcker Rule, Computer Fraud,...
Pity the lowly Thursday, sandwiched between Hump Day and TGIF, the day everyone wants to get through so they can start the weekend. But Thursday it is – until tomorrow at least – and that means another...
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