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In a recent Law360 article examining wage-and-hour considerations for employee volunteer programs, Thompson Coburn partner Matthew Brown discussed the legal risks employers may face when employees volunteer in roles that closely mirror their regular job responsibilities.
Matt noted that employers…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently confirmed that certain Medicare enrollment flexibilities for practitioners providing telehealth services from their homes are now permanent.
What Providers Need to Know
Under the new permanent policy, practitioners who provide Medicare…
The Missouri General Assembly passed House Bill 2474 (the “Statute”) this past legislative session, which took effect August 28, 2026.[1] The Statute authorizes Missouri political subdivisions to utilize the progressive design-build (“PDB”) construction delivery method through a phased selection…
Arbitration agreements can be an effective tool for managing employment disputes, but only when they are properly drafted and implemented. This program will provide a practical overview of workplace arbitration, including its potential benefits for employers, key drafting considerations,
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The lame-duck session of the 118th Congress managed to be an active one for the higher education community, with two bipartisan education bills moving through Congress over the last four weeks. The first, the FAFSA Deadline Act (Public Law 118-145),…
Recess Appointments A temporary designation made by the President to fill a vacancy while the Senate is in recess.Yesterday Recess appointments trace their origins to Article II, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution. This allows the President to temporarily fill vacancies…
On November 13, 2024, Judge Mary M. Rowland of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a significant ruling in a putative nationwide class-action lawsuit against The Kraft Heinz Company and Kraft Heinz Ingredients Corp. The…
The Vita cases The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently addressed whether the term “communications” in Massachusetts’ 1968 Wiretap Act (MWA) includes when a patient interacts with a hospital’s website and determined that such interactions did not qualify for protection…
Last Friday, the Ninth Circuit reversed a District Court’s decision upholding the U.S. Department of Education’s determination that Grand Canyon University did not meet nonprofit status under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”). In Grand Canyon University v. Miguel…
The Ohio Supreme Court recently issued a favorable decision for Ohio restaurants, food suppliers, and farmers regarding potentially injurious substances in food products. In Berkheimer v. REKM, L.L.C., slip opinion No. 2024-Ohio-2787, the court weighed in on whether a consumer…
