Alert
Published 08/11/2022
Industries Health Care
Services Cybersecurity and Privacy
On July 15, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations as part of its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative (the “Initiative”). OCR created the Initiative to support individuals’ right to timely access their health records at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The resolution of these eleven investigations brings the total number of these enforcement actions to thirty-eight since the Initiative began. Saul Ewing has...
Blog Post
Published 08/11/2022
By Francis X. Riley III, John L. Ropiequet
Article
Published 08/10/2022
Industries Higher Education
Services Labor and Employment
Alert
Published 08/09/2022
Industries Energy | Real Estate
Services Environmental
On August 4, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) filed suit against Monsanto Co., Pharmacia LLC and Solutia, Inc., seeking to hold them liable for PCB contamination throughout New Jersey. ( Complaint ). While the suit also addresses contamination at Monsanto’s Bridgeport, New Jersey facility, the potential significance of this case arises from NJDEP’s allegations that the Defendants are liable for PCB contamination statewide, without the need for the State to prove a direct discharge nexus. This is due to the Defendants’ dominance of the PCB market and their...
Videos
Published 08/09/2022
Services : Emerging Company and Entrepreneur Services
In this episode of “The Entrepreneur Advisor,” Steven Malitz concludes his Top 20 Countdown of the best negotiation tips for businesses, with Tips #20 and #21: “Think outside the box” and “Don’t get bullied; get it in writing.”
Alert
Published 08/05/2022
Industries Insurance
Services Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation | Litigation
This month’s Friday Five addresses cases considering: (1) whether monetary relief in the amount of lost benefits is an available remedy for breach of fiduciary duty; (2) the validity of an ex-spouse’s beneficiary designation that contradicts a subsequent divorce decree; (3) if waiver of a pre-existing condition exclusion in an STD benefits plan affects waiver of a different exclusion in the LTD benefits plan; (4) whether an independent medical reviewer retained by an insurer must explicitly address a claimant’s expert report; and (5) whether a plaintiff can circumvent ERISA preemption by...
Alert
Published 08/01/2022
Services Corporate
On July 27, 2022, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law the 2022 amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”), the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “LP Act”), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the “Partnership Act”). The LLC Act, the LP Act and the Partnership Act are sometimes referred to as the “Alternative Entity Statutes.” There were no amendments to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. Each of the amendments will become effective on August 1, 2022. ...
Alert
Published 08/01/2022
Industries Real Estate
New Castle County has announced that the firm conducting its countywide reassessment is now out in the field and inspecting properties, including commercial, office, and other non-residential properties. The goal is to inspect every property in the County. Most of these inspections will simply be exterior inspections, but some internal inspections will be conducted. Inspectors may also request financial information as part of the reassessment process. Current plans call for all properties to be assessed at their July 1, 2024 fair market value, with the goal of having the new assessments in...
Blog Post
Published 08/01/2022
By Henry A. Platt, Garrett P. Buttrey
Article
Published 07/29/2022
Industries Health Care
Article
Published 07/28/2022
Industries Cannabis Law
Article
Published 07/27/2022
Industries Cannabis Law
Podcast episode
Published 07/26/2022
In this episode, host Jonathan Havens, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with Chris Hetherington, founder, chairman and CEO of Peels, a health and wellness company that markets CBD products from orange peels. Chris describes his career path from NFL player and hedge fund managing director to startup founder with a mission to make the holistic benefits of CBD available to more people. He discusses the company’s strategic choice of orange peels, rather than hemp, to source the CBD in the company’s products. Chris and Jonathan also consider the regulatory and advertising challenges of operating in the CBD space. Finally, Chris shares his plans for the future of the company.
Article
Published 07/25/2022
Industries Cannabis Law
Services Regulatory Compliance and Government
Blog Post
Published 07/19/2022
By Robert L. Duston, Lauren F. Schoeberl
Blog Post
Published 07/18/2022
By Annie D. Rosenthal