Alert
Published 03/23/2020
By Samantha R. Gross, Georgia E. Baker
Industries Health Care
On March 17, 2020, CMS issued guidance to all Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organizations in response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The guidance, which is part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force efforts, provides information to PACE organizations regarding accepted policies and standard procedures for infection control, and provides flexibility in regards to the standard organizational requirements. PACE is a Medicare and Medicaid program that assists people in meeting their health care needs in the comfort of their home instead of going to...
Alert
Published 03/23/2020
By Bruce D. Armon , Samantha R. Gross
Industries Health Care
Several telemedicine provisions were recently updated at the federal level in an effort to increase patient access to health care services, and New Jersey enacted a telemedicine statute on March 19 in an attempt to address the COVID-19 pandemic. This Alert addresses the recent federal guidance related to remote communications, the federal waiver on interstate licensing rules and the recently enacted New Jersey statute. Providers need to regularly monitor federal, state and commercial payor changes to ensure they continue to provide the broadest availability of telemedicine options that are...
Article
Published 03/23/2020
Alert
Published 03/23/2020
By Erik F. Williams, Louis P. Archambault
Industries Real Estate
The entire human race is dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the real estate industry is being impacted in very unique ways. As the pandemic and “social distancing” continues to disrupt the real estate industry, our Real Estate Practice would like you to keep some key concepts in mind: 1. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER The COVID-19 will impact all players in the real estate chain from tenant, landlord, lender, service provider, broker, appraiser, contractor, insurer, investor and all parties above, below and in between. Business is still about people and all of your business...
Alert
Published 03/23/2020
By Kyra Smerkanich
Industries Insurance
As businesses are forced to close their doors, lay off staff, and make other difficult decisions, Congress and legislatures around the United States are seeking to come up with solutions. The latest trend? Pushing insurers to provide business interruption coverage, regardless of whether there is physical damage to trigger coverage. On March 18, 2020, a group of 18 members of Congress, representing ten different states, wrote a letter to insurance industry leaders asking that they “work with…member companies and brokers to recognize financial loss due to COVID-19 as part of policyholders’...
Article
Published 03/23/2020
Services Corporate
Blog Post
Published 03/23/2020
By Ryan L. DiClemente
Services : Consumer Financial Services Litigation
Blog Post
Published 03/23/2020
By Zachary W. Berk, Kelsey Marron
Services : Labor and Employment
Alert
Published 03/20/2020
By Jennifer L. Beidel, Nancy DePodesta, April Falcon Doss, Allison Burdette
Services Cybersecurity and Privacy | White Collar and Government Enforcement
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a striking upswing in cybercrimes, frauds, and scams of all kinds attempting to take advantage of the situation. In response, the United States Attorney General, William Barr, issued a memorandum on March 16, 2020 to all United States Attorneys, to address the flood of these scams. Specifically, federal prosecutors have been directed to prioritize prosecution of crimes that attempt to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. This Alert discusses the government’s approach to enforcement and the potential implications. Responding to...
Alert
Published 03/20/2020
By Sally Lockwood Church, Dasha G. Brockmeyer
Services Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) may have an immediate impact on your group health coverage, payroll and leave administration. The Act is set to take effect no later than 15 days after the March 18, 2020 enactment date (April 1, 2020). The FFCRA is intended to provide relief related to the current COVID-19 crisis and is set to expire on December 31, 2020. While the FFCRA contains numerous other provisions, this Alert will cover mandated coverage of COVID-19 testing and diagnosis under employer-sponsored group health plans or individual health insurance coverage; and...
Alert
Published 03/20/2020
By Roger Bernstein
Services Global Immigration and Foreign Investment
In response to the proliferation of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, President Trump has implemented a plethora of policies that further restrict international inbound immigration to the United States. Additionally, in order to protect the health and safety of federal employees and customers, the Trump Administration has temporarily closed visa services at U.S. embassies, U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices and certain immigration courts. Finally, COVID-19 has caused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to temporarily adopt a more humane enforcement...
Blog Post
Published 03/20/2020
By Ryan L. DiClemente, Colleen Fox
Industries: Financial Services
Services : Consumer Financial Services Litigation
Alert
Published 03/19/2020
By Brian R. Michalek
Services Intellectual Property
The cornonavirus (COVID-19) is also affecting the patent world—at least if you were a juror in Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. v. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc. in the District Court of Delaware this week. For seven days, the jury heard testimony concerning Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc. (ONT) supposed infringement of four Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (PacBio) patents directed to a DNA sequencing system. On Wednesday, March 18, while the jury ultimately found that ONT infringed three of the four patents, it also held each of the asserted patents invalid. Thus, ONT was...
Alert
Published 03/19/2020
By Lisa M. Koblin, Lelia F. Parker
Services Labor and Employment
After extensive negotiations between the House of Representatives and the Senate, Congress finally passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, (FFCRA) which was then signed into law by President Trump. This highly anticipated legislation consists of various forms of economic relief that aim to assist families and workers who are sick, quarantined, or otherwise unable to obtain critical services due to the ongoing Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic. There are several critical components of this relief package that will have a significant impact on employers and employees alike,...
Alert
Published 03/19/2020
By Bruce D. Armon, James D. Taylor, Jr., Jessica M. Jones
Industries Health Care | Higher Education
On March 18, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware Governor John Carney issued a second modification to his March 12, 2020 state of emergency declaration. The modification included a temporary lift on certain state telehealth restrictions. These changes will help Delaware providers and patients in need of medical services. Governor Carney’s second declaration follows an action by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to relax telehealth opportunities for Medicare beneficiaries and the federal HHS Office for Civil Rights to waive certain HIPAA requirements for...
Alert
Published 03/19/2020
Industries Energy
Services Environmental
From the COVID-19 threat, disrupted supply chains and economic fluctuations to the dichotomy in shifting state and federal policies, regulations, ongoing litigation, compliance issues, and cyber threats, the energy and environment industries are grappling with a complex framework of challenges. Energy projects and environmental clean-up projects in the Northeast face extensive scrutiny from the regulators and the public. These themes were discussed at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Sixth Biennial Energy and the Environment in the Northeast: Biggest Challenges of 2020 Conference recently...
