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The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation that will add a new Section 18.12 to the Illinois Condominium Property Act that will require all condominiums with parking to adopt policies regarding accessible parking access for disabled owners. The legislation will take effect ninety (90) days...
BALTIMORE, (JUNE 12, 2024) – In joining Saul Ewing as a new partner, Carville B. Collins brings the firm’s clients more than 30 years of experience representing energy, water and other regulated businesses seeking a wide array of approvals from Maryland regulators. His practice also includes work in...
Connect (X) hosts the end-to-end 5G supplier ecosystem from the ground up. Every segment of the industry is represented at Connect (X) — united under one roof to engage with the latest thinking, experience the newest solutions, and connect with new partners—all with the goal of fulfilling the...
On May 14, 2024, Jamie Stevens and Elizabeth Thompson (both in our Chicago office) did a presentation for the Community Association’s Institute Legal Forum, to over 230 community association managers serving the Chicagoland area, including many current client managers. They talked on “What Can I Say...
On May 10, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Brighter Tomorrow Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act expands the types of solar facilities that qualify for subsidy, improves the level of subsidy, and through many ancillary provisions, increases access to subsidies, as well as benefits to...
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a final rule to support reproductive health care privacy (the “Reproductive Rule”). According to the HHS OCR press release, the Reproductive Rule, “is one of many actions taken by HHS...
Understanding the complex intersection of environmental regulations intended to combat climate change between now and 2050 while responding to the U.S. tech economy’s exponential growth in energy demand will require collaboration between consumers, industry and government, and reliance upon a...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") continues to be actively engaged in investigating and settling alleged HIPAA violations. In advance of Mother's Day, two decisions were announced for HIPAA-covered entities that allegedly did not provide...
The law firm of Saul Ewing and their sponsors, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services and Spirit Environmental, hosted their 8th Biennial Energy and the Environment Symposium in Houston, Texas. This complimentary half-day hybrid MCLE brought together in-house counsel, prominent industry...
On February 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued two reports to Congress as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. The reports are helpful to health care providers (and all...
This checklist highlights certain considerations for companies preparing to file annual reports on Form 10-K for the calendar year ended 2023 and is intended to serve as a focused resource highlighting changes in disclosure requirements and points of emphasis for the Securities and Exchange...
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) requires that corporations submit a report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) before January 1, 2025, with information on the persons who exercise substantial control over the corporation. As currently in place, condominium and...
On February 16, 2024, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a final version of the cybersecurity resource guide (the “Guide”) with respect to the HIPAA Security Rule. As noted in the Guide’s abstract, “This publication provides...
On February 6, 2024, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Montefiore Medical Center (“MMC”) for alleged HIPAA Security Rule violations and MMC agreed to pay $4.75 million and enter into a two-year corrective action plan (“CAP”) with OCR. MMC admitted no wrongdoing...