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The decision of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in the case of National Small Business United v. Yellen , announced on Friday, March 1, 2024, has created uncertainty for both reporting companies and their attorneys under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). What...
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...
Jesse Krohn, Associate, Higher Education Industry Group, Saul Ewing LLP, will be speaking during the Delaware Valley Student Affairs Conference on March 1, 2024. Jesse's topic will be "Hot Topics in Student Affairs: Practical Tips for Identifying and Managing Risk." This presentation makes the case...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to an alleged conflict of interest leading to discovery, two courts’ opposite treatments of subjective pain complaints, a decision that claims of fraud and misrepresentation were not preempted by ERISA and a court’s deference to an insurer’s...
Intellectual Property 101 / Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks…Oh My! Thomas Edison. Henry Ford. Steve Jobs. These three household names revolutionized modern society through the protections afforded to their intellectual property by U.S. patent laws. Traditionally a copyright attaches when the...
Stephanie Denker, Partner at Saul Ewing LLP, will be speaking at a webinar entitled " Legal Update: A Discussion of Significant Insurance and Reinsurance Cases from 2022 and 2023" on February 27, 2024. The ARIAS•U.S. Law Committee will host this webinar which is focused on significant insurance and...
Within the last year ‘ChatGPT’ has become a household name. Some may even know that a company called OpenAI created the chatbot service based on artificial intelligence. What you may not know is that OpenAI applied to register the term “GPT” as a trademark, and that application was recently rejected...
On February 14, 2024, the Delaware Office of Marijuana Control (OMC) released draft regulations for the state’s adult-use cannabis market. Public comment is due on or before March 29, 2024. These regulations include the rules applicable to the licensing of adult-use cannabis businesses; the...
On February 20, 2024, the United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board. Coalition for TJ involves an admissions policy at a prestigious public magnet high school which has significantly impacted racial demography at the...
New Developments at OSHA, National and Local Partner Michael Metz-Topodas will speak at the Half Day Construction Symposium put on by the American Subcontractors Association and Pennsylvania Builders Exchange.
On February 21, 2024, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (the "PA Supreme Court") issued its decision in Ursinus College v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Board. The Pa Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court's decision that a construction project financed with tax-exempt bonds...
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...
Litigation and Transactional Basics Series Part 1 - Avoiding the Courthouse: Minimizing and Managing Disputes In today’s litigious environment, most believe that litigation is simply the price of doing business. Although disputes are somewhat inevitable, organizations can implement practices to...
Turner Falk will speak during a session on how to budget for college and manage student loans. Students from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Financial Literacy Pro Bono project will be in attendance. This session will be hosted by Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project.
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...
What's in a Name? The A to Z of Patent Inventorship Patent inventorship is a key element of protecting IP in both academia and industry and has given rise, in recent years, to high profile disputes and litigation. Proper inventorship determination is essential for researcher management, patent...
New requirements arising from the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 took effect on Jan 1, 2024. If your small business is formed as an entity that meets the definition of a “Reporting Company” under the Act, your organization will have to report information about their beneficial owners, i.e., the...
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...
Candice L. Kline, Partner at Saul Ewing, will be speaking in an upcoming live video webinar, " Intersection of Bankruptcy and ADR: Issues for Creditors, Counterparties, and Plan Proponents " scheduled for Friday, February 16, 1:00pm-2:30pm EST. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) issues arise in...
Michael Metz-Topodas will speak on a panel during the AACEI Houston Gulf Coast Symposium. Michael's panel will focus on supply chain issues in the industry.