Publications

• 1/21/2021 - MD Anderson Dodges $4.3M HIPAA Penalty After the Fifth Circuit Deems OCR’s Actions Arbitrary and Capricious
  
• 1/19/2021 - Court Doesn’t Buy “Papered” Privilege Arrangement Around Cybersecurity Report; Serves Useful Reminder About Best Practices
  
• 1/19/2021 - PPP Round 2 Goes Live
  
• 1/19/2021 - Retirement Plan Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
  
• 1/13/2021 - The Potential for Major Estate Tax Changes During the Biden Administration: What You Need to Know
  
• 1/13/2021 - NEW COVID-19 Requirements for All Entries into the U.S.
  
• 1/12/2021 - Indiana Senate Considers COVID-19 Civil Liability Immunity
  
• 1/11/2021 - Mandatory Vaccination: Is It Worth a Shot?
  
• 1/11/2021 - Good Grief
  
• 1/11/2021 - EEOC Issues New Proposed Wellness Regulations
  
• 1/8/2021 - DOL Issues Final Investment Advice Prohibited Transaction Exemption
  
• 1/7/2021 - Reflections on 2020: An Extraordinary Time to be an Employment Lawyer and Important Time to be a Pro Bono Lawyer
  
• 1/7/2021 - UPDATED: Bankruptcy Implications of New COVID-19 Legislation
  
• 1/7/2021 - Year-End Legislation Brings More Than Just COVID-19 Relief: New Changes for FSAs and Employer-Based Health Plans
  
• 1/4/2021 - Seventh Circuit Provides Guidance for Interpreting Ambiguous “Adequate Assurances” Under U.C.C. Section 2-609
  
• 1/4/2021 - Fifty-State Summary of Current Business Limitations
  
• 12/29/2020 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
  
• 12/29/2020 - Employment-Related Impacts of the New Federal COVID-19 Relief Legislation
  
• 12/29/2020 - Employee or Independent Contractor? Implications for the “ABC Test” and Federal Franchise Law
  
• 12/28/2020 - Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Proxy Voting
  
• 12/23/2020 - SEC Adopts Revised Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers
  
• 12/22/2020 - Bankruptcy Implications of New COVID-19 Legislation
  
• 12/22/2020 - PPP 2.0: What You Need to Know
  
• 12/22/2020 - EEOC Issues New Guidance Addressing COVID-19 Vaccines for Employers
  
• 12/16/2020 - Back to the Salt Mine – Social Media and Other Public Comments are Fraught with Risk
  
• 12/16/2020 - COVID-19 Vaccines and Worker’s Compensation
  
• 12/15/2020 - COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Allocation Plans—Who, Where and How Indiana Plans to Get Hoosiers Vaccinated
  
• 12/14/2020 - Hackers Well-Schooled in Attacking K-12 Systems
  
• 12/11/2020 - Distressed Opportunity Bulletin - Issue 2
  
• 12/9/2020 - IRS Issues 2020 Required Amendments List
  
• 12/8/2020 - New CDC Guidance Shortens Quarantine Period
  
• 12/8/2020 - IRS Issues 2020 Required Amendments List
  
• 12/7/2020 - Why You Should Consider DIP Lending
  
• 12/3/2020 - Zoom's FTC Settlement a Good Guidepost to Avoiding Data Security Missteps
  
• 12/2/2020 - Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Insolvent Nonprofit Corporations
  
• 12/2/2020 - The EEOC Under a Biden Administration
  
• 12/2/2020 - Global Travel Restrictions and Visa Application Delays Continue
  
• 12/1/2020 - Current Status of Bankruptcy Remote Entities
  
• 11/30/2020 - Contactless Currency During COVID-19: How the Pandemic's Business Disruptions Will Change Franchise System Payment Standards
  
• 11/25/2020 - Final Rules Issued Under Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute
  
• 11/24/2020 - IRS Digs in Its Heels on PPP Loan Forgiveness
  
• 11/18/2020 - "Storm Water" or "Stormwater" - The Musings of an Isolated Mind
  
• 11/18/2020 - U.S. Immigration Under the Biden-Harris Administration
  
• 11/18/2020 - This Commercial Break from COVID-Related News is Sponsored by the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
  
• 11/10/2020 - IRS Issues Final Regulations Updating Required Minimum Distribution Life Expectancy Tables
  
• 11/10/2020 - DOL Issues Final Rule on ESG Investments
  
• 11/5/2020 - Defense Department Contractors – Will You Be Ready for CMMC on November 30?
  
• 11/4/2020 - Tips to Reduce Work-Related Motor Vehicle Accidents
  
• 11/4/2020 - Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for Employees
  
• 11/3/2020 - Early Cases Find PREP Act May Not Shield Employers from Claims They Failed to Provide PPE and Other Precautions, But Recent HHS Advisory Opinion Suggests Otherwise
  
• 10/29/2020 - Health Care Sector Facing More Ransomware Attacks
  
• 10/29/2020 - 2021 Cost of Living Adjustments for Your Retirement Plan Administration
  
• 10/22/2020 - Ransomware Risk is a Fact of Life—Preparation Is Key
  
• 10/22/2020 - CDC Broadens Definition of "Close Contact" for Purposes of COVID-19 Contact Tracing
  
• 10/21/2020 - DOL Substantially Increases H-1B Wage Requirements
  
• 10/21/2020 - Pandemic May Have Changed the World, But Not Employment Non-Compete Law
  
• 10/19/2020 - IRS Releases Rev. Proc. 2020-44: The LIBOR Phase-Out Takes a Pleasant Arc
  
• 10/12/2020 - NDIL Opinion Tossing Patient Privacy Class Action Offers Lessons Learned on Using De-identified Data
  
• 10/8/2020 - SEC Proposes Conditional Exemption for Finders Assisting Small Businesses with Capital Raising
  
• 10/7/2020 - Employee or Independent Contractor? The Department of Labor Comes Down to the Wire
  
• 10/7/2020 - Has Ohio "Terminated" the Voluntary Abandonment Doctrine?
  
• 10/6/2020 - Successor Liability Concerns in Distressed Transactions
  
• 10/6/2020 - IRS Offers Transition Relief for ACA Reporting
  
• 10/6/2020 - SBA Issues Guidance to Paycheck Protection Program Lenders with Procedures for Changes of Entity Ownership Transactions Involving PPP Borrowers
  
• 10/6/2020 - COVID-19 Employment Litigation Update
  
• 10/6/2020 - COVID-19 Update on U.S. Immigration and Global Travel
  
• 10/6/2020 - COVID-19 Litigation Update: Contractual Defenses
  
• 10/6/2020 - Important 2020 Tax Legislation That May Have Been Forgotten
  
• 10/6/2020 - IRS Issues Q&A Guidance for the SECURE Act and Miners Act
  
• 10/5/2020 - IRS Issues Final Regulations on Income Tax Withholding on Certain Periodic Retirement and Annuity Payments made After December 31, 2020
  
• 10/1/2020 - OFAC Makes Paying Ransoms to Cybercriminals Much Riskier
  
• 9/23/2020 - U.S. DOL’s “Joint Employer” Rule Struck Down, Now What?
  
• 9/23/2020 - UPDATED: Limited Flexibility Continues on I-9 Employment Verification
  
• 9/22/2020 - The Future of The Affordable Care Act After Justice Ginsburg’s Death
  
• 9/15/2020 - States Provide Shields against COVID-19 Suits
  
• 9/15/2020 - Revised (and Clarified) FFCRA Regulations Issued by DOL
  
• 9/9/2020 - New EEOC Q&As Aim to Help Employers Avoid EEO Litigation during the Pandemic
  
• 9/9/2020 - Foreign Nationals Must Maintain Valid Passports and Monitor I-94 Admission Records
  
• 9/9/2020 - U.S. DOL Clarifies Rules for Reimbursing Delivery Driver Mileage Expenses
  
• 9/9/2020 - Department of Justice Issues Guidance Regarding Inability to Pay in Civil Recovery Actions
  
• 9/8/2020 - Updated COVID-19 Technical Assistance from the EEOC
  
• 9/2/2020 - CDC Temporarily Halts Residential Evictions Nationwide in Effort to Stop Further Spread of COVID-19
  
• 9/2/2020 - Seventh Circuit Sends Health Care Software Company Plaintiff Back to District Court for $660 Million (or More) Reduction in Damages Award in Trade Secrets Case
  
• 9/1/2020 - Payroll Tax Deferral: More Guidance, Same Uncertainty
  
• 8/31/2020 - Ice Miller's Semi-Annual Pro Bono Newsletter Volume 1
  
• 8/27/2020 - SEC Modernizes Definition of Accredited Investor
  
• 8/26/2020 - NLRB Releases Employer-Friendly Advice on COVID-19 Related Issues
  
• 8/26/2020 - The Impact of Remote, Work-From-Home Arrangements on Worker’s Compensation Exposure
  
• 8/25/2020 - DOL Provides Guidance for Recording Time of Employees Working Remotely Due to COVID-19 (or for Any Other Reason)
  
• 8/25/2020 - IRS Modifies Language in the Safe Harbor Special Tax Notice
  
• 8/25/2020 - The Question Remains: Should Employers Withhold Employee’s Social Security Taxes Starting September 1?
  
• 8/13/2020 - COVID-19 Compliance Risks and Considerations for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers
  
• 8/13/2020 - Weak Link in the Supply Chain: Why Distributors Need Cyber-Insurance
  
• 8/12/2020 - Federal District Court Vacates Important Provisions of DOL’s Final Rule Interpreting the FFCRA
  
• 8/12/2020 - EEOC Expands Guidance on Disability Discrimination Coverage for Opioid Users
  
• 8/11/2020 - The SBA Opens Its Loan Forgiveness Portal
  
• 8/11/2020 - President Trump Takes Four New Executive Actions Aimed to Provide COVID-19 Relief
  
• 8/10/2020 - Who Are “Covered Persons” Under the PREP Act – Q&A
  
• 8/6/2020 - The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d)
  
• 8/4/2020 - White House Executive Order Limits H-1B Workers in Federal Contracting Jobs
  
• 8/3/2020 - DFARS Cyber-Incidents: Effective Incident Response To Streamline Defense Contractor Reporting Requirements
  
• 7/31/2020 - Advance Directives – Taking Control of Your Health During a Pandemic
  
• 7/31/2020 - Protecting Retirement Plan Participants and Your Company’s Bottom Line When Employees Return to Work
  
• 7/31/2020 - Loan Purchases: A Practical Guide to Distressed Debt Acquisition in Illinois
  
• 7/29/2020 - Non-Exposure Workers' Compensation Claims May Increase During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
• 7/29/2020 - With a Nod to Challenges Posed by COVID-19, DOL Publishes New FMLA Forms and Request for Information
  
• 7/29/2020 - NLRB Decision Gives Employers More Leeway in Disciplining Employees Who Engage in Abusive Conduct in Connection with Protected Activity
  
• 7/27/2020 - Governor Holcomb Issues Statewide Masking Order
  
• 7/24/2020 - New York’s DFS Launches First Action Under Cybersecurity Rules
  

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