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Updates to the Updates of FHA’s Servicing, Loss Mitigation, and Claims Processes

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/18/2025

At the tail end of the Biden administration, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published Mortgagee Letter 2025-06, which was tilted Updates to Servicing, Loss Mitigation, and Claims. The 251-page mortgagee letter...more

Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loan Fraud: A Survey & Analysis of Recent Civil & Criminal Enforcement Outcomes

Benesch on 4/15/2025

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was a federal law enacted in or around March 2020 designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were suffering the...more

DOS Significantly Limits the Visa Interview Waiver Program

Dentons on 3/21/2025

The Department of State announced it is restricting the eligibility for visa interview waiver appointments (commonly known as dropbox). To remain eligible for dropbox, applicants must be applying for a visa in the same...more

Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/22/2025

The Order rescinds executive orders from the Biden administration that are contrary to the values President Trump has supported in his campaign. The revocations focus on the Covid-19 pandemic, use of diversity, equity &...more

BREAKING NEWS: President Trump Revokes a Long List of Biden Executive Orders

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/21/2025

In one of numerous Executive Orders signed on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an order entitled, “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” The Executive Order revokes a long list of Executive...more

Health Care Week in Review: Biden Administration Submits Disaster Aid Request; Senators Propose New Health Care Cybersecurity...

Alston & Bird on 11/25/2024

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

White Collar and Corporate Criminal Enforcement in the Trump 2.0 Era

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 11/20/2024

When President-Elect Donald J. Trump takes office on January 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) is certain to be at the center of the action and conversation in Washington, D.C.—just as it...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – October 2024 #5

PilieroMazza PLLC on 11/1/2024

Overcoming the Sovereign Acts Doctrine: Contractor Recovers Costs Related to COVID-19 Quarantine - As we know, in the almost five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, courts have been reluctant to award costs to...more

DOJ Releases COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force Report Touting Its Successes and Urging Lawmakers to Enact New Legislation

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/19/2024

The government’s continued dedication of resources to investigating and prosecuting fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs appears to have borne fruit according to the results of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task...more

Biden Administration Streamlines CHIP and Medicaid Enrollment, Expands Protections for Covered Population

King & Spalding on 4/15/2024

Last week, the Biden-Harris administration (the Administration) announced a new rule simplifying the process for enrolling in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP)....more

President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget: What’s NOT in It?

McDermott+ on 3/14/2024

Earlier this week, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 President’s Budget. As a reminder, every year, the White House releases a budget that serves as its official funding request to Congress for the following...more

Déjà Vu for Federal Contractors with Salary History Ban?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/9/2024

On January 30, 2024, the Biden administration proposed a rule (the Salary Rule) that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to “prohibit contractors and subcontractors from seeking and considering information...more

EnforceMintz — COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Unlikely to Slow Down in 2024

Mintz on 2/9/2024

The government continued to dedicate enormous resources to investigating and prosecuting fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs in 2023. While we observed some civil False Claims Act settlements, criminal enforcement...more

Health-Care Fraud Scrutiny Heats Up For Companies, Providers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/4/2024

This year will see a continued proliferation of enforcement against health-care fraud, with old and new theories. Some hot spots for enforcement will involve cases about new technologies; data outliers; entities perceived as...more

[White Paper] United States Insurance Trends and Decisions 2023

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers on 12/22/2023

As 2024 rapidly approaches, we look back at some of the key decisions, trends, and developments impacting the U.S. insurance industry in 2023 and look ahead at some trends and cases to watch in 2024. Insurers continue to...more

Federal Leasing 2023: The Year in Review

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/21/2023

This is the first edition of Holland & Knight's Federal Real Estate Leasing Year in Review. For years, our GSA Leasing & Federal Real Estate Team has worked with LexisNexis to provide updated versions of the Federal...more

International Trade Commission Issues Report of COVID-19 IP Waiver

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/9/2023

It came as something of a shock in May, 2021 when the Biden administration voiced support for waiver of intellectual property protection mandated under the TRIPS agreement for COVID-19 vaccines (see "Biden Administration...more

PTAB/USPTO Update - November 2023

WilmerHale on 11/6/2023

USPTO News - On October 23, 2023, the USPTO Office of the Chief Economist released a report detailing patenting activity related to COVID-19 diagnostic technology....more

Supreme Court to Decide Federal Government’s Ability to Engage with Social Media Companies in Content Moderation

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/27/2023

After previously finding that the Biden White House and the FBI likely violated First Amendment free speech protections for some users of online social media platforms, the Fifth Circuit expanded its ruling to find that the...more

Better Health Care Newsletter - September 2023

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 9/5/2023

Wellness claims are everywhere. Do they work? Ah, wellness! Such a positive word! Such a noble aspiration for all of us! And such an opportunity for hucksters, hokum and high jinks in the eternal battle to separate...more

Biden Administration Issues Proposed Reg to Clarify and Enforce Mental Health Parity Requirements

McDermott+ on 8/3/2023

Another week, a lot more regs! Last week, the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor (the Departments) released a proposed reg related to mental health parity requirements for health plans. This week,...more

CMS Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/13/2023

On May 1, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the end of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, contractors, CMS-certified facilities, and others, because, “we are now in a different phase of our...more

Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 6, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/7/2023

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

CMS Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Littler on 6/7/2023

In conjunction with the Biden administration’s declaration that the COVID-19 national public health emergency ended effective May 11, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would “soon end”...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 2023

PilieroMazza PLLC on 6/5/2023

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - Debt Limit Deal Would Save Feds’ Paychecks, But Freeze Agency Spending - An agreement between the White House and congressional Republicans would bring a spending freeze to federal agencies next...more

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