For decades, healthcare providers have formed or contracted with management services organizations (MSOs) to assist them with the "administrative challenges associated with running their business. MSOs are often able to...more
In the fashion industry, control over image and likeness is a model’s currency. On June 19, New York imposed new consent requirements for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that substantially...more
On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed S.B. 951 into law (the "Bill"), which significantly limits a common "PC/MSO" model allowing management services organizations (MSO) to provide administrative services to a...more
In advance of June 19, 2025, the effective date of the New York State Fashion Workers Act, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) recently issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) and guidance that provide clarity...more
On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the New York State Fashion Workers Act, which regulates model management companies and their clients, including retail stores, fashion designers, advertising...more
On September 6, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy signed “An Act to Improve Quality and Oversight of Long-term Care” into law. This law includes sweeping changes for both long-term care and assisted living facilities....more
New York AG Letitia James entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (“AOD”) with the owners, operators, management company, landlords, and associated entities of four nursing homes managed by Centers for Care LLC, d/b/a...more
The IRS has recently been urging healthcare entities, particularly those involving physicians and private investors, to seek private letter rulings (PLRs) to clarify the tax implications of their ownership structures. This...more
Starting a cargo shipping business is no small feat; the financial barriers alone can be overwhelming. But for entrepreneurs willing to take on the challenge, the maritime industry has a high potential for reward. For...more
The New Jersey Appellate Division issued a decision which sheds light on the issue of whether an employee’s sexual harassment of a third-party (non-employee) could subject the employer to liability under the New Jersey Law...more
Following two weeks of trial testimony, a Travis County jury recently rendered a $10 million verdict in a novel corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) case. The jury found in favor of a physician hospitalist group that claimed...more
The 2024 New York State Executive Budget included a first-of-its-kind bill that would require certain physician practice and management services organization (MSO) transactions to undergo regulatory review and approval by the...more
In my last installment, I introduced you to the best singer you've never heard of - Lani Hall. She made her fame singing in Portuguese (Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66) and Spanish (beautifully I might add!) while being unable to...more
I am on the record stating that as far as musical taste is concerned, I am a "horn band" aficionado - Tower of Power, Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears. By default, I am not an aficionado of folk music and ballads. Having said...more
On May 8, 2022 the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that the performance of accounting, trust and corporate formation and management consulting services for persons located in the Russian Federation...more
The Central Bank of Russia did another “shot” at the rights of cryptocurrency holders on July 19, 2021. The Bank issued an Information Letter No. IN-06-59 / 52 “On certain types of financial instruments” on this day. Now...more
A change in law provision engaged by the Covid-19 pandemic can reduce the management fee payable to zero: Westminster City Council v Sports and Leisure Management....more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected soon to publish its final rule on federal excise tax (FET) exemption for aircraft management companies and owners. The IRS pre-published final rules incorporate several...more
Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition also highlights the recently updated 50...more
Court cases involving charter schools and education management organizations (“EMO”) have been rare in North Carolina. Two decisions issued this spring thus provide important insight into how courts will interpret management...more
Booking Holdings, Expedia Group and...Kiwi? ("Online Travel Agency Kiwi Has a Plan to Fight the Giants," Skift Travel News, October 18, 2018) Conventional wisdom says that start-ups in the online travel agent space...more
On December 19, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued a private letter ruling (the “Ruling”) allowing corporations that manage physician practices through a so-called “friendly physician” arrangement to treat the...more
You can’t make this stuff up. Last Monday a federal court in Rhode Island ordered two insurance companies to pay a $30 million claim by hospital management company Lifespan Corp. Lifespan filed the claim after being ordered...more
Thinking of selling your facility, or of changing your corporate entity from a partnership to a limited liability company, bringing in a new management company, or adding a new partner to your current partnership structure?...more