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New Jersey and New York Commandeer Critical Medical Supplies...
April 9, 2020 By Damian P. Conforti and Melody M. Lins Faced with the continuous rise in Coronavirus confirmed cases and escalating death tolls, the Governors of both New York and New Jersey have... Read More > -
Required Contribution Relief...
April 9, 2020 By Steven A. Holt ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code impose strict funding requirements on defined benefit pension plans. Recent IRS guidance gives sponsors of single-employer pension... Read More > -
DOL Explains Small Business Exemption from Federal Leave...
The U.S. Department of Labor has published “temporary regulations” to explain how small businesses (fewer than 50 employees) may exercise the exemption from certain leave obligations... Read More > -
Recently-Imposed Restrictions on the Prescribing and...
The Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has ordered that, with respect to the treatment of COVID-19 patients, the prescribing and dispensing of drugs in short supply —... Read More > -
New Jersey Assembly Introduces Bill Requiring Insurers to...
April 6, 2020 By Lawrence C. Weiner and Boris Peyzner On March 9, 2020, a State of Emergency was declared by Governor Murphy and just twelve days later on March 21, 2020, Governor Murphy signed... Read More > -
Relief From Failure To Make Employment Tax Deposit...
April 3, 2020 By Martin D. Hauptman and Steven A. Holt The IRS provides that an employer will not be subject to a penalty under Code Sec. 6656 for failing to deposit employment taxes relating to... Read More > -
Medicare Suspension Terminated Due to COVID-19 Waivers...
As part of its arsenal to combat what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ("CMS") consider to be billing fraud, CMS, directly and through its contractors, is authorized to suspend a... Read More > -
COVID-19: Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for...
Under the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") is currently making interest-free... Read More > -
DOL Announces FFCRA Regulations...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a “new action” regarding the protections and relief available under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency... Read More >