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On May 28, 2014, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals reaffirmed that a governmental body that refuses to abide by the Open Records Law risks being ordered to pay attorney’s fees and costs for those who seek to compel disclosure of those records.  In The Journal Times v. City of Racine Board of Police and Fire…Read More

NLRB Often Strikes Down Common Employer Rules For several years now, the NLRB that governs labor and management relations in the private sector has been striking down employer rules that interfere with employee rights to form, join or associate with labor unions or to engage in activity for their mutual aid and protection – even…Read More

You would think that an employee who told his boss – to his face – that he was a “f***ing crook” and an “a**hole” and that the boss “would regret it if you fire me” – SHOULD be fired.  Not according to the NLRB.

Hospital Physician Practice Acquisitions: How Electronic Medical Records Impact

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) recently proposed a rule that would allow certain spouses of H-1B workers to apply for employment authorization in the United States.  Click here to view the full text of the rule. 

HHS Releases New Hospital Charge Data On June 2, CMS announced its first annual update to the Medicare hospital charge data as well as to the other data products and tools intended to increase transparency about Medicare payments.  The information compares the average amount a hospital bills for services that may be provided in connection…Read More

CMS recently announced the creation of a new role in the medical review process—a Provider Relations Coordinator.  The announcement is below and can be found on the CMS website.

OFCCP will host a free 90-minute webinar on June 12, 2014 concerning best practices for outreach and recruitment of individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans.  Colet Mitchell and Shaun McGill from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (“ODEP”) will be the presenters.  Registration for the webinar is available here. 

Since the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (cleverly referred to by Congress as the “JOBS Act”) last fall, much has been written regarding its impact on private placements of debt and equity securities.  Most of the reports, briefings and articles have been accurate, but few have been practical.  We find one provision in…Read More

Recently, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a Notice of Termination1 of Advisory Opinion 11-18, which was issued December 7, 2011,2 and rejected a similar proposal in Advisory Opinion 14-03.3