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On Friday, December 17, 2021, a divided three-judge panel for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay on OSHA’s Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (the “OSHA ETS”). With the stay removed, the OSHA ETS is enforceable, and covered employers with at least 100 employees will need to […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click here. Yesterday afternoon (December 7, 2021), a federal district court in Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (the “Order”). This comes on the heels of other federal courts issuing injunctions against COVID-19 rules […]

We have continued to monitor court cases regarding the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interim Rule. This Alert summarizes important new information we have learned recently about those rules that affect employers. To read this alert as a PDF, click here.  OSHA Emergency […]

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning the public of a widespread fraud scheme in which telephone scammers impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to steal personal identifiable or sensitive information from doctors or other health care providers. These calls have been made to Kansas providers. The reported scam tactics […]

To read this alert in PDF format, click here.  Over the past few months, we have watched the federal government engage in a flurry of activity regarding COVID-19. Much of this activity involves strongly encouraging or requiring employees in various industries and workplaces to become fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The […]

Warning! Your ILIT Could Become Subject to Estate Tax Death of the Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT) The proposed tax legislation in Washington includes a lurking surprise for many who have used an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) to shift the death benefit of life insurance policies out of their […]

House Committee Reconciliation Bill Requires Clients to Act Now to Lock In Estate Tax Savings To read this alert as a PDF, click here.  The House Ways and Means Committee recently submitted its proposed language for the massive reconciliation bill to the House Budget Committee.  The bill provides insight into […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click here. On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (the “Order”). In general, the Order announced that federal contractors and subcontractors would soon be required to abide by workplace safety protocols related […]

On May 19, 2021, Governor Kelly approved and signed S.B. 78, a lengthy insurance bill, into law. This law relates to various aspects of insurance requirements. Most importantly, however, this law amends the Healthcare Stabilization Fund (the “Fund”) minimum professional liability insurance coverage requirements for all health care providers. Considering […]

On April 9, 2021, Governor Kelly signed H.B. 2126 into law, which provides immunity to nursing home facilities from certain COVID-19-related claims.  This is a long-awaited win for nursing home facilities, which were initially excluded from such immunity when it was provided to other healthcare providers in June 2020.  By […]