Posted By: James Dietz | email: jdietz@dbllaw.com
The U.S. Supreme Court has kept alive a suit challenging state cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates.
In a 5-4 decision, the Court remanded back to the Ninth Circuit the question of whether a state law that cuts Medicaid reimbursement rates is preempted by the Supremacy Clause.
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Posted By: Bob Hoffer | email: rhoffer@dbllaw.com
On February 17, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives both voted to extend the 2% payroll tax cuts for the rest of 2012. This new legislation is “a bill to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment compensation, Medicare physician payment, provide for the consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes.” Had lawmakers not reached this agreement, the payroll tax cuts would have expired on February 29. The bill will be forwarded to President Obama, who has indicated that he will sign it into law.
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Posted By: James Dietz | email: jdietz@dbllaw.com
Health insurers will soon be required to communicate policy information to consumers in a clear, straightforward way, this according to the final rule published today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Posted By: Kelly Schoening | email: kschoening@dbllaw.com
The ever-increasing use of social media by employees who comment and post on work-related topics continues to be a focal point for the National Labor Relations Board. In August 2011, the NLRB published a report that summarized recent cases involving social media issues, and, on January 24, the agency released another report with updates in this area of law. The latest report focuses on several issues including whether employer policies that limit employee social media use are overly broad and could reasonably be interpreted as restricting employee communications that are protected under the National Labor Relations Act.
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Posted By: Stephen Burke | email: sburke@dbllaw.com
Kentucky tenants who know their landlords have not repaired a defect had best be careful. According to two Kentucky court rulings, they don’t have a blanket license to sue the landlord if they are injured by the defect.
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Posted By: James Dietz | email: jdietz@dbllaw.com
Cleveland Clinic employees who fail to meet certain health goals are facing a 21 percent increase in their insurance premiums. Hospital officials have told employees to join the "Healthy Choice" program or be prepared to pay the cost.
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Posted By: Ryan McLane | email: rmclane@dbllaw.com
On February 3, 2012, the Ohio State Architect's Office published the necessary contract documents for the construction manager at risk project delivery method on Ohio public construction projects. This release comes as part of the ongoing implementation of the laws and regulations making up the Ohio Construction Reform (OCR) and will be of great interest to the Buckeye State's construction industry.
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Posted By: Nicholas Birkenhauer | email: nbirkenhauer@dbllaw.com
The number of discrimination complaints received by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose to an all-time high last year, led by an increase in discrimination charges based on religion and national origin.
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Posted By: Todd McMurtry | email: tmcmurtry@dbllaw.com
Imagine if you spent your whole career trying to get into the big game, then magically your day comes--you will be playing in the Super Bowl! It would be a dream come true. But imagine if there were no cameras to record the moment and all that friends and family saw of your big day were a few sketches of you catching a pass and a written transcript describing the play-by-play. That would not be worthy of the event. The ratings would be low and people would not value the big game.
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