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In its decision, the Court concluded that UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (“United”) was not authorized to engage in “cross-plan offsetting.” What is cross-plan offsetting? It is a “self-help” practice that third party administrators (“TPAs”) of...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

As the newly crowned world champion U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team members received their winners’ medals Sunday, chants of “equal pay!” reverberated through the stadium. Those in attendance were well aware that the men’s 2018 World Cup prize was...By: Fisher Phillips

What constitutes sexual harassment? In the sense of Czech law, sexual harassment is a special type of harassment as a general term. Act No. 198/2009 Coll., on Equal Treatment and Legal Protection Against Discrimination (the Anti-Discrimination Act)...By: International Lawyers Network

In my article last month, “Should Amazon be Liable for Products Sold in its Marketplace,” I discussed how the Fourth Circuit, like many courts before it, ruled Amazon was not a “Seller” when considering products sold on its website by third-party...By: Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

It keeps on happening. Contracting parties allow “standard” boilerplate to potentially trump bespoke provisions of their acquisition agreements. This phenomenon is particularly prone to occur with “no third party beneficiary” clauses, classic and...By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The U.S. Court of Appeals in the Seventh Circuit has recently decided a case involving an extremely obese bus driver and denied his claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101–12213, as amended by the ADA...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Perhaps this is an indication of the way things are going to be after Brexit. The Governments of Germany, France and Poland have recently published a document calling for a radical review of the EU merger rules to allow a stronger emphasis on...By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee established in 1975 that oversees foreign investment in the U.S. economy. In 1988 CFIUS granted the Executive Office of the President nonreviewable authority...By: Hogan Lovells

A number of questions have arisen concerning the impact of the recently adopted Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) on the Section 421-a Tax Exemption Program. HSTPA (Chapter 36 of the Laws of 2019) made significant changes to...By: Holland & Knight LLP

On July 5, 2019, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulation (proposed by the Trump administration in July 2018) went into effect, prohibiting automatic union dues deductions from paychecks of home health workers directly paid by...By: Polsinelli