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The 93rd Arkansas General Assembly convened for regular session on January 11th. The pre-filing of bills and resolutions began on November 16th.

Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 19, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2021-10 (the “Notice”), which extends the relief that it previously provided to qualified opportunity funds, their sponsors, and their investors when it issued Notice 2020-39 on Thursday, June 4, 2020.

Since the novel coronavirus landed in America, the insurance industry has worked hard to create the impression that there is no coverage for business interruption losses resulting from the pandemic.

As part of its recent rulemaking process, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a new exception to the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark Law) to protect arrangements where limited remuneration is provided to a physician in exchange for items or services provided by t

Part 1 of our Article addressed why a charitably-inclined client should make a gift to charity in the year of business sale.

The major current cybersecurity story involves a popular SolarWinds network managing software package, Orion. A sophisticated actor, with the signatures of a nation state, infiltrated Orion in a software update.

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record-setting year for the cannabis industry, and indications suggest 2021 will continue the trend.

Last summer, we reported on Virginia’s adoption of an “Emergency Temporary Standard for Infection Disease Prevention: SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19” (the “Temporary Standard”), which made Virginia the first state to implement workplace safety and health standards for COVID-19.

On January 26, 2021, the New York Department of Health’s online application portal for prospective hemp retailer and distributors went “live.” The application website warns that “businesses selling cannabinoid hemp products in the state of New York”, both in retail stores and online, must obtain

The CFPB, OCC, FDIC and NCUA have issued substantially similar final rules on the role of supervisory guidance. The final rules adopt the agencies’ proposals without substantive change....
By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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