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On December 10, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to the regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

The Maryland General Assembly (“Maryland”) enacted legislation providing the public the right to participate in the state’s Clean Water Act enforcement actions. The bills are denominated House Bill 76 and Senate Bill 334....

The State of New York has enacted a new law that should ease the transition away from US dollar LIBOR for legacy financial contracts that are governed by New York law but do not contain modern benchmark fallback provisions....

To many, robocalls have become one of the more annoying aspects of modern communications. Last year, the United States Supreme Court noted that in 2019 the federal government received 3.7 million complaints about automated calls. Now, in Facebook, Inc. v. Noah Duguid, et al., 592 U. S.

On April 20, 2021, the Medical Officer of Health in the Peel Public Health Region (Peel) announced that an Order would be issued directing businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the previous 14 days to close for 10 calendar days when such cases......

In Sackler v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al., 2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 21055 (N.Y. County Mar. 9, 2021) (Perry, J.), the New York County Supreme Court became the first State Court in New York to apply the recently amended anti-SLAPP law retroactively. ...

In the finance world, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are proliferating like Dutch tulips. This year alone, they’ve exploded in popularity, with multitudes of celebrities, politicians, and influencers sponsoring SPACs of their own.

In week thirteen, the Biden administration’s labor and employment activity includes the nomination for the Assistant Secretary of Disability and Employment Policy at the Department of Labor (DOL); the Senate committee vote on the DOL’s second in command, Julie Su; the White House push for small b

On April 5, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed amendments to Regulation X with the effect of preventing foreclosure on certain residential mortgage loans until January 1, 2022.

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