On November 14, 2013, the Obama Administration announced a transitional policy, whereby insurers may, but are not required to, renew existing health plans in the individual and small-group markets in 2014, even if those plans do not meet the market...

In an update that addresses one glaring gap in E-Verify, USCIS has announced that Social Security numbers that are used fraudulently (stolen, borrowed or purchased from someone else) will be “locked” in the system, generating a tentative...

In Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Alps South, LLC, the Federal Circuit found that Ohio Willow Wood had both withheld material information and made material representations during proceedings before the USPTO. Because the district court had granted summary...

On October 15, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a bulletin providing guidance on certain mortgage servicing rules which are to take effect on January 10, 2014 under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) and...