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High court rules equitable defenses don’t override ERISA plan terms

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen (No. 11-1285), deciding the issue of whether equitable

Health care case makes clear that specific contractual language is not necessary for OFCCP jurisdiction

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 3 2013

Three Pittsburgh hospitals have been found to be federal subcontractors subject to the jurisdiction of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance

New final regulations strengthen HIPAA privacy and security rules

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 3 2013

Four years ago, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) introduced major revisions to the Privacy and

The side effects of mandatory flu vaccine policies

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

Given the severity of the influenza outbreak this season, employers are dealing with worse than normal staffing and leave issues. One solution, aimed

California weighs in on essential health benefits for group health plans and insurers

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2013

As a reminder of the significant role that states will play in implementing the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we wanted to highlight

HIPAA omnibus regulations: protections for genetic information

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

Today's post focuses on the treatment of genetic information under the new regulations for the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance

No harm, no foul, no morenew HIPAA “breach” standards seek to provide consistency, objectivity

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 29 2013

Beginning this fall, employer health plansor their business associateswill have to make more comprehensive and methodical risk assessments following

New final regulations strengthen HIPAA privacy and security rules

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

Four years ago, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) introduced major revisions to the Privacy and

New health care reform feeswill you be required to pay?

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 9 2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established two fees to be paid by insurers and self-insured plans: (1) the Transitional Reinsurance

Denial of access to donated sick leave program is not a failure to accommodate, New Jersey Appellate Division holds

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2012

In Queen v. City of Bridgeton, the Appellate Division held that an employer with no legal duty to provide paid leave does not violate the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) for denying an employee’s request for the same