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IRS releases new Affordable Care Act guidance on the employer mandate

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 8 2013

As we blogged about previously, the Affordable Care Act provides unique compliance obligations for hospitality employers, many of whom employ large

Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp.: no class certification for obese teens

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 29 2010

A judge from the U.S. Court of International Trade, sitting by designation in a New York federal district court, has determined that the obesity-related claims filed in 2002 against McDonald’s Corp. cannot be pursued as a class action

Retail store optometry practice violated the Texas Optometry Act

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 12 2011

In a ruling issued on May 4, a federal district court in Texas found that Wal-Mart Stores violated the Texas Optometry Act provision which prohibits manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of glasses and other vision devices from directly or indirectly controlling or attempting to control the professional judgment or manner of practice or practice of an optometrist

San Francisco to take the "Happy" out of the "Happy Meal"

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 12 2011

Beginning in December 2011, fast-food restaurants will no longer be permitted to include toys in children's meals that do not meet specific nutritional standards

White House Childhood Obesity Task Force's “action plan” for "Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within A Generation": key areas of focus for the conventional food and beverage industry

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2010

On May 11, 2010, the White House Childhood Obesity Task Force submitted a report to President Obama titled, "Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within A Generation."

Supreme Court rules on health care reform: what does this mean for employers in the hospitality industry?

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2012

Health Care Reform, in the form of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has now survived review by the Supreme Court

2011 Minnesota legislative summary

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 20 2011

Several changes have been made to Minnesota’s alcohol licensing laws

Am I required to provide health insurance to employees as of 2014? Basic controlled group questions, answers and examples for hospitality employers

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 16 2010

Beginning January 1, 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will require employers with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees to offer health insurance

China and the United States convene 22nd session of JCCT

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • January 10 2012

On November 20 21, 2011, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, US Secretary of Commerce John Bryson and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, co-chaired the 22nd session of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meeting in Chengdu, China

FDA mulls enforcement strategy for national menu labeling

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2011

As we previously advised in a prior edition of Hospitalitas (“Congress Considers National Menu Nutrition Disclosure Standard for Chain Restaurants,” 2009, Vol. 2), Section 4205 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) authorized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish and enforce national menu labeling standards applicable to certain chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments with 20 or more locations