Publications

Members of the regulated community who oppose this expansion of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act will have 60 days to submit written comments. The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. is the primary federal statute regulating water quality in the United States.  It uses the […]

CMS recently promulgated a few updates to the Stark rules in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule.  Highlights of the changes are as follows: Indirect Compensation Arrangements Prior to 2021, “indirect compensation arrangements” only arose if an unbroken chain of financial relationships existed between a physician and […]

On July 21, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission rescinded a longstanding 1995 Policy Statement that limited the Commission’s ability to deter anticompetitive or problematic mergers and acquisitions. Prior to the 1995 Policy Statement, the Commission required a company that allegedly or actually violated the law in a previous merger or […]

On November 18, 2021 the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) released its cost estimate for the revised version of the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better Act (the “Act”), and the House passed the Act the morning of November 19.  The package is estimated to cost $367 billion over 10 years. To […]

These days, there is much discussion regarding data breaches, privacy, and information security – and the amount of chatter on these topics can sometimes be overwhelming.  This article, which is a brief recap of a presentation given at Baird Holm’s recent 2021 Technology and Data Protection Forum, is intended to […]