Money 20/20, a leading payments conference, concluded last week after more than 7,000 payments industry representatives gathered to discuss the rapidly evolving payments landscape. A wide array of emerging issues were discussed and debated, a few of which we would like to highlight here: Apple Pay. Much fanfare accompanied the […]
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CFPB Announces Proposed Rules for Prepaid Card Products
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced early this morning that it is proposing new federal rules for the prepaid market in a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NPRM”) to be released later today. The NPRM will affect a variety of prepaid products and will include provisions requiring consumer protections […]
Fix Up the Hospital Van: OIG Proposes Transportation Safe Harbor; Clarification on ACA CMP Exception
On October 3, 2014, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) released a proposed rule expanding safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute and clarifying the exceptions to “remuneration” under the Civil Monetary Penalties (“CMP”)/beneficiary inducement laws. The proposed rules respond to longstanding concerns […]
OSHA Revises Record-Keeping Requirements
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced revised record-keeping requirements that will go into effect on January 1, 2015, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction. Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of […]
President Issues “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order
On July 31, 2014, the President issued the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order (“EO”) “to promote economy and efficiency in procurement by contracting with responsible sources who comply with labor laws.” According to the White House Fact Sheet, the EO is intended to “crack[ ] down on federal […]