Publications

Employers addressing the variety of new obligations imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) should also be aware of the PPACA’s whistleblower protection amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  The U.S. Department of Labor published its interim final regulations governing the employee whistleblower protection of […]

On March 8, 2013, the Department of Homeland Security issued a new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (“Form”).  The current version of the Form expired last August; however, implementation of a new Form was delayed when the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) received over 6,000 […]

The first session of the 103rd Nebraska Legislature is approaching the halfway mark.  A majority of the bills introduced this session remain in committee, however, with the last of the committee hearings occuring this month, we anticipate an increase in bills advancing to General File over the next several weeks.  […]

As we near the ten year anniversary of covered entities complying with the original HIPAA Privacy Rule (April 14, 2003), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a wake-up call with the publication of a consolidated final rule implementing new and enhanced standards for Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach […]

On January 23, 2013, the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council (“FFIEC”) issued “Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance” (the “Proposed Guidance”). Comments are due by March 25, 2013. After consideration of public comments, the regulatory agencies that make up the FFIEC (the “Agencies”) will issue final supervisory guidance to […]