by Girish Anand | Nov 14, 2011 | Health Care Reform
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it would take up the issue of the constitutionality of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the federal health care reform legislation, with oral hearings in March and a potential ruling in June, just...
by Girish Anand | Nov 11, 2011 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on Nov. 16, at which it will draft a final rule on determining what constitutes a "reasonable factor other than age" in age discrimination legal actions. The determination is to...
by Girish Anand | Nov 11, 2011 | HHS, HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) this month is commencing its first round of audits focusing on covered entities' HIPAA security and privacy rule compliance. A pilot audit program running through April 2012 will check compliance at 20 firms to form the basis for...
by Girish Anand | Nov 10, 2011 | Health Care Reform, HHS
The U.S. Supreme Court, in secret session today, is debating whether to take up the issue of the constitutionality of the Obama administration's health care reform legislation, now dubbed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). At issue is whether the law's individual...
by Girish Anand | Nov 8, 2011 | EEOC
Sears, Roebuck & Co., one of the nation’s largest retailers, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race, sex and age discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
