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                                                                                            By: Kendall A. Schnurpel
                                                                                             on  October 8, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Current IRS Audit Activity 
In March 2024, in response to renewed calls from Congress for more robust oversight of tax-exempt hospitals, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Tax-Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) Division announced a new… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Justin L. Sage
                                                                                             on  October 1, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Imagine you own a building and its surrounding grounds.  Consider that you might want to enhance the visual appeal of the grounds or of public spaces inside the building with something more than sprucing up the landscaping or implementing… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Meghan M. Linvill McNab and Brandon W. Shirley
                                                                                             on  October 1, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        In response to the October 1, 2025 shutdown of the federal government, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an MLN Connects Special Edition email providing an Update on Medicare Operations: Telehealth, Claims Processing, and… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                       
                                                                                            By: Shelley M. Jackson, Virginia A. Talley,  and Marsha Jean-Baptiste
                                                                                             on  September 16, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Executive Order 14117 (Prevent Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and U.S. Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern) and its implementing regulations establish the Data Security Program (DSP), a new compliance framework that… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                    
                       
                                                                                                                    September 11, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Krieg DeVault LLP is pleased to announce that attorney William I. Amberger has joined the firm as an Associate in its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Services Practice. Mr. Amberger brings with him a strong background in litigation and appellate… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Keaton J. Miller
                                                                                             on  September 5, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Brokered deposits occupy a unique place in bank funding: widely used, strategically valuable, and nevertheless scrutinized. Banks often rely on them to supplement local deposit bases, particularly when core deposits slow or fail to keep pace with… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Maria Vladimirova Geltz
                                                                                             on  September 5, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        On August 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Guaranteed Fair Banking for All Americans”. The Executive Order prohibits financial institutions from engaging in “politicized or unlawful debanking” practices. “Debanking”… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Travis D. Lovett
                                                                                             on  September 4, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        The Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program (the “Program”), administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), provides a home mortgage product specifically tailored for Native American families and federally… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Mathew W. Norris and Amy E. Schwarz
                                                                                             on  August 28, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        1.  Potential Redistricting in Indiana 
Hoosier lawmakers could return to Indianapolis sometime this fall to draw new Congressional maps, an extraordinary step prompted by calls from President Donald Trump and his allies to attempt to help elect more… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Justin L. Sage
                                                                                             on  August 22, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Any business, large or small, will be discomforted to open a letter or email and read that someone, somewhere, thinks that a product, service, or process that the business uses, makes, or sells infringes the sender’s patent claims.  Included are… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Brandon W. Shirley and Madison Hartman Harada
                                                                                             on  August 21, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        After months of litigation and promises to issue a proposal, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) has released long-awaited guidance on a new 340B pilot program. While the HRSA guidance provides clarity, it does not give… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                
                       
                                                                                                                    August 21, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that 10 attorneys have been named to the 2026 Best Lawyers® in America Listing and 2 attorneys have been named as Best Lawyers Ones to Watch®. 
Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
                      
           
           
           
         
         
         
         
               
      
    
   
   
      
    
   
   
         
   
      
 
				 
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