On Sunday, March 2, 2025, the Treasury Department announced that it has suspended enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) with respect to US citizens and domestic companies. This signals the likely death knell of the CTA for US based…
In the eight months that the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (“Chicago Paid Leave Ordinance”) has been in effect, it has impacted countless businesses with employees working in Chicago1. While the new ordinance may not have…
The Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (commonly known as “FinCEN”) announced February 27, 2025 “that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on any…
The CTA bounces back again. On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336 (E.D. Tex.) granted the Department of Justice’s motion to stay an…
Discussion over the future of energy projects throughout the State of Indiana was paused recently by the Legislature. At issue is who will have the power to approve new projects involved in the generation, transmission, distribution, or storage of…
Non-profit healthcare entities may soon have greater flexibility when it comes to patient assistance programs that subsidize the cost of prescription drugs for their patients residing in rural areas. Generally, such programs risk violating the…
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy (the “Board”) announced, via updated Non-Resident Licensure FAQs on November 19, 2024, that it will now require non-resident pharmacies to be licensed in order to dispense prescription products…
On January 24, 2025, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) one-to-one consent rule1 issued in 2023 under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In Insurance Marketing Coalition, Ltd.…
Under the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, entities regulated under HIPAA must report breaches affecting less than 500 individuals to the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) within sixty days following the end of each calendar year. …
OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer released an announcement on January 7, 2025 recapping OCR’s HIPAA accomplishments and enforcements in 2024. (“Announcement”). In the Announcement, Rainer highlights new rules implemented and enforcement actions…
1. Governor Braun’s First Month
Governor Mike Braun was inaugurated as Indiana’s 52nd Governor on January 13, 2025. Since that time, he has been active in setting administrative policy through 29 executive orders to date. Some of the most prominent…
Yesterday, on January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court stayed one of the injunctions against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) pending the completion of the appeal process at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Yet, a…
