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Fenwick & West LLP
Feb. 4, 2025
"The DEA has introduced new rules for telemedicine, impacting remote prescribing of controlled substances for patients not seen in-person by the prescriber. Special registration classes will allow medical providers to prescribe Section II-V substances via telemedicine. Telemedicine platforms that facilitate medication prescriptions will be required to register with the DEA."
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Fenwick & West LLP
Jan. 19, 2025
"[P]aper filers must submit completed Forms 3921 and Forms 3922 with the IRS no later than February 28, 2025, and electronic filers must do so no later than March 31, 2025.... [Y]ou must provide the employee (or former employee) the information statement no later than January 31, 2025.... The information statement and return requirements under Section 6039 are not dependent on whether the exercise or stock transfer is a qualifying or disqualifying disposition."
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Fenwick & West LLP
Dec. 23, 2024
"ISS changed which factors it will consider when voting on director nominees where the board has adopted an initial short-term pill (with a term of one year or less) without shareholder approval.... ISS will now generally support requests to extend a Special Purpose Acquisition Company's termination date up to one year from its original termination date ... Beginning with the 2025 proxy season, ISS will place greater focus on performance-vesting equity disclosure and design aspects[.]"
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Fenwick & West LLP
June 20, 2024
"[EEOC] regulations covering the scope of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act took effect on June 18. The law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers or applicants ... New York recently became the first state to enact a paid prenatal leave law, which provides up to 20 hours of paid leave per 52-week period for pregnancy-related care. New York employers are also required to provide a paid 30-minute break for lactating employees to express milk effective June 19."
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Fenwick & West LLP
May 5, 2024
"In the aftermath of the Change Healthcare breach, healthcare entities should heed cybersecurity recommendations from regulatory bodies to prevent future attacks and mitigate post-attack enforcement actions.... Not only will alignment with agency recommendations prevent or deter future attacks, but it could likely mitigate the severity of enforcement actions imposed by such agencies in the aftermath of an attack."
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Fenwick & West LLP
Feb. 25, 2024
"[L]evel-funded health plans are steadily gaining ground as a viable middle approach between fully insured health plan and self-funded health plans ... Their growing popularity, however, is now catching the attention of both lawmakers and regulators who are concerned about the lack of regulation that exists between fully insured and self-insured plans, particularly regarding the use of stop-loss insurance."
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Fenwick & West LLP
Dec. 14, 2023
"Section 6039 ... requires businesses to report to the IRS when employees have exercised Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) or have purchased company stock under an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).... Deadlines for filing these forms with the IRS for transactions that occurred in 2023 are February 28, 2024 for paper filers and April 1, 2024 for electronic filers."
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Fenwick & West LLP
Aug. 22, 2023
"Establishing a new 401(k) plan or migrating to a new 401(k) provider is a complex process involving multiple stakeholders.... In addition, this process invites government scrutiny, requires various filings, and (perhaps most importantly) creates ongoing administrative and fiduciary duties even after the plan has been successfully established. This alert will [1] identify some key decision points in the 401(k) plan's design and then [2] explain certain material ongoing obligations for those overseeing the 401(k) plan."
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Fenwick & West LLP
Mar. 30, 2023
"[Highlights from Memorandum GC 23-05 include:] Lawful confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions are limited to prohibitions on unlawful conduct.... Overbroad provisions violate the NLRA even if a departing employee does not sign the severance agreement or requests that the overbroad provisions be included.... Other employment-related agreements and severance provisions may violate the NLRA."
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Fenwick & West LLP
Oct. 31, 2017
"[1] Exercise care when choosing the 401(k) plan vendor.... [2] Get well-considered advice when designing the plan's key features.... [3] Timely sign and date the plan document, and keep copies.... [4] Always keep in mind that the plan must be operated in strict accordance with its written terms.... [5] Filing Form 5500 annual reports.... [6] Conducting annual nondiscrimination testing and performing any required corrections.... [7] A special problem: is the plan top-heavy ... [8] Timely remittance of salary deferral contributions to the 401(k) plan's trust.... [9] When things go wrong: IRS and DOL correction programs.... [10] Terminating the Plan."
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