March 3, 2021
In April 2020, Congress enacted the first significant legislation that provided federal funding to individuals, organizations, and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This statute, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act [...]
December 10, 2020
On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision (8-0) in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA)[1] that an Arkansas law that requires Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to [...]
September 29, 2020
On September 25, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized long-awaited regulations (Final Rule) to implement Section 804 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDC&A), allowing the importation of prescription [...]
August 25, 2020
The day before federal regulations reversing protections for transgender patients were to go into effect, a federal judge in New York temporarily blocked enforcement of the regulations. The regulations, issued by the [...]
August 21, 2020
The U.S. Constitution requires the nation’s population to be counted every ten years through the nationwide census. It is not too late to encourage the population whom you serve to participate in the [...]
August 17, 2020
Our Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (FTLF) grant law attorneys have completed an initial review of the recent changes to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (“Uniform [...]
August 14, 2020
The restrictions of Section 889(a)(1)(B) went into full effect yesterday, August 13, 2020. To mark the occasion, we thought it important to note for our clients and colleagues in the government contracting community [...]
August 10, 2020
As most government contractors are now aware, Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) has been implemented for federal procurement contracts. This post is intended to offer a recap of [...]
July 17, 2020
On July 15, 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) issued the latest changes to the regulations governing the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (“42 CFR Part [...]
June 23, 2020
NEW WEBINAR: Join FTLF attorney Susannah Gopalan on June 30, 2020, at 1 PM ET, for a webinar entitled “Long Term Care Facility Infection Control Requirements and the COVID-19 Crisis.” The webinar will [...]