Maryland Legal Alert January 2011

National Labor Relations Board Announces Intent to Require All Private Employers to Post a Notice Informing Employees of Their NLRA Rights

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a press release on December 21, 2010 announcing that it will issue notice of a proposed new rule requiring all employers subject to the National Lab

HOEPA Trigger Rates for January 2011

D.C. Issues Sick and Safe Leave Act Regulations and Poster

The District of Columbia is one of a small number of jurisdictions which mandates that employers provide paid sick leave benefits.

Social Media Policies Under Review: “Facebook Firing” Faces Challenge Under National Labor Relations Act

What’s All the Commotion About?

Pithy PPACA Points - Winter 2010

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as federal Health Care Reform, contains a myriad of new programs and rules that affect employers, employees, health insuranc

Payments (and Penalties) for Electronic Health Records

HITECH, which is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, establishes a program of incentive payments to eligible professionals and eligible hospitals that (1) participate in the

Negligent Credentialing

A federal district court in Maryland has recently indicated that Maryland would follow a growing number of jurisdictions in recognizing that a hospital may be sued for negligently credentialing a d

Maryland Regulatory News - Winter 2010

ERISA Preemption

The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) regulates employer sponsored benefit plans, including health plans, and generally preempts, or overrules, state laws that relate to such