Trigger Rates for November 2007

A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o

Maryland Priorities for Bay Restoration from the Regulated Community's Perspective, MD/DC Utilities Environmental Conference

Maggie Witherup presented at the MD/DC Utilities Environmental Conference.

Trigger Rates for October 2007

A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o

Maryland Legal Alert - October 2007

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS IN SECOND MORTGAGE LOAN RULING

The New IRS Form 990

On June 14, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a proposed new Form 990 for reporting the income of tax-exempt organizations.

Maryland Regulatory News Fall 2007

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IRS Creates EHR Safe Harbor

In an announcement akin to the launching of the rocket that signifies the running of the bulls in Pamplona, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new safe harbor (IRS Safe Harbor) for ¤ 50

Fiduciary Duties Within Hospital Systems

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on April 18, 2008.

Did You Know? Fall 2007

Non-physician Specialists: Did you know that Maryland carriers must establish and implement a procedure for a health benefit enrollee to request a referral to a non-physician speci

Assault On Urologic Referrals

In December of 2006, the Maryland Board of Physicians examined a hypothetical urology group's referrals to its own in-office pathology lab, and concluded in a Declaratory Ruling that the referrals