Insights
By: Scott S. Morrisson, Elizabeth M. Roberson, and Chloe N. Craft
on April 25, 2024
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its final rule banning virtually all employee non-compete agreements nationwide in approximately 120 days. The FTC initially issued its proposed rule in January 2023. The FTC thereafter…
By: Brian M. Heaton and Maria Vladimirova Geltz
on April 23, 2024
On March 13, 2024, Governor Eric Holcomb signed Senate Enrolled Act 9 (“SEA 9”) into law, requiring advance reporting for certain mergers and acquisitions involving Indiana health care entities. Indiana joins a number of other states with similar…
By: George C. Lepeniotis, Blake P. Holler, and Christopher W. Bloomer
on April 18, 2024
Property owners may cringe at the thought of a lien being attached to their property, but the strength of the mechanic’s lien statute is to get people–who have performed work on the property–paid.
In this episode of the Krieg DeVault Podcast Series,…
April 16, 2024
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Senior Associate Alex C. Bowman has been selected to the 18th class of Michiana Forty under 40, a program created to honor outstanding young professionals in the Michiana region. Mr. Bowman is one of 40…
By: Brett J. Ashton
on April 10, 2024
On March 20, 2024, the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued a Memorandum on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “Memo”) to the heads of the executive departments…
By: Michael J. Messaglia
on April 4, 2024
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released a comprehensive report on managing artificial intelligence (AI) specific cybersecurity risks within the financial services sector. The Report was issued as just one of the steps mandated by …
By: Elizabeth M. Roberson and Chloe N. Craft
on April 4, 2024
At the beginning of March 2024, the Biden Administration released its proposed budget (the “Budget”) for the 2025 fiscal year. In the Budget, the Biden Administration provides funding for a new national paid family and medical leave program (the…
By: Amy E. Schwarz and Amy M. Levander
on March 28, 2024
2024 Session Wrap-up
The Indiana General Assembly adjourned sine die earlier this month on March 8th, with 172 bills being sent to Governor Holcomb for his signature or veto. Legislators passed bills addressing child care access and affordability in …
By: Catherine M. Stowers
on March 26, 2024
In a widely publicized lawsuit filed in February of this year, former Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) employee Ann Lewandowski sued the pharmaceutical giant for allegedly breaching its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of…
By: Marc T. Quigley and Matthew C. Branic
on March 26, 2024
How much is too much when it comes to damages awards for False Claims Act violations? A district court judge in Minnesota weighed in recently in United States of America ex rel. Fesenmaier v. Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc. et al., No. 13-cv-3003 (D.…
By: Meghan M. Linvill McNab and Andrew N. Warner
on March 26, 2024
On November 17, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a Final Rule implementing certain requirements in the Affordable Care Act regarding the disclosure of ownership, managerial and other information for Medicare and…
By: Nancy J. Townsend
on March 25, 2024
Effective post-employment restrictions have fallen into limbo. Several states have banned such restrictions outright, and the FTC has taken steps to eradicate them.1 Most states disfavor noncompete agreements and many impose unpredictable and…
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