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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 22, 2020, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ("METI") proposed a draft of cabinet order ("Cabinet Order") 1, implementing regulations ("Implementing Regulations") 2 and guidelines ("Guidelines")for the Act 3 on Improving Transparency and Fairness of the Specified Digital Platforms ("DP Act"). They are seeking comments from the public by January 20, 2021. In accordance with the June 2018 and June 2019 cabinet decisions on preparing rules for digital platforms, the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition ("Digi...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Every so often, the extent of state laws providing for the licensing of collection agencies needs to be re-examined. As every state, including two of the most prominent states, California and New York, historically had not licensed collection agencies, 1 the state licensing of collection agencies has not been given as much attention as has been given to the state licensing of other consumer finance activities. This changed in September 2020, when the California legislature, shortly before adjournment, enacted Senate Bill 908 to lice...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published in the Federal Register companion final rules that present significant changes to the regulatory framework of the federal physician self-referral law (commonly referred to as the “Stark Law”), the federal health care program’s Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and the federal civil monetary penalties (“CMP”) law.[1] The final rule...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the United States economy in a profoundly negative manner. Retail stores, restaurants and other direct-customer-facing businesses have been especially hard hit. Throughout the U.S., most states and municipalities have at various points throughout the pandemic issued “shut down” orders to businesses in order to mitigate the spread of the virus. Businesses complied and suffered tremendous losses as a result. As we forecasted, many businesses subsequently filed claims with their commercial...