05.03.21
Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 80, which specifies that Paycheck Protection Program loans businesses received from the federal government not be counted as taxable income.
This revised All Plan Letter provides Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans with information regarding COVID-19 vaccine coverage and administration.
L.A. County is poised to move into Tier 4 of the state’s Blueprint, with COVID-19 metrics continuing to fall.
04.29.21
As New York officials work to reduce the spread of COVID-19, our Manatt team, located in the heart of state government in Albany, NY, has created a resource center for the state’s key executive orders and agency guidance.
On March 12, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law immediately-effective legislation requiring New York employers to provide employees with paid leave “for a sufficient period of time” to receive COVID-19 vaccine injections (“Vaccine Leave”).
As proposed back in March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has now formally delayed the mandatory compliance date for the new general qualified mortgage (QM) rule to October 1, 2022, effective June 30.
04.28.21
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) led to major advances in health insurance coverage in the United States. From 2013 to 2019, the uninsured rate fell from approximately 17 percent to 11 percent.
04.26.21
California lawmakers proposing changes in the state’s insurance laws face their first significant hurdles in the next two weeks.
Finding that a defendant failed to carry the burden to establish federal subject matter jurisdiction as the removing party, a U.S. district court in Florida granted a TCPA plaintiff’s motion to remand her suit to state court.
A California federal court signed off on a $1 million settlement agreement, putting an end to a class action filed against Adobe over calls that allegedly violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and yielding $2,000 payments for class members.