This decision overturns long-standing precedent established in Chevron U.S.A. Inc., v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (“Chevron”) that required federal courts to defer to an executive agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutory provisions the agency administers (often referred to as Chevron deference).

The Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services (collectively, “the Departments”) recently issued the updated Annual Submission Instructions and User Manual to facilitate the Gag Clause Prohibition Compliance Attestation (“GCPCA”) for 2024.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (“PCOR”) fee filing deadline is July 31, 2024, for all self-funded medical plansand some HRAs (including individual coverage HRAs (“ICHRAs”)) for […]

The guidance includes the limits on annual out-of-pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, and other amounts, but not premiums) for non-grandfathered group medical plans for plan years that begin in 2025.

On April 20, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the 2025 state budget that includes an amendment to the New York Paid Family Leave (“NYPFL”) law […]