Manatt Health senior advisor Stephanie Anthony and partner Randi Seigel authored an article for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News on the importance for long-term care (LTC) facilities to protect patient health information (PHI) maintained by LTC providers in addition to navigating on-the-ground operational challenges amid COVID-19. In the article, Anthony and Seigel noted that many LTC workers may be working from home […]
If you’ve lost your job you may have questions about how it could affect your tax situation. Here are some answers: Q: I lost my job. How does this affect my tax situation? A: The loss of a job may create new tax issues. For example, any severance pay you receive is considered taxable income as […]
With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, crowdfunding websites such as Kickstarter and GoFundMe have become an increasingly popular way for small business owners to stay afloat. The upside is that it’s often possible to raise the cash you need; the downside is that the IRS considers that money taxable income. Let’s take a closer […]
Date & Time: Thursday, 4 June 2020 4:00 – 4:45pm ET RSVP: Click here to register free Find Out How COVID-19 Is Reshaping Digital Health Investing—Including Shifting Priorities, New Winners and Emerging Trends—in a New Manatt Webinar. Click Here to Register Free. At the start of this year, the United States was on its […]
Now Available on Demand: Compliance Best Practices for Healthcare Providers Utilizing CARES Act Funding Click here to view Manatt’s recent webinar, free and on demand. In a recent 45-minute webinar, presenters from Manatt’s investigations and white collar defense and healthcare practices provided guidance for healthcare organizations seeking to use CARES Act Provider Relief Fund dollars […]
As a reminder, taxpayers now have until July 15, 2020, to file and pay federal income taxes originally due on April 15 and no late-filing penalty, late-payment penalty or interest will be due. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this relief has been expanded to include additional returns, tax payments and other actions: All taxpayers that […]
Businesses that have been impacted financially by COVID-19 may be able to take advantage of a new, refundable tax credit called the Employee Retention Credit. The credit is designed to encourage businesses to keep employees on their payroll and is worth 50 percent of qualifying wages up to $10,000 that are paid by an eligible […]
The idea behind ransomware, a form of malicious software, is simple: Lock and encrypt a victim’s computer or device data, then demand a ransom to restore access. In many cases, the victim must pay the cybercriminal within a set amount of time or risk losing access forever. Mega Group’s cyber team offers expertise and track […]
Summary judgment allows a litigant to ask the court to find that no “genuine issues of material fact” exist regarding some or all of the claims in the case, and that they are therefore entitled to “judgment as a matter of law” on those claims. A defendant may use summary judgment to have some or […]
Over the last month, our economy has come screeching to a halt as most Americans were either ordered or encouraged to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. These measures are necessary because we must “flatten the curve” to prevent our health care system from overload. Even Italy, where thousands of COVID-19 […]
We do our best to describe antitrust and other legal issues as straightforwardly as possible here. We tend to speak directly and avoid the guarded language that you often see from lawyers elsewhere (a little secret: most big-firm attorneys are afraid of getting in trouble in one way or another). So, in case there was any doubt, […]