Tuesday, September 7, 2021
By Cody Weyhofen September 7, 2021 On August 28, 2021, Missouri joined the growing list of states with legislation geared toward protecting employees who experience domestic or sexual violence. Missouri’s new Victims Economic Safety and Security Act (“VESSA”) requires public and private employers with at least twenty (20) employees to provide eligible employees with unpaid […]
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
September 7, 2021 By John Vering, Brenda Hamilton, and Mark Opara Recent Developments on the Federal Level On July 15, 2021, we alerted you to the fact that President Biden had issued an Executive Order targeting non-compete agreements. Click here for a link to that Client Alert. Since that time, there has been no substantive action on […]
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
What Group Practices Need to Know About the Stark Law Final Rule’s Impact on Physician Compensation Plans, Effective Jan. 1, 2022 August 31, 2021By Lori Beam In the Stark Law Final Rule (Final Rule) issued in November 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made several “clarifications” to the definition of “group practice.” […]
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021By John Vering, John Neyens, Shannon Johnson and Mark Opara Recent Developments There has been a flood of recent developments with regard to Covid vaccines. First, the FDA has given full approval to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine with indications that full approval for the Moderna vaccine likely coming soon. The Delta variant continues to […]
Thursday, August 19, 2021
August 19, 2021Seigfreid Bingham is proud to recognize an abundance of attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 edition. Gordon Gee, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – SecuritiesBrenda Hamilton, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Labor and EmploymentDan McClain, Commercial LitigationFritz Riesmeyer, Commercial LitigationGreg Gerstner, Construction Law, Litigation – ConstructionMark Gilgus, Corporate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and EstatesRachel Baker, Employment Law […]
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
August 3, 2021By Curry Sexton and Greg Whiston On Friday, July 30, the NCAA Board of Governors announced that it would convene a special constitutional convention in November to provide recommendations for restructuring the NCAA across all three divisions. It is expected that the Board of Governors will propose dramatic changes to the NCAA Constitution to reimagine aspects […]
Thursday, July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021By Curry Sexton, Mark Opara, and Brenda Hamilton On Friday, July 9, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” The Executive Order requests that more than one dozen federal agencies consider making various new administrative rules aimed at increasing competition within the American economy. Included in the […]
Thursday, July 8, 2021
July 8, 2021This news release was published by the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Kansas City – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association has announced a partnership with Seigfreid Bingham’s Sports and Entertainment Group’s “Empower U.” This partnership will provide a centralized source for education, legal guidance and compliance resources for the MIAA office, its 14 member […]
Thursday, July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021By Curry Sexton and Greg Whiston On Wednesday, June 30, the NCAA, less than 24 hours before various state name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) laws were to go into effect, adopted an interim policy that temporarily suspended its amateurism rules and opened the door for student-athletes to make money from their NIL. The policy went into […]
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
June 30, 2021Kansas City – Seigfreid Bingham’s Sports and Entertainment Law Group announced on Wednesday a new service aimed at assisting NCAA conferences and/or their member institutions in navigating the rapidly changing rules and laws regulating student-athlete name, image and likeness. The service will focus on providing a centralized source for guidance and legal advice […]