By: Olivia N. Daily On September 24, 2021, President Biden revealed his Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID 19 Action Plan. President Biden also signed Executive Order 140042, which required federal contractors to take specific and delineated actions to protect their workers and prevent… Read More >
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New Guidance for Federal Contractors Requires Employee Vaccination: President Biden reveals the Path Out of the Pandemic
Additional Medicaid Reimbursement Available for Nursing Facilities to Assist with COVID-19 Related Expenses
By: Janet A. McSharar To assist in easing the burden on Indiana hospitals, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) announced recently that Indiana Medicaid certified nursing facilities can receive additional Medicaid reimbursement to help address the additional costs the nursing facilities incurred… Read More >
President Biden Announces Aggressive Mandates to Combat the Rise in COVID-19 Cases
By: Melanie A. Kalmbach As COVID-19 Delta variant cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise throughout the nation, President Joe Biden addressed the White House’s plan to boost vaccinations. On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety… Read More >
Contract Modifications: Why It’s Important to Consider Both Sides
By: Jeffrey M. Kraft Despite the best efforts of their drafters, contracts cannot always account for all variables that may arise during the performance of a contract, particularly when the contracts seek to govern the business relationship between parties over an extended period of… Read More >
Clarification of the Medical Malpractice Act in Cutchin v. Beard
By: Olivia N. Daily In Cutchin v. Beard, the Indiana Supreme Court accepted a certified question from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and held that a Plaintiff who never received treatment from a qualified medical provider, but nonetheless suffered an injury from alleged… Read More >
Vaccination Updates and the Path to Normalcy
By: Janet A. McSharar I wrote, actually mused, last year about the new normal in the early days of the pandemic, which included the cancellation of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, among other headbutts to our normalcy. Schools were closed, heck everything was closed… Read More >
Will the Indiana Supreme Court Revisit the Economic Loss Rule for Construction and Design Claims?
By: William E. Kelley, Jr. Within the world of construction and design related claims, there is a legal doctrine referred to as the “economic loss rule”. The economic loss rule provides that, where alleged damages or losses are purely “economic” in nature, claimants must… Read More >