Legal Update

Tickets for the 2022 Embrace Aging Forum are now on sale! Tuesday, June 28, 2022 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Westin Chattanooga 801 Pine Street Chattanooga, TN 37402 We hope you can join us at this year's event, featuring keynote speaker Tembi Locke. Registration includes complimentary valet Continue Reading

On February 23, 2022, a federal court in Texas struck down portions of the Surprise Billing Act (the Act) regulations pertaining to the payment rate arbitration process in response to a challenge by the Texas Medical Association and a Texas physician. The plaintiffs viewed the rate arbitration Continue Reading

Join Us on March 1 for an Estate Planning Webinar! The Embrace Aging Forum is back in 2022! We are gearing up for the best Embrace Aging Forum yet! We will back in person this summer. Be on the lookout for more details along with registration information. In advance of the forum, we are Continue Reading

Once a trademark registration has been issued, trademark owners should be on the lookout for the inevitable "Renew Your Trademark" scam letters. Here, to assist trademark owners avoid these scams, we provide a breakdown of an actual scam letter that the trademark attorneys at our law firm recently Continue Reading

On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) concluded that low-cost trademark filing companies, ABTACH Ltd., 360 Digital Marketing LLC, and Retrocube LLC (collectively, the "Respondents") were engaged in an egregious scheme to deceive the USPTO as well as their own Continue Reading

Here When You Need Us Happy New Year from our Chambliss Estate Planning Team! We hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season, and we hope you're excited for what 2022 may bring. If there is anything we can do to help address your needs, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! We continue to Continue Reading

We want to make health care providers with 100 or more employees aware that, on December 27, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the expiration of its June 2021 Emergency Temporary Standard for health care employers (the Health Care ETS). The Health Care ETS Continue Reading

As health care organizations are generally aware, most regulatory requirements related to the federal No Surprises Act apply beginning January 1, 2022. These surprise billing regulations implement a number of new patient billing and cost-sharing limitations in the emergency services context, as Continue Reading

Here When You Need Us We wish you and your loved ones a very happy and safe holiday season! We look forward to serving you in 2022 and for many years to come. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can assist you with your elder law, special needs planning, or estate planning needs. — Continue Reading

This morning, the House of Representatives voted 220 to 213 in favor of passing the Build Back Better Act (the Bill). The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill will cost almost $1.7 trillion and add $367 billion to the federal deficit over 10 years. Although passed by the House, Continue Reading