No Willfulness Requirement for Lost Profits Award If you are a business owner and have federally-registered your trademark (an important step that the Chambliss Intellectual Property section regularly advises our clients to take), then the value of your trademark(s) just received a big boost. The Continue Reading
Available Now: HHS Frequently Asked Questions Regarding General Distribution Portal
April 27, 2020: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has now made available a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding its General Distribution Portal. Providers are using this portal to verify certain revenue information necessary to apply for portions of the second wave of Continue Reading
Open Now: HHS General Distribution Portal
April 25, 2020: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opened its General Distribution Portal where providers who do not already submit cost reports to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may file revenue information in order to Continue Reading
Governor Issues Orders Impacting Health Care Providers as Georgia Takes First Steps to Reopen
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued two executive orders this week designed to facilitate the incremental reopening of Georgia businesses. Georgia's Public Health State of Emergency remains in place in the near term, although Georgia's universal shelter-in-place requirement ends April 30, 2020, Continue Reading
Delivery of Next Wave of HHS Provider Relief Authorized
April 22, 2020: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this afternoon the distribution of over $40 billion of additional funds from the $100 billion provider relief fund (the Relief Fund) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Continue Reading
Supreme Court Reaffirms Non-Appealability of Patent Office Decisions to Review Issued Patents
Any person may challenge the validity of a U.S. patent on the basis that previously issued patents or publications render the patent's claims invalid as being anticipated by the prior art or obvious in view of the prior art, by filing a petition for inter partes review (IPR) in the U.S. Patent and Continue Reading
Insurance Claims for COVID-19 Business Interruption – Make Your Best Case
You probably anticipated that your business insurance would provide some relief for the impact of COVID-19, since it likely included coverage for general risk, business interruption, contingent business loss, or civil authority actions. However, when confronted with a novel event like the one we are Continue Reading
More Help on the Way for Small Businesses
Most are aware that the $349 billion in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds that were originally appropriated were exhausted last week. Late on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, after much political wrangling and negotiations among Republican and Democratic congressional leaders and the Trump Continue Reading
Additional Relief Possibilities for Health Care Providers Under PPP
Late on April 16, 2020, the SBA announced that its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was out of funding and the agency would not be accepting any more applications for the $349 billion program. This left many small business owners – including medical practices and related health care companies – Continue Reading