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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Various issues relating to Medicare Secondary Payer reporting requirements

Contacted: Vice President of the U.S.; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

S. 471, Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019 Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending Various issues relating to securities litigation

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Vice President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: S. 471 (116th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 946, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 3375, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act S. 151, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act Various issues relating to data privacy; Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-243) modernization

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Vice President of the U.S.; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 151 (116th), H.R. 3375 (116th), H.R. 946 (116th)

Bankruptcy BNK

H.R. 766, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2019 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Vice President of the U.S.

Bills named: H.R. 766 (116th)

Insurance INS

Various litigation and liability issues relating to National Flood Insurance Program

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA); Vice President of the U.S.; SENATE

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 946, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 3375, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act S. 151, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act Various issues relating to data privacy; Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-243) modernization

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Vice President of the U.S.; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 151 (116th), H.R. 946 (116th), H.R. 3375 (116th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, including provisions relating to section 544 and House Armed Services Committee amendment 439 S. 1790, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 832 Various issues relating to class action reform; enforcement of federal law by state Attorneys General and states political subdivisions; doctrine of federal preemption; trial lawyer advertising; minimal diversity; oversight of the Department of Justice; use of exclusionary authority; federal enforcement of False Claims Act; campaign finance reform; litigation by localities

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Vice President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: S. 1790 (116th), H.R. 2500 (116th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 327, Ending Forced Arbitration for Victims of Data Breaches Act of 2019 H.R. 1423, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act H.R. 1430/S. 608, Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019 H.R. 1443, Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019 H.R. 1500, Consumers First Act H.R. 2148/S. 1082, Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace (BE HEARD in the Workplace) Act H.R. 2474/S. 1306, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 H.R. 2749/S. 1491, Restoring Justice for Workers Act H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act S. 610, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act S. 620, Safety Over Arbitration Act of 2019 S. 630, Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act S. 635, Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2019 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6351, Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2012 Various issues relating to the Federal Arbitration Act (P.L. 68-401); alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; restatements of the law issued by the American Law Institute; fraud and abuse in civil litigation; civil discovery reform; legal reform; asbestos litigation

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Vice President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2474 (116th), H.R. 2749 (116th), H.R. 2750 (116th), S. 635 (116th), H.R. 1423 (116th), H.R. 1500 (116th), H.R. 327 (116th), S. 1491 (116th), H.R. 2148 (116th), S. 620 (116th), H.R. 1443 (116th), S. 1306 (116th), S. 610 (116th), S. 630 (116th), S. 1082 (116th), H.R. 6351 (116th), S. 608 (116th), H.R. 1430 (116th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Various issues relating to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (P.L. 95-213), including agency guidance on enforcement; federal civil and criminal enforcement activities against businesses; Department of Justice policies on declined and non-prosecuted cases; over-criminalization of federal law; criminal discovery; criminal justice reform

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Vice President of the U.S.; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)