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• HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen: COVID Health Information and HIPAA - Do You Know the Rules? On this episode of HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen, health care attorneys Rebecca Ivey and Nathan Kottkamp describe major HIPAA exceptions and what employers can do with COVID health information. They also discuss how information that was not previously Protected Health Information (PHI) can become PHI.

• PODCAST: Benefits Companion: OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination Regulations
  On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by David Burton, a partner with the firm’s Labor, Employment and Immigration section who shares some answers to frequently asked questions on the recent OSHA COVID-19 vaccination regulations impacting employers with 100 or more employees. Episode Note: This podcast was recorded on 11.12.2021. OSHA has since announced that it has “suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS pending future developments in the litigation.” Employers may still want to proceed with their compliance planning, while also monitoring breaking news on the subject.

• Podcast: Benefits Companion: Episode 33: DOL’s Guidance on Continued COVID-19 Timeframe Relief
  On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses the recently issued Department of Labor guidance on continued COVID-19 relief for certain employee benefit plan notice and election timeframes.

• Podcast: Benefits Companion: Episode 30: New Round of COVID-19 Relief Expands Assistance for Employers
  On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt addresses the latest round of coronavirus relief legislation passed in December 2020 and what benefit plan sponsors need to know about changes impacting family leave, employee retention and flexible spending arrangements going into 2021.

• Podcast: Benefits Companion: Episode 24: COVID-19 Edition - Deadline Extensions Impacting HIPAA, COBRA and ERISA
  On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon explains the Department of Labor’s Disaster Relief Notice that extends certain filing and notification timeframes applicable to employee benefit plans and their participants and beneficiaries, including special enrollment timeframes, COBRA deadlines and ERISA claims procedure deadlines in response to the COVID-19 emergency. 

• Podcast: Benefits Companion: Episode 21: COVID-19 Edition - New Opportunities for Health Flexible Spending Arrangements and Cafeteria Plans
  On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses new opportunities that the IRS and COVID-19 legislative relief have created for health flexible spending and cafeteria plans.

• Podcast: Benefits Companion: Episode 20: COVID-19 Edition - Employee Benefit Plans
  On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by colleague, Marc Purintun, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 legislative relief on employee benefit plans and plan sponsors.

• Podcast: Intellectual Contracts
  On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Amy Pruett is joined by Janet Cho and Ed White to discuss approaches to IP-related agreements during a pandemic.

• Webinar: Turnaround and Survival Strategies from a Corporate Finance & Legal Perspective
  Williams Mullen lawyers provide a framework for recovery, concepts, cash flow suggestions and legal concepts for consideration.

• Podcast: Benefits Companion: Episode 19: COVID-19 Edition - Practical Guidance on Leave Relief for Employers 
  On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by David Blanchard, of OneDigital, to discuss key considerations  for employers contemplating furloughs, layoffs or addressing other leave scenarios and how the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act may help.

• Webinar: COVID-19 And The Federal Government Contracting Impact 
  On this webinar, our Government Contracts Industry Service Group's Co-Chair, Anthony Anikeeff, addresses the impact of the coronavirus on government contracts, including opportunities and project-specific concerns.

• Webinar: Helping Employers Navigate the CARES Act & FFCRA Provisions 
  While the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) were created to provide economic relief to businesses and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, they have also generated many questions for those tasked with accessing resources and maintaining compliance. This webinar will discuss key elements of these Acts and potential impacts on your business and benefit programs.

• Webinar: COVID-19: What It Means For Employers and Employees 
  This webinar provides practical advice on the families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and what it means to employers.

• Webinar: COVID-19 Employment and Employee Benefits Law Considerations
  This webinar, which is part of a series organized by the Hampton Roads Business Recovery Taskforce, addresses COVID-19 employment and employee benefits law considerations.

• Webinar: Wealth Transfer Planning During the Pandemic: Change and Opportunity
  Our world has undergone a relatively immediate and significant change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses, financial markets, schools, health care systems, tax laws, and our daily lives have changed and been disrupted in response to the pandemic. This program will focus on the wealth transfer planning considerations and opportunities created in this new world.