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US-VISIT Biometric Requirements to Include Legal Permanent Residents

December 18, 2008 23:12

The Department of Homeland Security has released a final rule, with targeted effective date of January 18, 2009, which would dramatically expand the number of aliens who are subject to the US-VISIT program biometric requirements. About the US-VISIT Program.  The US-VISIT program was established in ...

E-Verify Becomes Mandatory for Federal Contractors

November 14, 2008 18:05

We have written about this requirement in the past, but it is now a final rule.  Starting January 15, 2009, federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to begin using the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify system to verify their employees’ eligibility to legally work in ...

Appellate Term Holds that If Uncertain, Provider Must Ask What Follow-Up Verification Is Still Missing

Roy A. Mura
October 17, 2008 14:38

NO-FAULT – NF-5 HOSPITAL FACILITY FORM – VERIFICATION – PRESUMPTION OF RECEIPTMary Immaculate Hosp. a/a/o Jonnise Atwater & Cossandra Cogdell v. New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co.(App. Term, 2nd Dept., decided 10/9/2008)Somethings old, something new in this decision.In affirming that part of the ...

No-Fault Insurer Found Obligated to Inform Provider That Its Response To Additional Verification Requests Was Insufficient and/or Incomplete

Roy A. Mura
September 23, 2008 11:22

NO-FAULT – ADDITIONAL VERIFICATION – OBLIGATION TO INFORM ASSIGNEE THAT RESPONSE DEEMED INSUFFICIENT OR INCOMPLETEMedia Neurology, P.C. a/a/o Justin Harris v. Countrywide Ins. Co.(NYC Civil, Kings Co., decided 9/15/2008)When a no-fault insurer receives what it believes to be insufficient and/or inc...

Follow-Up Verification Requests Sent Less Than 30 Days After Original Requests Held to be Timely

Roy A. Mura
September 02, 2008 14:21

NO-FAULT – STAGED ACCIDENT – TIMING OF FOLLOW-UP VERIFICATION REQUESTS – FAILURE TO ATTEND IMEs – FAILURE TO ATTEND EUOsUnitrin Advantage Ins. Co. v. Painless Medical, P.C.(Sup. Ct., New York Co., decided 8/22/2008)If a no-fault insurer does not wait the entire 30-day period to issue a follow-up ver...