The Library

This article by Gentry Locke partner Christen Church was published to the website of ALM’s Inside Counsel Magazine on November 16, 2016. You may view a PDF of the article here. The Affordable Care Act itself is 900+ pages, with the pages of regulation implementing the Affordable Care Act numbering in the thousands, so what would a “repeal” of Obamacare look like? We now know the outcome of the 2016 election. On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald Trump will take office and a Republican majority will remain in both houses of Congress. What will this mean for the future of the Affordable […]

On November 14, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Satisfactory completion of a Form I-9 is required for every employee hired in the United States. These forms must be retained by employers forms for their active US workforce, as well as for terminated employees, pursuant to specific retention rules. A link to the new form is here. The revised Form I-9 includes several changes. For example, Section 1 asks for “other last names used” rather than “other names used,” and streamlines certification for certain foreign nationals. Other changes include: Instructions […]

This article, co-authored by Gentry Locke attorneys Cynthia D. Kinser and John Reed Thomas, Jr., appeared in U.S. Law Week, published by Bloomberg BNA on November 3, 2016. You can view a PDF of the article here. The False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, is the United States’ primary statutory tool to combat fraud against the government. Congress enacted the FCA in 1863 in order to contend with widespread fraud in Civil War defense contracts. Since then, Congress has amended the FCA on several occasions to enhance the government’s ability to recover losses sustained as a result of […]

This article by Gentry Locke partner Todd Leeson was published in the Opinion section of The Roanoke Times on November 2, 2016. To see the published version, click here. Virginia has been a “right to work” state since 1947. In the upcoming election, Virginia voters will decide whether to include “right to work” protection in our state constitution. For reasons I will explain, I encourage a “Yes” vote. To understand this issue better, it is important to know the meaning of the term “right to work.” Assume that Sara lives in New York. She accepts a job with the ABC […]