September 2018 | Powers Law Firm

Power Play: Washington Week in Review September 17

Week in Brief

Labor, HHS Appropriations: Senate Passes Final Defense, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Minibus Conference Report. Read More

Power Play: Washington Week in Review September 10

Week in Brief

Labor, HHS Appropriations: Senate and House Appropriations Committees Convene Conference Committee Meeting, Reach Final Conference Agreement, and File Conference Report on Defense and Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Minibus Appropriations Package. Read More

Powers Principal Brian Gunn Discusses the State of Indian Affairs at ATNI

Powers Principal Brian Gunn will provide a legislative update on the state of Indian affairs at the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Fall Annual Convention this week. Read More

Powers Higher Education Specialist Sharon Bob Publishes Article on the Future of Accreditation

Powers Higher Education Specialist Sharon Bob recently published an article on accreditation and the role accreditors will play in the future.Read More

Powers Counsel Steve Kuperberg Presents on Conducting Internal Investigations

Powers Counsel Steve Kuperberg presented on conducting internal investigations at The George Washington University as part of the university’s Healthcare Corporate Compliance Graduate Certificate program.Read More

Power Play: Washington Week in Review September 4

Week in Brief

Supreme Court Appointments: Senate Judiciary Committee Commences Series of Hearings to Consider Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court of the United States. Read More

Powers Associate Shuchi Parikh to Present on 340B Drug Pricing Program at D.C. Bar

Powers Associate Shuchi Parikh will present on the 340B Drug Pricing Program at a D.C. Bar Health Law Community event on September 26.Read More

Detailing the Department of Education’s Rationale for the Gainful Employment Repeal

By: Dan Brozovic

Many in the higher education community are aware of the Department of Education’s (“ED” or the “Department”) latest proposal for the Gainful Employment (“GE”) rule: to rescind it, replace it with expanded College Scorecard disclosures for all institutions, and possibly also require institutions to make expanded disclosures on their own websites.Read More