17 Nov, 2021 Medicines Patent Pool to Sub-License Generics By Leah Ranke Qualified generic drug manufacturers around the world have just had their doors thrown wide open for business in highly unusual moves by...
17 Jun, 2021 Supreme Court Declines to Overturn the ACA By Leah Ranke A group of State Attorneys General and two self-employed Texans were among those seeking once again to challenge the existence of the...
24 Mar, 2020 Colligan Law attorneys join WIVB to discuss COVID-19 impact on businesses and employees. By Matthew Pelkey This week Joe Saeli and myself joined CBS affiliate WIVB to discuss what it means to be an essential business in New York, how to request...
23 Mar, 2020 10 Point Summary of the New York State on PAUSE Plan By Colligan Law The Governor's 10-point NYS on PAUSE plan is as follows: Effective at 8PM on Sunday, March 22, all non-essential businesses statewide...
22 Mar, 2020 FDA allows pharmacists to make hand sanitizer By Alexander Vilardo As a result of the current pandemic, the FDA has announced that, temporarily, it will not penalize pharmacists in state-licensed...
21 Mar, 2020 NY Executive Order Update: certain licenses and registrations extended, statute of limitations tolled, 100% reduction in workforce, among several changes. By Matthew Pelkey Last night New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo released Executive Order 202.8 setting forth several temporary changes and modifying...
20 Mar, 2020 NY Mandates Workforce Reduction of 75%, permits virtual notaries, and expands closings to personal care businesses. By Matthew Pelkey This morning New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced by executive order (202.7) a revision of the March 18, 2020 Executive Order...
19 Mar, 2020 New Federal Law Requires Paid Leave By Joseph Saeli President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on March 18. It will take effect on April 2, and will remain in...
16 Mar, 2020 COVID-19: what it means for our clients and our community By Matthew Pelkey There is no pretending otherwise--COVID-19, or Coronavirus, is disrupting our workplaces, our businesses, and our communities. State of...
12 Mar, 2020 COVID-19 Testing: The Problem List By Leah Ranke The lack of mass, available, free, fast and accurate COVID-19 testing in the US is the single biggest obstacle to efforts to contain the...
09 Mar, 2020 Own a business? Now is a good time to check your business interruption insurance. By Matthew Pelkey As a business owner we hope to never have to rely on our business interruption insurance but when a major incident happens, not having...
08 Mar, 2020 State and County Health Department Press Conferences on COVID-19 By Leah Ranke As Congress approves an $8.3 billion spending package to deal with the coronavirus, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and Erie County...
08 Feb, 2020 Don’t Post Photographs of Patients or Residents By Leah Ranke Today’s decision by the Minnesota Appeals Court notwithstanding, the overwhelming consensus is that no staff at any nursing homes,...
03 Feb, 2020 Buffalo, NY Headlines Most Affordable Places to Retire in the United States By Colligan Law Buffalo has been in the news recently as a great place for millennials and other young people to move to after finishing up their...
30 Jan, 2020 Southern Ontario Population Boom can benefit WNY Startups and Tech Companies By Colligan Law With populations rapidly growing in cities south of Toronto such as Hamilton, Niagara Falls, St. Catherines, Fort Erie, and Port...
27 Jan, 2020 Checklist for Selling or Buying a Health Care Practice By Leah Ranke When preparing to buy or sell a health care practice of any type, there are many things to consider. The following is a starting place,...