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08/15/19
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Milwaukee — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 161 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020. The following Quarles & Brady attorneys distinguished...
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03/08/19 – Media Mention
John Barlament featured in “5 Tips As High Court Awaits UnitedHealth Offsetting Petition”
Below is an excerpt:
Have a Conversation With Your TPA
The first thing employers should do is determine whether their third-party administrator engages in cross-plan offsetting — information that Quarles & Brady LLP partner John L. Barlament said isn't always intuitive or...
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Law360
08/15/18
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 169 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019. The following Quarles & Brady attorneys...
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08/15/17
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018
179 Quarles & Brady Attorneys Recognized Nationally
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 179 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018. The following Quarles...
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08/15/16
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017
168 Quarles & Brady Attorneys Recognized Nationally
MILWAUKEE, Wis.— The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 168 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017. The following Quarles...
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04/22/16 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article, “For workplace health plans, Obamacare’s impact is ‘fairly minimal'”
Below is an excerpt:"Things have calmed down because we have final rules for most of the ACA provisions," Barlament said.One potentially significant change — the so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost health benefits — has yet to take effect.But Barlament has...
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
09/24/15 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “Proposed Rule Expands Transgender Health Coverage”
Below is an excerpt:“The Office for Civil Rights will start its inquiry by asking whether and to what extent coverage is available when the same service is not related to gender transition,” concurred Barlament. “The example given in the preamble...
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Society for Human Resource Management
08/17/15
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016
175 Quarles & Brady Attorneys Recognized Nationally
MILWAUKEE, Wis.— The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 175 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016. The following Quarles...
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02/26/15 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “FTC urges security, privacy for Web-connected devices and ‘Internet of Things’”
Following is an excerpt:John L. Barlament, a partner at Quarles & Brady with experience in privacy and security issues, said companies have an interest in following the report’s recommendations.If companies do so voluntarily, Congress or the FTC will be less...
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Thomson Reuters - The Knowledge Effect
02/26/15 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “FTC urges security, privacy for Web-connected devices and ‘Internet of Things’”
Following is an excerpt:
“The FTC wants to encourage innovation and is worried about regulating too stringently in this area,” he added. “But it also wants companies to ‘play fair’ and offer consumers some privacy and security protections.”
Barlament also said...
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Westlaw Journal Computer & Internet
02/09/15 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “Asset owners demand info on cybersecurity processes”
Below is an excerpt:Breaches can also be accidental but still risky, said John Barlament, partner, data privacy, at Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee. Last month, a third-party administrator for DB and DC plans accidentally disclosed Social Security numbers, account balances...
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Pensions & Investments
02/07/15 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “Data Breach at Anthem May Lead to Others”
Following is an excerpt:Hospital systems, for example, are increasingly asking for photo IDs and driver’s licenses in an effort to block patients who have stolen someone else’s medical identity, said John Barlament, a lawyer at Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee....
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The New York Times
02/06/15 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament featured on NPR Newscasts
NPR
01/27/15 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “NY’s Novel Data Security Proposal Likely To Have Wide Appeal”
Below is an excerpt:In shifting from a focus on requiring companies to take the heat for incidents to allowing them to put certain standards in place ahead of time to combat known risks, the attorney general’s proposal is likely to...
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Law360
10/28/14
Quarles & Brady Launches Safe & Sound, a Privacy and Security Blog
MILWAUKEE, WI — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that the firm’s Data Privacy & Security Team has launched Safe & Sound, a blog that provides a practical, business-focused discussion of the legal issues relating...
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10/22/14 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “Employers Looking at ‘Skinny’ Health Plans to Counter Health Law’s Penalties”
Following is an excerpt:Now, some benefits administrators are pitching somewhat-less-skinny plans that they claim protect employers against the $3,000 penalty as well – by meeting the law’s standard of covering at least 60% of the cost of health care. Yet...
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Wall Street Journal
10/09/14 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “Can skinny plans pull their weight?”
Following is an excerpt:As the 2015 benefits enrollment season approaches and employers gear up for their second year of coverage mandates, as outlined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it seems some employers still offer non-compliant health plans.A survey...
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BenefitsPro
09/10/14
Milwaukee Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015
Eighty-Seven Quarles & Brady Attorneys Recognized Nationally
MILWAUKEE, WI — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that eighty-seven of its attorneys from the Milwaukee office have been selected by their peers for inclusion inThe Best Lawyers...
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08/18/14
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015
169 Quarles & Brady Attorneys Recognized Nationally
MILWAUKEE, WI — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 169 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015....
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07/22/14 – Media Mention
John L. Barlament quoted in article “Obamacare ruling a ‘recipe for chaos’”
Miami Herald
02/11/14 – Media Mention
“At first blush, ACA mandate delay a relief”
Following is an excerpt:Companies with more than 99 employees are still required to offer coverage beginning 2015. The ACA does not require employers with less than 50 workers to provide insurance.Taibleson views the delay as a reasoned and...
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Milwaukee Business Journal
01/07/14 – Media Mention
“Small Businesses Weigh Sending Sick Workers to Obamacare Exchanges”
Following is an excerpt: One possible roadblock: Such a practice may be illegal, and it might leave business owners open to employment discrimination claims, says John L. Barlament, an attorney at the law firm of Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee. Nevertheless,...
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Bloomberg Businessweek
08/15/13
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014®
162 Quarles & Brady Attorneys Recognized Nationally
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that 162 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014. Quarles...
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01/23/13
John Barlament to Present on ACA at 22nd Annual Health Benefits Conference & Expo
MILWAUKEE, WIS. - The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that John L. Barlament, a partner in the firm's Milwaukee office, will present on the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") at the 22nd Annual National Health Benefits Conference & Expo...
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08/28/12
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013®
160 Quarles & Brady Attorneys Recognized Nationally
MILWAUKEE, WIS. - The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that 160 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (Copyright 2012...
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