BUFFALO, N.Y. – On Thursday, May 13, at 1:00 p.m., Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP attorneys Scott V. Carroll and Elise M. Edwards will present “New Employer COBRA Coverage Obligations,” a webinar for employers that will address new COBRA coverage obligations for employers related to the introduction of the APRA-21 COBRA premium assistance provisions.

Scott, Co-Leader of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman’s Health Care Practice Team, brings more than 20 years of experience in the Healthcare and Life Sciences practice group to his clients. Scott has represented everything from health plans, medical groups, hospitals and integrated delivery systems to pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, research institutes and specialty service organizations. He has counseled organizations on complex healthcare regulatory matters, corporate finance and mergers, acquisitions, investments and joint ventures and collaborations, as well as research, development, distribution, and production and manufacturing agreements.

Elise primarily provides corporate and regulatory counsel with respect to healthcare and life science business transactions and compliance matters.  Ms. Edwards assists clients navigate and achieve efficient and effective solutions to an array of matters ranging from day to day operations to large transactions to providing regulatory and compliance guidance.  Her experience includes counseling hospitals, physicians and physician group practices, health plans and start-ups throughout healthcare mergers, acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, insurance regulation, intellectual property and information technology matters, corporate reorganizations, practitioner employment agreements and HIPAA compliance matters.

Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 125 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Albany and New York, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.