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Companies that require customers to agree to receive autodialed marketing calls and text messages as a condition for using the companies' services have been put on notice that they may be in violation of the Telephone Consumer…more
Auto-Dialed Calls, Citations, Enforcement Actions, FCC, First National
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In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued last week, the FCC proposed to establish a new, terrestrial-based, air-to-ground ("ATG") mobile broadband service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz Ku-band, providing multi-gigabyte broadband…more
Airlines, Aviation Industry, Broadband, Competitive Bidding, FCC
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Between our last Qui Tam Update and the end of June, 65 health care–related qui tam cases were unsealed (28 in April, 18 in May, and 19 in June). Within those 65 cases..…more
False Claims Act, Healthcare, Medicare Part D, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacies
This is the third in a 3-part series about the use of crowdfunding in health and biotech start-ups. We started with the story of a tech start-up which set records for funding through a Kickstarter campaign, triggering the…more
Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurs, JOBS Act, Popular, Private Equity
We previously reported that CNA filed a lawsuit against its insured Cottage Health System seeking reimbursement of amounts that it previously paid under Cottage's cyber liability insurance policy. On Friday, a federal district…more
CNA, Cyber Insurance, Mediation
Mintz Levin compliments the Committee and supports the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because, on balance, the proposals seek to reduce the costs of discovery and litigation of document preservation…more
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Proposed Amendments
In this volume, we have collected the 52 weekly blog posts that comprise the series entitled, The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers. The series appeared in the Mintz Levin Employment Matters Blog during…more
ADA, Affordable Care Act, Cafeteria Plans, EEOC, Employer Group Health Plans
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently announced the addition of its March 26, 2015 decision in Dell, Inc. et al. v. Electronics and Telecomms. Res. Inst., IPR2015-00549 ("the '549 IPR") to its online list of…more
Dell, Estoppel, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Patents, Prior Art
The Federal Circuit has again held that it lacks jurisdiction to review certain decisions of the U.S. Patent Trial & Appeal Board in Inter Partes Reviews, continuing the Court's apparent "hands off" approach to reviewing PTAB…more
Apple, Covered Business Method Proceedings, En Banc Review, Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Jurisdiction
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has now declared Safe Harbor invalid – in total. The ECJ has sent the case back to the Irish Data Protection Authority to determine whether Facebook Ireland's transfer of…more
Cloud-Based Services, Data Privacy, Data Protection Authority, Data Security, EU
Over the past few years, numerous trademark infringement suits have been filed over keyword advertising. Last month, the 10th Circuit weighed in on this subject, issuing a decision with broad implications. In 1-800 Contacts,…more
Google, Infringement, Keyword Advertising, Keyword Search, SEO
On June 12, 2015, the Federal Circuit affirmed the finding of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ("District Court") that the method claims in U.S. Patent 6,258,540 ('540 patent) for detecting…more
AMP v Myriad, Diagnostic Tests, DNA, Mayo v. Prometheus, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
After a busy final few weeks of activity, the Massachusetts Legislature departed for its summer recess with a new budget and progress on several priority policy issues. In addition to overriding $97 million in Governor Baker's…more
Ballot Measures, Carbon Emissions, Corporate Governance, Department of Revenue, Foreclosure
The Japanese Patent Act was revised on May 14, 2014 to provide for post-grant oppositions within one year of the rule change, i.e., by May 14, 2015 (the exact effective date has not yet been set). Under the new opposition…more
Intellectual Property Litigation, Japan, Patent Litigation, Patents, Post-Grant Review
Late last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its much-anticipated decision in Microsoft v. Motorola, a breach of contract action brought by Microsoft alleging that Motorola violated its commitment to license its…more
Anti-Suit Injunctions, Breach of Contract, Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Damages, ITC
A defendant facing thousands of mass tort lawsuits in federal and state courts throughout the country often will seek to address the litigation by seeking Chapter 11 relief under the Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 11 process…more
Automatic Stay, Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 11, Commercial Bankruptcy, Liability Insurance
Last month Governor Brown signed AB 2565, which gives residential and commercial tenants new rights to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and AB 2188, which directs cities and counties to streamline permitting for…more
Auto Manufacturers, Automotive Industry, Commercial Leases, Commercial Tenants, Electric Vehicles
Narges Kakalia, a member in the litigation section in our New York office, recently sat down with Mintz Levin alumna Flora Feng, Senior Director & Legal Counsel, Asia Pacific Region for PepsiCo to discuss career transitions, the…more
Women in the Law
Corporate directors and officers ("D&O's") face significant personal exposure whenever their corporation is involved in a dispute or investigation. For this reason, prudent D&O's avail themselves of all available legal…more
Board of Directors, Bylaws, Corporate Charters, Corporate Officers, D&O Insurance
In Univ. of Utah Res. Foundation et al. v. Ambry Genetics Corp., No. 2014-1361 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 17, 2014), the Federal Circuit once again has weighed in on the patent eligibility of Myriad Genetics, Inc.'s patents related to…more
Ambry, AMP v Myriad, Genetic Materials, Myriad v Ambry, Patent Infringement
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the ''Act'') generally encourages employers to adopt wellness plans and programs in conjunction with their group health plans. Wellness plan vendors tout these arrangements with…more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum on Wednesday from Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates that reaffirms the Government's commitment to prosecuting individuals and formally instructs prosecutors to…more
Cooperation, Corporate Crimes, Corporate Veil, Damages, DOJ
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not frequently issue Warning Letters to corporate sponsors of FDA-regulated clinical trials, so the June 16, 2015, Warning Letter sent to AB Science, a pharmaceutical company with…more
Audits, Clinical Trials, FDA, Inspections, Pharmaceutical
Beginning May 1, 2013, many new business conduct regulations adopted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank") will begin to…more
Borrowers, CFTC, Dodd-Frank, End-Users, ISDA
We saw some key trends emerging and we are proud to be part of the Clean Edge 2014 Clean Energy Trends Report, released last week. The report highlights trends on the rise and provides a comprehensive glance back at 2013. Some…more
Clean Energy, Energy, Solar Energy
On May 27, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published a 653-page proposed rule affecting the thirty-nine states (plus the District of Columbia) that use managed care organizations ("MCOs") to…more
CMS, Healthcare Providers, Managed Care Contracts, Medicaid
On July 10, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") released a Declaratory Ruling and Order clarifying its interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") and expanding its reach…more
Auto-Dialed Calls, Declaratory Rulings, FCC, Prior Express Consent, Revocation
This series is devoted principally to the reporting requirements imposed by Internal Revenue Code §§ 6055 and 6056 as added by §§ 1502 and 1514 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), respectively. The former reports offers of minimum…more
Affordable Care Act, Employer Liability Issues, Employer Mandates, Health Insurance, Individual Mandate
When the JOBS Act was passed in the spring of 2012, all the "buzz" was about the imminent advent of "Crowdfunding." But as legal practitioners, business persons, and pundits looked closer at the details under the Crowdfunding…more
Advertising, Crowdsourcing, Dodd-Frank, General Solicitation, JOBS Act
In the January edition of Energy & Clean Tech Connections, we've gathered recent information from a wide variety of sources in an effort to keep you abreast of what's new in the world of clean energy. We draw your attention to…more
Biofuel, China, Clean Tech, Fiscal Cliff, Investment Tax Credits
When a company begins experiencing financial difficulty, shareholders often ask whether they may be liable under the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act for violations by the company. When the…more
Employer Liability Issues, Involuntary Reduction in Force, Joint Employers, Joint Liability, Liability
Last week, federal regulators released a Proposed Rule outlining accommodations for religious employers that object to the Affordable Care Act's contraception coverage mandate. The Proposed Rule expands the range of employers…more
Affordable Care Act, Contraceptive Coverage Mandate, Exemptions, Reasonable Accommodation, Religious Institutions
As HIPAA-regulated entities anxiously await the commencement of the Phase II HIPAA audit program, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a report critical of…more
Audits, Case Management, Corrective Actions, Covered Entities, Documentation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the upcoming deadlines for the third round of new applications to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that…more
ACOs, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Healthcare
As was recently reported in the New York Times and elsewhere, the Justice Department issued new policies last week that place individual executives as the focus of their prosecution efforts, and encourage companies to cooperate…more
Board of Directors, C-Suite Executives, D&O Insurance, DOJ, Indemnification
A Note from the Editors -
Our October edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the News,…more
Carbon Emissions, Clean Energy, Clean Power Plan, Clean Tech, Climate Change
A recent decision by the Court of Chancery of Delaware provides a reason to pause before agreeing to standard, boilerplate "material adverse change" clauses in purchase agreements. In Osram Sylvania, Inc. v. Townsend Ventures,…more
Attorney's Fees, Breach of Contract, MACs, Material Adverse Effects, Purchase Agreement
In This Issue:
- Introduction
- Agriculture, Food Safety, and Nutrition
- Appropriations, Budget, and Debt Ceiling
- Defense and National Security
- Education
- Energy and Environment
- Financial…more
Appropriations Bill, Defense Sector, Department of Transportation, Energy Policy, Environmental Policies
Countless ideas and inventions are developed at U.S. universities every year, often with federal funding. Many of these important ideas could not be commercialized for the public's benefit without the Bayh-Dole Act, which…more
Assignment of Inventions, Bayh-Dole Act, Federal Funding, Foreign Manufacturers, GAO
There is a general belief that it is not worth applying for patent protection for computer-implemented inventions and software in Europe because the legislation, at first glance, excludes computer programs and business methods…more
Computer-Related Inventions, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, Patentability Search, Patents
On November 14, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") adopted a Declaratory Ruling ("Ruling") clarifying its policies and procedures for reviewing applications or proposed transactions in the broadcasting industry…more
Consent, FCC, Filing Requirements, Foreign Ownership, Telecommunications
As we've previously discussed, states have begun to actively regulate the substitution of interchangeable biosimilars before any FDA-approved biosimilar has even hit the market. State biosimilar legislation passed to date has…more
Biosimilars, FDA, Notification Requirements, Orange Book, Pharmacies
On February 8, 2015, the Board of Governors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ("IEEE") approved changes to the IEEE Patent Policy that provide additional specificity as to the nature of the obligation…more
DOJ, IEEE, Patents, RAND, Standards-Essential Patents
Since the Supreme Court's decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l on patentable subject matter, courts have tried to follow the prescribed framework. Under Alice, patent claims are invalid if directed to "abstract ideas" and…more
Bilski, CLS Bank v Alice Corp, Mayo v. Prometheus, New Guidance, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
We have been following the high-publicity battle between Uber and Lyft, on the one hand, and the drivers on the other, over whether the drivers are properly classified as independent contractors. Uber and Lyft argue they are…more
Drivers, Employee Definition, Independent Contractors, Leases, Lyft
On October 1, 2015, the US Department of State will begin accepting requests to register for the 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2017), also known as the Green Card Lottery. The Diversity Lottery Program provides a…more
Adjustment of Status, Consulate, Department of State, Diversity Lottery, Eligibility
In Actavis Group HF v. Eli Lilly & Co. the UK High Court has granted a declaration of non-infringement in the UK, France, Italy and Spain. A jurisdictional challenge in relation to the French, Italian and Spanish jurisdictions…more
Actavis Inc., Cross-Border, EU, Foreign Jurisdictions, Jurisdiction
Two Massachusetts decisions—including one from the state's highest court—applied the same standard regarding enforcement of an agreement to arbitrate. In each case, plaintiffs signed arbitration agreements with another party. …more
Arbitration, Arbitration Agreements, Employment Contract, Ernst & Young
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ")—at the behest of the CPSC—filed suit in California federal court against two companies and three individuals for importing products that violate the Federal Hazardous…more
Audits, Certifications, Children's Products, Children's Toys, Consent Decrees
Yesterday, in an opinion authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the U.S. Supreme Court brought a measure of hope to non-citizens facing deportation on the basis of certain minor criminal convictions. In Mellouli v. Lynch, the…more
BIA, Convictions, Deportation, Illegal Drugs, Immigrants
The Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law, which requires nearly all Massachusetts employers to provide earned sick time to employees, goes into effect on July 1, 2015. Unless they qualify for the limited safe harbor provision…more
Earned Sick Time, Paid Leave, Safe Harbors, Sick Leave
In This Issue:
- Energy and Climate
- Congress
- Administration
- Department of Energy
- Department of Interior
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Energy Regulatory Commission
- Nuclear…more
Clean Energy, Energy Tax Incentives, EPA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Tax Reform
A recent federal appeals court decision addressing pleading standards for shareholder suits under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, highlights the potential dangers of giving broad assurances of legal…more
Biotechnology, Compliance, Derivative Suit, False Statements, Healthcare
In a decision released on March 25, 2015, FDA denied a Citizen's Petition that would have effectively made the information and patent exchange described in § 262 of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA") a…more
Amgen, Biosimilars, BPCIA, FDA, Pharmaceutical Patents
Amid a recent surge in opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts, with over 1,200 accidental deadly overdoses last year, the Senate passed legislation on Thursday, October 1, that is designed to fight the epidemic on various…more
Controlled Substances, Governor Baker, Minors, Narcotics, OxyContin
On Tuesday, in Zoning Board of Appeals of Lunenburg v. Housing Appeals Committee, the Supreme Judicial Court soundly rejected a zoning board of appeals' argument that inexpensive market-rate homes may be counted toward a town's…more
Affordable Housing, Land Developers
This is the fourth and final post in our series on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Pub.L. No. 114-10. We've previously covered the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) in our April 20th post,…more
Affordable Care Act, CMS, EHR, Electronic Health Record Incentives, Electronic Medical Records
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) gives applicants the opportunity to accelerate the examination of their patent applications in multiple countries once they have received a favourable report in one country. This is useful…more
Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patent Prosecution Highway, Patents
On March 12, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana joined the District of Delaware and Eastern District of Texas as the first courts to consider a generic drug manufacturer's motion to dismiss a…more
ANDA, DaimlerChrysler v Bauman, Drug Manufacturers, Forum, Generic Drugs
On Friday, Mintz Levin Health Law and ML Strategies posted an advisory on CMS's proposed Medicaid Managed Care rules. This advisory provides contextual background, a helpful overview of the rule's contents, and an in-depth…more
CMS, Health Insurance, Insurers, Managed Care Contracts, Medicaid
Last Friday the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied four Sandoz Inc. petitions for instituting inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. 8,455,524 (IPR2015-00005), U.S. 7,612,102 (IPR2015-00006), U.S. 7,659,290 (IPR2015-00007),…more
Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Patents, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Pharmaceutical Patents
Employment lawyers anticipate that employers' social media policies and their use of independent contractors will be hot button issues in the New Year, much like they were in 2012...
Independent Contractors, Misclassification, NLRA, NLRB, Social Media
On March 10, 2014, Sonos announced it would forward-publish its patent applications before they would traditionally be available to the public. This has given rise to quite a bit of discussion in patent legal circles. What are…more
Forward Publishing, Patent Applications, Patents
Another federal agency has weighed in with "guidance" on cybersecurity preparation and breach response. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is the latest to issue guidance on how companies should respond to data breaches. The…more
Corporate Counsel, Cyber Attacks, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, DOJ
The Impact Team, the vigilante group behind the hacking of the infamous website AshleyMadison.com has followed through on its threat to leak the full database of the site's users online. On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, an…more
Ashley Madison, Credit Cards, Data Breach, Data Protection, Hackers
On Thursday, September 17, 2015, in the fourth Federal Circuit opinion arising out of the patent skirmishes between global high technology titans Apple and Samsung Electronics, a sharply divided Federal Circuit panel vacated the…more
Abuse of Discretion, Apple, Apple v Samsung, Article III, eBay Test
The SEC is examining the use of derivatives in the secondary market for shares of private companies. The trading of shares of private companies remains robust, and we are writing this alert to remind everyone that whether you…more
Buyers, Derivatives, Enforcement Actions, Initial Public Offerings, Private Company Shares
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court released its widely-anticipated decision in American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. et al. v. Aereo, Inc., wherein it reversed and remanded for further consideration a decision by the U.S. Court of…more
Aereo, Broadcasting, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Internet Streaming
Does a "make whole" offer of judgment to the lead plaintiff in a wage and hour collective action put an end to the case? According to the US Supreme Court, the answer is "yes"- at least on the specific facts of the case before…more
Collective Actions, FLSA, Genesis HealthCare, Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, Mootness
The California Fair Pay Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2016, prohibits employers from paying employees less than the rate paid to members of the opposite sex who perform "substantially similar" work. Although current…more
Anti-Pay Secrecy, Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Confidentiality Policies, Employee Rights, Employer Liability Issues
Politico, the popular political journalism publication, recently ran the story "Patent Reform Advocates: PTO Process Not Patent 'Death Squad.'" The story was based on a blog post by patent reform advocate Unified Patents. …more
America Invents Act, Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Non-Practicing Entities, Patent Litigation, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
In a recent decision by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Weisfelner, v. Fund 1, et al. (In re Lyondell Chem. Co.), 2014 Bankr. LEXIS 159 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. January 14, 2014), the Court…more
Fraudulent Transfers, Leveraged Buyout, Safe Harbors, Shareholders, Transfers
Pharmaceutical manufacturers have likely taken note of Amarin Pharma Inc.'s recent success in a pre-enforcement legal challenge against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency). On August 7, 2015, Amarin obtained a…more
Commercial Speech, Drug Manufacturers, FDA, FFDCA, Free Speech
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court delivered unanimous opinions in two separate cases addressing questions of patent law, Limelight Networks v. Akamai Technologies (on induced infringement) and Nautilus v. Biosig…more
Akamai Technologies, Claim Construction, En Banc Review, Induced Infringement, Limelight Networks
Earlier this month the SEC issued concurrently (i) the Citizen VC No Action Letter (in response to a request for guidance authored by Mintz Levin) relating to the use of 506(b) for a private placement online and (ii) a series of…more
CD&I, General Solicitation, No-Action Letters, Private Placements, Regulation D
In a hearing before the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development on Tuesday, July 21, roughly two dozen lawmakers and a wide range of business officials, advocacy groups, non-profit leaders, and academics testified in…more
Attorney's Fees, Disparate Treatment, Employee Rights, Equal Pay, Gender Discrimination
As students and scholars' status change from F-1, J-1 or other FICA exempt statuses to H-1B starting October 1, these employees will become subject to FICA taxes upon the effective date of their H-1B status…more
Adjustment of Status, Employer Liability Issues, Exemptions, F-1, FICA Taxes
Currently on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is Carnegie Mellon University's ("CMU") $1.535 billion judgment for patent infringement against Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and Marvell…more
Appeals, Carnegie Mellon, Colleges, Non-Practicing Entities, Patent Infringement
The Supreme Court has decided an important statute of limitations issue in an ongoing fiduciary breach case, Tibble v. Edison International. Tibble has attracted attention up to this point for its substantive claim: that plan…more
401k, Benefit Plan Sponsors, ERISA, Fiduciary Duty, SCOTUS
Survival of representations and warranties ("reps and warranties") is among the staples of highly negotiated provisions in M&A purchase agreements. The length of the survival period limits the time during which claims may be…more
Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Representations and Warranties, Statute of Limitations, Survival Clauses
From 1 March 2015, a new agreement will come into force that allows European patents to be validated in Morocco. This is the first time that a non-member country of the European Patent Organisation will have recognised European…more
EU, European Patent Office, Morocco, Patents
On April 2, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States rendered the McCutcheon decision, addressing the facial validity of Section 203 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (the "BCRA"). This case involved a challenge…more
FEC, McCutcheon v. FEC, Political Contributions, SCOTUS
In order to understand the best approach to solving a business dispute, counsel must understand the client's business objectives. A need to win at all costs will drive one particular strategy, while a need to resolve the dispute…more
Arbitration, Business Disputes, Business Litigation, Mediation
Trends & Analysis:
..We have identified 15 health care–related qui tam cases that were unsealed since our last Qui Tam Update. Of those, 12 were filed from 2012 to the present. All but two cases had been pending more than a…more
Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Corporate Integrity Agreement, Declination, DOJ, Employees
As I reported earlier today, the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has declared Safe Harbor invalid. The full decision is now available online in English (other languages also available at curia.europa.eu by searching on…more
Binding Corporate Rules, Data Controller, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Protection Authority
Despite a stiff litigation challenge from the food industry, Vermont's GMO-labeling campaign marches on. This week saw major developments in the suit brought by the Grocery Manufacturers' Association and other food industry…more
Commerce Clause, First Amendment, Food Labeling, Food Manufacturers, GMO
Progress on Final Rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) took a significant step forward last week when FDA released its first two, comprising the final rules on Current Good Manufacturing Practice and…more
Animal Food, CGMP, Farms, FDA, Federal Register
In the first of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, this post explores the concept of birthright citizenship.
Election years often revive old bones of contention, and…more
Citizenship, Fourteenth Amendment, Immigration and Nationality Act, Political Candidates, Presidential Elections
Whether you are on the defense side or the relator side of the qui tam world, you can count the Supreme Court's opinion in Kellogg, Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex. Rel. Carter as a win and a loss. Since…more
False Claims Act, Healthcare, KBR (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root), Kellogg Brown & Root, Qui Tam
Trends & Analysis:
..We have identified 33 health care–related qui tam cases that have been unsealed in whole or in part since the cases covered in our last Qui Tam Update. In addition, we have also identified one case in…more
Anti-Kickback Statute, Clinical Trials, False Claims Act, Hospitals, Medical Devices
In an effort to enhance oversight and investor protection over private placement activity of firms on behalf of other issuers, new Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) Rule 5123 became effective on December 3,…more
Commodity Pool, Exemptions, FINRA, Private Investment Funds, Private Placements
In an interpretive letter to a broker-dealer dated August 26, 2013, FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) interpreted the suitability requirements under Rule 2111 for recommendations to foreign nationals making…more
Broker-Dealer, EB-5, FINRA, Foreign Investment, Suitability Rule
Sanctions: Why So Hot Now? -
In response to a number of foreign policy crises encountered over the past few years, the Obama Administration has sought a new and more aggressive approach to using sanctions to advance US…more
Cuba, Department of State, EU, Foreign Policy, Iran
A company's past NOLs can be used to offset taxable income in future years, subject to certain limitations. For companies that have operated at a significant loss and expect to turn a profit in the foreseeable future, the…more
Carry Forward, Corporate Taxes, Life Sciences, Net Operating Losses, Publicly-Traded Companies
Megan Gates explains the how rules implemented by the SEC and national securities exchanges make raising capital particularly challenging for small-cap companies…more
Emerging Growth Companies, Finance Lenders, Financing, Nasdaq, Publicly-Traded Companies
Today the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 passed the House, in a vote of 275 to 150 (more information here). Still a hot-button issue, opposition to the Act is emotionally charged, with those opposed to the bill…more
All Natural, FDA, Food Labeling, Food Safety, GMO
In your experience, what's the most important role that a startup CEO should fulfill? That's the question we put recently to JD Supra contributors, many of whom have spent years working with successful entrepreneurs in various…more
Business Formation, CEOs, Legal Perspectives, Startups
On June 16, the Federal Circuit issued its first-ever reversal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in an America Invents Act post-grant proceeding. The opinion, drafted by Chief Judge Prost and joined by CAFC Judge…more
America Invents Act, Inter Partes Review Proceedings, Microsoft, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Patents
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Fiscal Year 2015 Work Plan on October 31. The Work Plan provides the OIG's planned reviews and activities with respect to HHS…more
Affordable Care Act, CMS, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, HHS
On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed rules requiring disclosure of companies' policies with respect to hedging transactions, in order to implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street…more
Dodd-Frank, Hedging, Proposed Regulation, Public Disclosure, Publicly-Traded Companies
On August 5, by a vote of 3-to-2 with the SEC Commissioners voting along party lines, the SEC approved the final rule to implement the requirements of Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act, which instructed the SEC to amend…more
Cost-of-Living, Data Privacy, De Minimus Quantity Exemption, Disclosure Requirements, Dodd-Frank
In an order released on April 22, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission eliminated its longstanding requirement that certain applications for authorization to provide international telecommunications services or for…more
FCC, Telecommunications, WTO
The EPO has announced rule changes that will provide applicants with the option to have additional searches carried out during the European regional phase of Euro-PCT applications…more
EPO, EU, Patent Applications, Patents, USPTO
In This Issue:
- Permanent Medicare Doc-Fix Entering Critical Week
- Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
- Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives
- Congressional Initiatives
- Other Health…more
Affordable Care Act, Congressional Investigations & Hearings, Healthcare, Healthcare Fraud, HHS
The Visa Bulletin for July 2013 shows continual movement forward for immigrant visas in the employment-based third preference (EB-3) category for all countries except India and the Philippines…more
EB-3, India, Visa Bulletins, Visas
Intuitively, Israeli companies and their directors would likely assume that their businesses are immune to investigation and the assessment of penalties by US regulators that are separated by a vast ocean and located more than…more
Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Best Practices, Books & Records, Bribery
Questions of Authority – who will be the federal regulatory cop on the privacy beat? FTC? FCC? Privacy, Data Security Jurisdiction Questions to the Forefront in 2015 -
As privacy and data security gain more visibility…more
Data Protection, Enforcement, FCC, FTC, Jurisdiction
Coinciding with the end of the current fiscal year, the EB-5 regional center program is set to expire on September 30, 2015 but will get a temporary reprieve with expected final passage of a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will…more
Continuing Resolution, EB-5, GAO, Immigrant Investor Program, Proposed Legislation
California, the beacon of individualism and often marching to its own set of rules, has joined the rest of the country as Gov. Jerry Brown has signed SB 633 which revises California's take on what constitutes "Made in USA"…more
Class Action, Governor Brown, Labeling, Made in the USA, Manufacturers
The multi-faceted answer to our question: over the years working with entrepreneurs and inventors, what have you seen as an essential attribute to startup success?…more
Legal Perspectives, Startups
Over the past few years, as plaintiffs have found it increasingly harder to succeed in "say-on-pay" litigation, another type of litigation over proxy disclosures has been on the rise. These cases are generally brought as class…more
Board of Directors, Class Action, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation, Fiduciary Duty
The FDA will hold a public workshop on May 13-15, 2014 to discuss the long-awaited report (the "Report") issued on April 3, 2014 by the three federal agencies charged with regulating health information technology ("health IT"),…more
FCC, FDA, FDASIA, Healthcare, ONC
On September 29, the House subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a legislative hearing to consider the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, H.R. 3459. This bill, which is mirrored in the Senate, S…more
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc., Congressional Investigations & Hearings, Franchisee, Joint Employers, Legislative Committees
Significant portions of the New York Nonprofit Revitalization Act (the "Revitalization Act" or the "Act") went into effect in 2014. The Act represents the first overhaul in more than 40 years of laws applicable to nonprofit…more
Board of Directors, Charitable Organizations, Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, General Solicitation
Early last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a former employee's hospital stay did not count as an "overnight stay" under the Family and Medical Leave Act, and thus did not trigger the FMLA's…more
FMLA, Hiring & Firing, Retaliation, Termination, Wrongful Termination
The Federal Circuit recently denied en banc review of its prior decision dismissing a patent infringement suit where a co-owner of the patent-in-suit refused to join the case voluntarily and the court held that it could not…more
Co-Ownership, Dismissals, En Banc Review, Joinder, Patent Litigation
Lack of clarity is not a ground for opposition before the EPO, but can be raised against amendments filed during the opposition proceedings. In accordance with Article 101(3) EPC, any amendments made to a granted patent during…more
European Patent Convention, Patent Litigation, Patents, Post-Grant Review
On February 6, 2015, a US District Court issued a ruling which underscores the territorial nature of trademark rights and the need to seek formal protection for your marks where possible in all countries of interest. The US…more
Bayer, Lanham Act, Mexico, Paris Convention, Popular
Health care is big business in Massachusetts, and it is a highly regulated business. But Governor Charlie Baker hopes to simplify the Massachusetts regulatory regime. This past March, Governor Baker initiated a year-long review…more
Health Care Providers, Healthcare, Regulatory Agenda
As a result of the recent "fiscal cliff" legislation, otherwise known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (2012 Tax Act), many individual investors are expecting future tax increases, either in the form of higher capital…more
American Taxpayer Relief Act, C-Corporation, Capital Gains, Fiscal Cliff, Income Taxes
My colleagues Heidi Lawson, Dionne Lomax, and I just finished our tour of four Texas cities in as many days, meeting a lot of incredibly talented, smart, and fun Wall Street women (yes, and some men too) in San Antonio, Austin,…more
D&O Insurance, Indemnification, Liability Insurance, Risk Management
Last week, the Working Group for the Fiscal and Economic Recovery of Puerto Rico gave the broadest hint yet of the next tactic in Puerto Rico's ongoing quest to deleverage itself. Although the details have not yet been…more
Creditors, Debt Relief, Debt Restructuring, Municipal Bonds, Municipal Securities Issuers
Trends & Analysis:
..We have identified 58 health care–related qui tam cases that have been unsealed since our last Qui Tam Update. Of those, 33 cases were initiated after the start of 2012, with the remaining 25 cases…more
Clinical Laboratories, Diagnostic Imaging Services, FCA, Healthcare, Hospitals
In This Issue:
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups…more
Abortion, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Contraceptive Coverage Mandate, Health Insurance Exchanges
On June 26, 2015, the ITC handed down its Commission Opinion in Certain Loom Kits for Creating Linked Articles, Inv. No. 337-TA-923, Comm'n Op. (Feb. 3, 2015) (hereinafter "Loom Kits "), granting a general exclusion order. In…more
Bitcoins, China, Domestic Industry Requirement, ITC, Patent Infringement
Last March, the USPTO experienced an enormous spike in the typical number of application filings per week, as numerous US provisional and non-provisional patent applications were filed in advance of the March 16, 2013 effective…more
America Invents Act, Patent Reform, USPTO
Earlier this month, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that employee arbitration agreements, to be enforceable, must contain a "clear and unmistakable" waiver of an employee's right to a trial in court. In Milloul v…more
Arbitration Agreements, Binding Arbitration, Clear-Articulation Test, Dispute Resolution Clauses, Employee Rights
Pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which added new Section 13(p)(1) to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the SEC promulgated Rule 13p-1 (the "Conflict Minerals Rule"), which required that issuers that…more
Conflict Mineral Rules, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dodd-Frank, First Amendment, Petition For Rehearing
Recent court decisions, including the Delaware Supreme Court's opinion earlier this month in ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund, have focused new attention on the use of corporate bylaws and charters to establish the ground…more
American Rule, ATP Tours, Attorney's Fees, Board of Directors, Bylaws
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission"), the Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed this week in federal court a proposed settlement to charges that an investment fund violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino…more
Board of Directors, DOJ, Enforcement Actions, FTC, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
The federal antitrust enforcement agencies have trumpeted their preferences for structural, as opposed to conduct, remedies as the solution to potentially anticompetitive mergers. In contrast, State Attorneys General have been…more
Anticompetitive Agreements, Antitrust Provisions, Attorney Generals, FTC, Healthcare Providers
Trends & Analysis -
Since our last Qui Tam Update, we have identified 39 health-related False Claims Act ("FCA") qui tam cases that have been unsealed. Of those cases..…more
ACOs, Anti-Kickback Statute, Controlled Substances, False Billing, False Claims Act
In April 2013, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) introduced electronic Forms I-94, enabling nonimmigrants entering the U.S. via air and sea to easily access their Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Records online. As of May 1,…more
Customs and Border Protection, Electronic Records, Form I-94, H1-B, L-1 Visas
Activism is on the rise and everyone's activism defense playbook includes engagement, engagement and more engagement as the principal response.
The experts in the field are well versed in when to engage, who to engage and…more
Board of Directors, Corporate Governance, Regulation FD, Shareholder Activism, Shareholders
Audits Have Become More Common -
If you have received a software audit request from your software vendor or one of the industry trade groups representing software publishers, such as the Software & Information Industry…more
Audits, License Agreements, Software, Software Developers
In This Issue:
Leading the News; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups…more
Affordable Care Act, CMS, Federal Budget, Healthcare, HHS
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued revised guidance to its examiners relating to determination of patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101. This "Interim Guidance" provides more specific advice for…more
AMP v Myriad, CLS Bank v Alice Corp, Guidance Update, Mayo v. Prometheus, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
As a company prepares for an IPO, the last thing to sometimes be considered is the potential of future litigation. Although going public can of course be a very good thing for a company, its directors, its initial investors and…more
Board of Directors, Compliance, D&O Insurance, IPO, Professional Liability
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A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit increases the risk that a private equity fund could be liable for its portfolio company's unfunded pension liabilities. Additionally, one…more
Employee Benefits, Employer Liability Issues, ERISA, Investment Portfolios, Pensions
Over the past few years, the Supreme Court's decisions in Alice (Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014)) and Mayo (Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012)), and other cases…more
CLS Bank v Alice Corp, Guidance Update, Inventors, Mayo v. Prometheus, Patent Applications
. . . still more privacy litigation. In 2015, we are likely to see further development of the law in data breach class actions, continuing growth in statutory privacy claims, and increased risk of privacy-related claims arising…more
Data Breach, Data Protection, Popular, Right to Privacy, TCPA
Leading the News -
Burkina Faso:
On October 1st, authorities in Burkina Faso said General Gilbert Diendere, the leader behind a recent coup attempt in the country, was in the custody of security forces. According to…more
Africa, Benghazi, Boko Haram, Bribery, Burundi
The Affordable Care Act's reporting rules—which are set out in Internal Revenue Code §§ 6055 and 6056—solicit the information needed by the Internal Revenue Service to enforce the individual and employer shared responsibility…more
Affordable Care Act, Employer Group Health Plans, Employer Mandates, IRC, IRS
Many of the highest-profile and headline-catching data breaches involve external breaches of a company's electronic systems. But the reality that these headlines obscure is the fact that internal data breaches are generally more…more
Breach of Duty, Cyber Crimes, Data Breach, Data Privacy, Data Protection
The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of Inspector General ("OIG") recently released its Semiannual Report to Congress ("Report"), summarizing OIG's activities for the six-month period ending on March 31,…more
DHS, DOJ, False Claims Act, Healthcare, HEAT
On Wednesday, September 25, 2013, Ultra Light Startups is hosting its Future Energy Forum at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event is part of a series of startup pitch events that connects entrepreneurs,…more
Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Startups
On March 4, 2014, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued a memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps with guidance for determining the patent eligibility of claims relating to products of nature and laws of nature…more
AMP v Myriad, Mayo v. Prometheus, Patent Litigation, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, Patents
According to Law360, operations will be closed at U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world on Friday, October 9th, for a systems upgrade…more
Consulate, Department of State, International Travel, Software, U.S. Embassies
An emerging tool for plaintiff-side securities litigators is the use of state claims under the Uniform Securities Act, such as Massachusetts' so-called "Blue Sky" statute, Mass. Gen. L. c. 110A, § 410…more
Securities Litigation
Energy and Climate Debate -
With Congress avoiding a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution last week, both the House and Senate are in session this week with full schedules, including several energy and…more
Clean Energy, Climate Change, Congressional Committees, Congressional Investigations & Hearings, Continuing Resolution
The Eleventh Circuit recently joined the Second Circuit in adopting the employer-friendly "primary beneficiary" test to determine whether unpaid interns are properly classified as employees under the FLSA. The Second Circuit's…more
FLSA, Internships, Misclassification, Primary Beneficiary Test, Unpaid Interns
On September 25, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced publication of the proposed rule (the "Proposed Rule") implementing substantial changes to the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (MCLFS)…more
Clinical Laboratories, CMS, Comment Period, Cost-Sharing, Data Collection
On June 23, 2015, the Federal Circuit affirmed the finding of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ("District Court") dismissing the complaints in four related actions for infringement of U.S. Patent…more
Abstract Ideas, Dismissals, Patent Infringement, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, Patents
There's been a lot of talk about big data over the last few years and the breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus have many companies running in circles trying to figure out how to protect their systems and their data. So what are…more
Big Data, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Neiman Marcus
The International Trade Commission proposed a series of new procedural rules, which were published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2015. This blog post provides a summary of the more notable proposed changes to the…more
Abusive Discovery Strategies, Comment Period, Corporate Counsel, Evidentiary Hearings, Expert Witness
In Boyle v. Zurich American Insurance Company, SJC-11791 (Sept. 14, 2015), the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed an award of $2,250,000 plus interest against an insurer for failing to defend its insured on a $50,000 policy…more
Breach of Duty, Commercial General Liability Policies, Damages, Denial of Insurance Coverage, Duty to Defend
ACA Repeal Votes Continue: As part of a rare Senate Sunday session to consider a bill to replenish the highway trust fund for six years, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) brought up an amendment to repeal the ACA—in…more
Affordable Care Act, CMS, Congressional Investigations & Hearings, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Exchanges
We previously reported on what we thought at the time were "unusual" arguments from Vivendi Universal, S.A. ("Vivendi") in its summary judgment motion in opposition to the recovery of certain class-action members in the…more
Apportionment, Class Action, Cross Motions, Damages, Fraud-on-the-Market
Exciting news from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS) this week. The agencies announced that beginning with the visa bulletin effective October 1, 2015, USCIS will accept for…more
Adjustment of Status, Department of State, I-485 Applications, Priority Date Cutoff, USCIS
The Supreme Court has spoken once again on the limited jurisdiction of the bankruptcy courts, adding to the understanding derived from Northern Pipeline Constr. Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., 458 U.S. 50 (1982), Granfinanciera…more
Bankruptcy Code, Commercial Bankruptcy, Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison, Jurisdiction, SCOTUS
A growing number of states are passing Green Chemistry laws, e.g.; California, Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, and Washington State. These laws present a challenge to manufacturers who distribute and sell products into the 50…more
Green Chemistry, Manufacturers
In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("HHS-OIG"), and other federal and state agencies continued to aggressively prosecute health care fraud and related offenses…more
Compliance, DOJ, Enforcement, Healthcare, Healthcare Fraud
We have now had more than 30 days to digest HRSA's proposed 340B Drug Pricing Program Omnibus Guidance ("Proposed Guidance"), intended to clarify expectations and provide guidance on key issues in the 340B Program. There are…more
340B, Comment Period, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturers, Drug Pricing
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez took the unusual step on July 13, 2015, of filing a written submission on her own behalf — and expressly not on behalf of her agency — in Investigation No. 337-TA-613,…more
Burden of Proof, Determination on Remand, Edith Ramirez, Exclusion Orders, FRAND
In our prior installments, we determined that students who work at least 30 hours per week for their educational institutions are "full time" employees of those institutions under the Affordable care Act's employer shared…more
Affordable Care Act, Educational Institutions, Health Insurance, Students, Universities
Major Medicaid Drug Payment Rule Under OMB Review: Last week a highly anticipated rule that could set the standards for the Medicaid Drug Rebate program arrived at the White House for final review. The Medicaid Outpatient Drug…more
Affordable Care Act, Amarin, Caronia, CMS, Cybersecurity
Some privacy & security bits and bytes to start your week:
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Over the last several months, the Federal Communications Commission has taken on a…more
Broadband, Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI), Cybersecurity, Data Collection, Data Protection
The California Supreme Court issued an important decision last week on the enforceability of employment class action waivers included in arbitration agreements. The result: private parties can contract for the waiver of the…more
Arbitration, Class Action, Class Action Arbitration Waivers, CLS Transportation, Employment Contract
On Friday, Federal Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke partially dismissed a lawsuit brought by commercial alfalfa farmers seeking to overturn a Jackson County ordinance that banned the use of GMO seed stock ("It is a county…more
Farms, Genetically Engineered Seed, GMO, GMO Bans, Takings
On January 10, 2013, the Federal Circuit reaffirmed broad ITC jurisdiction for non-practicing patent enforcement entities by denying Nokia Corp.'s petition for rehearing of InterDigital Commc'ns, LLC v. Int'l Trade Comm'n (2010-…more
ITC, Jurisdiction, License Agreements, Nokia, Non-Practicing Entities
Data Breach Incidents—Especially "Ransom" Incidents, are on the Rise—One panelist observed that the New York State Attorney General's Office received reports of approximately 900 data breach incidents during the past year alone…more
Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, DOJ, FOIA
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued two opinions each holding that class action waivers may be enforced by employers in cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These decisions — Sutherland v…more
Class Action, Class Action Arbitration Waivers, Employer Liability Issues, FLSA, Wage and Hour
On June 4, 2015, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") released the highly anticipated Final Rule ("Final Rule") updating the Medicare Shared Savings Program ("Shared Savings Program"). One of the few provisions in…more
ACOs, Beneficiary Designations, CMS, Medicare, Medicare Part A
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently issued a summary dismissal denying a number of objections to the Settlement Agreement reached in Hill v. State Street Corporation. The decision further sheds…more
Class Action, Due Process, Institutional Investors, Intermediaries, Investors
On Thursday, September 10, The New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC) hosted its third annual Legislative Roundup. The event brought together clean energy advocates and technology developers from around the Northeast to…more
Clean Energy, Community Shared Solar, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency
Increasingly, companies are being confronted with shareholders seeking to exercise power and influence over business activities. The term "activism" has become a buzzword to refer to shareholders seeking to make operational,…more
Best Management Practices, Board of Directors, Corporate Counsel, Corporate Governance, Proxy Advisors
On March 31 we posted (here) about the Patent Office rolling out a series of rulemakings for improving post-grant proceedings, beginning with a first rule package of "quick fixes" this spring. This past Tuesday, May 19, 2015,…more
America Invents Act, Covered Business Method Patents, Discovery, Patents, Pleadings
Despite previous NLRB rulings telling them to stop, some employers continue to impose broad prohibitions on personal employee communications over company email. As an administrative law judge recently reminded us, failing to…more
Chilling Effect, Code of Conduct, Corporate Counsel, Email Policies, Employee Handbooks
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On June 13, 2013 in a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, 569 U.S. __ (2013) unanimously held that claims for isolated DNA sequences are…more
AMP v Myriad, Biotechnology, DNA, Human Genes, Myriad
On February 24, 2015, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle charges that two of its subsidiaries allegedly paid $3.2 million in bribes that generated $14,122,535 in illicit profits. The SEC…more
Bribery, Compliance, Corruption, Due Diligence, FCPA
Delaware recently enacted new legislation to prohibit stock corporations from adopting fee-shifting bylaws and charter provisions, among other amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law. The fee-shifting ban ends a…more
Attorney's Fees, Board of Directors, Breach of Duty, Bylaws, Certificates of Incorporation
If a corporation is the target of a cyberattack resulting in a data breach, its board may be the target of a shareholder derivative action claiming breach of fiduciary duty. A recent example is Palkon v. Holmes, No. 14-cv-01234…more
Board of Directors, Breach of Duty, Cyber Insurance, Cybersecurity, Data Protection
After months of pressure from industry, health practitioners and even congressional stakeholders, FDA has finally proposed a convention for assigning nonproprietary names (also known as proper names) to biological products. The…more
Biologics, Biosimilars, Comment Period, Draft Guidance, FDA
Brian Platton provides an overview of enforcement trends that private equity investors should be aware of before entering into the health care space…more
Affordable Care Act, CMS, Enforcement, GDP, Healthcare
This video provides background on the EPA's new rules on vapor intrusion, or the intrusion of chemicals into the air inside buildings. The issue applies to any building constructed on a site that was previously used for…more
Construction Industry, EPA, Vapor Intrusion, Vapor Intrusion Guidance
With heavier competition for bigger deals, larger private equity sponsors have increasingly turned to the middle market as a source for new acquisitions…more
Acquisitions, Middle Market, Private Equity
A U.S. Department of Labor final regulation prohibiting third-party home care agencies and other third-party employers from taking advantage of the Companionship and Live-In Domestic Worker minimum wage and overtime exemptions…more
Companionship Exemptions, DOL, Domestic Workers, Employee Rights, Employer Liability Issues
In This Issue:
- First Look at Pioneer ACO Data Reveals Murky Path Forward
- Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
- Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives
- Other Congressional Initiatives
ACOs, Affordable Care Act, CDC, CMS, Healthcare
Last week we wrote about a new business interruption insurance policy that is being rolled out to healthcare providers which will provide specific coverage for various ebola-related losses. This week we note that some business…more
Business Interruption, Commercial Insurance Policies, Ebola
This advisory summarizes key travel and employment issues if you are an F-1 student with Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment eligibility and an H-1B filing on your behalf has been accepted by US Citizenship and…more
Employment Authorization Document, F-1, H-1B, OPT, Students
On October 6, 2015, the D.C. Council introduced the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2014. If enacted, the proposed law will allow employees in D.C. to take up to 16 weeks of paid family and medical leave in a 12-month period, and…more
City Councils, DOL, Employer Contributions, FMLA, Local Ordinance
Our series exploring alternatives to the H-1B continues with foreign trade and treaty visas.
Was your petition one of the estimated 148,000 not selected in this year's H-1B lottery? Is your client from one of the 79…more
Department of State, E-1, E-2, Free Trade Agreement, H-1B
Last week, the National Association of Bond Lawyers held its 13th Annual Tax and Securities Law Institute. Some of the panels included current and former employees of the SEC who spoke on several of the more notable recent…more
Control Person, Enforcement, Enforcement Actions, Municipal Securities Issuers, SEC
There is little poetry in tobacco bonds these days. Cigarette consumption has declined beyond projections, and the advent of e-cigarettes may exacerbate the decline. Payments under the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) are down,…more
Bond Financing, Bonds, Default, Manufacturers, Tobacco
Imagine you are the IT systems administrator of a large corporation. Coffee in hand, you sit down one morning and log in. You receive a message that there has been an intrusion into the corporate database, a large amount of…more
Corporate Counsel, Cyber Crimes, Data Theft, Extortion, Risk Assessment
This alert is a reminder of the rapidly approaching April 1, 2014 "deadline" for the filing of H-1B visa petitions for Fiscal Year 2015. Petitions for the new fiscal year, which starts on October 1, 2014, will be accepted by the…more
H-1B, Immigrants, USCIS, Visas
On September 22, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division, Leslie R. Caldwell, spoke at the Global Investigations Review Conference in New York, addressing the recent…more
Attorney-Client Privilege, Cooperation, Corporate Crimes, DOJ, Evidence
Last month, the Arkansas State Medical Board's Telemedicine Advisory Committee indicated that it was in the process of drafting a rule that would allow establishment of a physician-patient relationship through the use of…more
Comment Period, Electronic Prescribing, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Physicians
When one thinks of the use of technology in school, often the first image that comes to mind is of students sending ill-advised Snapchats and making in-app purchases that line the pockets of the Kardashian family, rather than…more
Data Collection, FERPA, Popular, Student Records, Students
In This Issue:
Leading the Past Week; Executive Branch; International; and Upcoming Hearings.
Excerpt from Leading the Past Week -
Last week closed with the long anticipated ability-to-repay and qualified…more
Ability-to-Repay, CFPB, FHFA, Financial Regulatory Reform, FOMC
New York is one of many states that prohibit the "corporate practice of medicine" (CPOM). The CPOM doctrine generally bars a business corporation from practicing medicine or employing a physician to provide professional medical…more
Corporate Practice of Medicine, Healthcare
As we have mentioned previously, in the wake of Morrison v. National Australia Bank, securities plaintiffs are no longer able to assert claims under the U.S. securities laws to recover potential losses for transactions that…more
Class Action, Corporate Counsel, Foreign Arbitration Clauses, Foreign Exchanges, Forum Non Conveniens
If you have been following my corporate divorce series, you may have read the "Break Up" piece where I advised newly terminated folks to keep their cool if they are unexpectedly fired because their post-firing behavior might…more
Contract Drafting, Dispute Resolution, First Amendment, Liquidated Damages, NLRA
On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted rules that repealed a long-standing ban on the use of general solicitation for private securities offerings. These changes will be effective in…more
Accredited Investors, Advertising, General Solicitation, Marketing, Private Placements
In AT&T Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics Corp., Ninth Circuit Case No. 11-16188 (Feb. 14, 2013), the Ninth Circuit held that California's antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, could apply to a price fixing conspiracy of LCD panels even…more
AT&T Mobility, AU Optronics Corp, Cartwright Act, Conspiracies, Due Process
The United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Commil v. Cisco held that a good-faith belief of a patent's invalidity, standing alone, is insufficient to provide a defense to a claim of inducing another's infringement of a…more
Cisco, Cisco v CommilUSA, Clear and Convincing Evidence, Good Faith, Honest Belief Defense
The consumer product safety community is a tight knit one and no one is better known or influential in the community than Marc Schoem. Marc has spent much of his 40 years at the CPSC as a key player in the Office of Compliance…more
CPSC, Directors, Health and Safety
A series of alternative proposed Initiative Petitions were filed Thursday, August 7, with the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts (the "AGO") seeking primarily to establish specified limits on operating margins…more
CEOs, Executive Compensation, Healthcare Reform, Hospitals, Medicaid
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act, while seldom used in the past, has been increasingly used by institutional investors in suits against banks and other entities. The advantages of Section 18 are as follows..…more
Banking Sector, Institutional Investors, Material Misstatements, Negligence, Publicly-Traded Companies
In a previous article, "Massachusetts Legislature Considers Unemployment Insurance Reform and Minimum Wage Increase," we outlined the Massachusetts House and Senate's separate plans to increase the minimum wage and reform the…more
Economic Development, Legislative Agendas, Minimum Wage, New Legislation, Unemployment Insurance
Under California Assembly Bill 1103 ("AB 1103", codified as California Public Resources Code Section 25402.10), owners and operators of nonresidential buildings must disclose certain building energy performance data to a…more
Commercial Property Owners, Disclosure Requirements, Secured Lenders
The heady days of 2012 saw "Gangnam Style" dominate the U.S. music charts, Patricia Krentcil rocket to fame as the "New Jersey Tanning Mom," and the New York Giants win the Super Bowl. That year also is the source of nearly all…more
America Invents Act, Attorney's Fees, CLS Bank v Alice Corp, Octane Fitness v. ICON, Patent Infringement
On March 31 we posted about the Patent Office rolling out a series of rulemakings for improving post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) pursuant to public feedback to a Request for Comments…more
Additional Discovery, Claim Construction, Comment Period, Confidential Information, Expert Testimony
In a noteworthy recent decision addressing the parameters of damages in commercial litigation, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed an order excluding expert testimony concerning future lost profits damages…more
Expert Testimony, Lost Profits
Employers and their HR departments are faced with a host of new issues and challenges. When you're not navigating new state, federal, and local laws and making sure systems are in place to comply with them, you're busy…more
Affordable Care Act, Bring Your Own Device, Chief Compliance Officers, Compliance, Employee Privacy Rights
Trends & Analysis -
..We have identified 67 health care–related qui tam cases that have been unsealed since the cases covered in our last Qui Tam Update. Of those cases, 29 were filed before January 1, 2014, with seven in…more
Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, Health Care Providers, Healthcare, Medicare
In Washington Shoe Co. v. A-Z Sporting Goods, Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals – Ninth Circuit, No. 11-35166, Dec. 17, 2012), the Ninth Circuit expanded the exercise by Federal District Courts of personal jurisdiction over…more
Copyright, Jurisdiction, Long Arm Statute, Personal Jurisdiction
The recent wave of proxy strike litigation, once thought to be on the rise in 2012 and 2013, has now gone two years without a significant court victory. After one notable early success, decision after decision has gone against…more
Class Action, Disclosure, Proxy Contests, Shareholder Activism, Shareholder Litigation
In a recent decision by the influential Third Circuit Court of Appeals, In re KB Toys Inc., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 23083 at *17 (3d Cir. Nov. 15, 2013), the Court decided that "the cloud on the claim" stemming from a preferential…more
Acquisitions, Chapter 11, Commercial Bankruptcy, Creditors, Debt Collection
The so-called "manager rule" addresses a concern that employers may face a "litigation minefield" if a manager whose very job duties required them to report discrimination complaints could later sue for retaliation if they were…more
Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Demotions, Discrimination, FLSA, Hiring & Firing
Major Medicaid Drug Payment Rule Under OMB Review: Last week a highly anticipated rule that could set the standards for the Medicaid Drug Rebate program arrived at the White House


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... an hour to spare, there was to be a long day driving again today. Off we went, more scenic countryside before turning off to Nybro at the start of the Kingdom of Crystal route. If the difficulty we had in finding the tourist bureau, was any indication it was going to be a long and circuitous day. We followed the sign and arrow but found we had circumnavigated the town until we finally came to the station and the tourist info. Back on the road and our first turnoff ...
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... alliance to protect them against Germany on their southern border. The Union was dissolved in 1523 by King Vasa, who also transformed the castle from a fortress into a palace. Like so many castles we have visited, most of this castle has been beautifully restored and furnished with period furniture, paintings and tapestries.
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... the most personal items of all, skeletal remains. Some of these objects are on permanent display in Kalmar's museum and very good it was too. Unlike the Vasa, this ship was fully manned and had been in operation for years and consequently, was rich in historical material. The Vasa on the other hand, was brand new and on a trial sail, so whilst far, far, far better preserved, she didn't have the riches (literally) that Kronan had. All in all, an extremely interesting ...
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2012 edition features searchable Web app.
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President Obama took to Twitter to answer people's questions about tax increases associated with the fiscal cliff negotiations.
The best solution would be to abolish the debt ceiling forever.
Democrats on Sunday said the GOP needs to put forth specific plans to solve the problem.
Requests for information are part of Obama plan to shrink federal footprint.
Outfielder B.J. Upton asks for $3 million bonus to be paid before Dec. 31.
More companies are pushing for standing desks citing growing evidence that sitting results in severe negative health consequences.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsSt. James Hotel New Orleans
Weird, the airco has a motion sensor. So during the night it is off, unless you sleep walk I guess. When I called the front desk he immediately offered to bypass the sensor. Guess I was the the first one that called.
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Be Aware of Bed Bugs
I just wanted others to be aware of the poor sanitary and service conditions that I experienced at the St. James in New orleans. At first the room appeared to be clean though after further inspection I found that there was hair all over the bathroom area. I stayed four nights and spent little time in the room though when I used it, soap, towels and the bath mat was never replaced. They failed to program my key correctly twice requiring me to return to the lobby using their incredibly slow elevator. On the fourth night I found bed bugs in the bed. I requested that a hotel employee take a look and they did not so I left. I then returned and spoke to the general manager. I asked for a refund or some compensation for just the fourth night and was told that since they did not find anything they would not refund my money. I would definitely not recommend using this hotel if you plan to stay in New Orleans.
Nice -until checkout
Spent three days in St. James in Aug 2003. Purchased our reservations at a discount rate on-line through a travel service at an all-inclusive rate. Until checkout, we were pleased with our stay.
Upon checkout, the hotel charged us a $4.95 per day charge for "communication access." We escaped a $2.95/day charge for the safe because our safe was broken. Hotel would not back out the communication access fee even though we had not used the hotel phone. We called our on-line travel service toll free number to complain on the hotel pay phone. The on-line travel agency graciously refunded $5/day on their end.
While we were waiting for our airport pickup, a hotel guest was checking in. He was asked to initial the approval of the excess fees.
Apparently the night shift overlooked this on our check-in. We were charged anyway.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Just spent a long weekend in the St. James (August 15-18, 2003). Have mixed feelings.The Good - The hotel is quaint and nicely decorated. The day staff was friendly and courteous. The rooms were large and the location is good - not a long walk to the French Quarters, Harrah's, Riverwalk, etc.The Bad - The night staff was less than helpful - acted as if you were bothering them if you had a question. The elevator broke and when called to ask about it I was told "Don't know if it's broken or not - just take the stairs". Never got a straight answer from anyone that worked at night.The Ugly - While the rooms are large and nicely decorated they are not clean, especially the bathroom. There was mold and mildew around the tub and around the top of the room. The mini refrigerator did not work. There were light bulbs missing from both the bath and the bedroom. The room safe did not work. The sidewalk in front of the hotel was torn up making it difficult to enter and exit the building. Housekeeping is not doing what is required and management either doesn't check of just doesn't care.I would not stay at the St. James again and would strongly recommend that friends not stay there.
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I hate to even brag how much I love St. James Hotel because I don't want to have my favorite place start to book up when I want to visit. However, I have to share this elegant hide-away. I was at its sister property (Hotel Le Cirque) which was not finished remodeling 2 christmas ago. It was horrible, and I made sure they knew I was unhappy....so, they decided to send me to ST. JAMES HOTEL. I was astonished at the difference. The place is CLEAN, ELEGANT, QUAINT the staff was very nice and accomidating to my every need. I think this place could easily be a 5 star hotel. I am on my way back this August 2003 for my birthday weekend after spending two Christmas seasons there already.
I'd stay again only if I HAD to!
My roommates and I stayed at the St. James Memorial Day Weekend 02'.
The location is great, not far from the action - but the hotel itself is another story! Luckily, we had a great hotel deal & managed to make the best of things. The room was dark & musty, the carpet was damp the entire time. I felt like I was pulling germs up over my head everytime I got into bed. The patio attached to our room was in TERRIBLE condition. The fountain was dry, rusty, & full of leaves. The patio furniture was dirty - what was the point in even having an attached patio? The beautiful swimming pool advertised on their website was down for renovations (on one of the busiest weekends of the year!) I felt bad however because I didn't tip the bellman until after the fact, but heck the way I see it - they should've paid me for staying there!
Could've been worse though I guess...I had fun anyway - I was in NEW ORLEANS!!!!
St. James: for a shoe-less vacation
Do NOT stay at the St. James. Unless you'd like your shoes stolen, or perhaps your shirt, right out of your suitcase in your room. And if you'd like the hotel management to care about this, stay somewhere else. The front desk staff, especially on the weekend, lacked any remote interest in their customers. The way this incident was handled was appalling. There was a severe lack of sufficient action to try to resolve this matter. If you would like customer service, stay somewhere else. Watch out! a shoe-less vacation awaits you at the St. James.
Quaint, CLEAN! Worth the short walk to the Quarter
Clean, elegant hotel. Great value and worth the short walk to the Quarter!
Beware of this place
Well to begin there was a terrible smell in the room after waiting 1 1/2 hours for staff they said it was the old mini wet bar, that don't work anymore. Staff said it smelled like a dead rat inside, they only give you robes if you ask took 1 hour to bring them to the room. Had to repair the coffee maker was tired of waiting for room service. Forget to leave coffee two mornings out of four. Spoke to Mananger and they would disclipine somebody proably the dead rat. Staff was lazy and to concerned making personal phones calls then to help you. Hidden charges on safe and phone even if you don't use them. Beware spend the money elsewhere, would not even discount the room after all this trouble. NEVER AGAIN !
Great, quaint hotel
We stayed at the St. James last December, just after Christmas. What a wonderful little hotel! The rooms were nicely-sized and very quaint, it felt like staying in Europe. The bathrooms were nice (but not 5-star level) but the room was superb. The restaurant in the hotel -- Cuvee -- is top-notch, we ate there that night and while we rang up quite a large bill, it was worth it. We've stayed in most of the top hotels in New Orleans and highly recommend the St. James. You can often find good bargains on this hotel on their website.
Great Value
I stayed at the Royal St. James in October 2002. I plan on going back this year and will definately stay there again. It's a great value for the price. It's only a short walk to the FQ and the Casino. While the rooms aren't huge, they have everything you need. Free breakfast, bar, and the trolley stops right next to the hotel. Great value!
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