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Kay C. Georgi, Sylvia G. Costelloe
The President issued an Executive Order on August 6, 2018, “Reimposing Certain Sanctions With Respect to Iran” (the New Iran EO), which re-imposes relevant provisions of five Iran sanctions EOs (EOs 13574, 13590, 13622, and 13645).
Richard L. Brand, Glenn C. Colton
Ever since the US Supreme Court issued its decision striking down the federal ban on state sponsored sports betting in the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act this spring, there has been much discussion and speculation on what the decision means for the fantasy sports industry.
David R. Hamill, Diana Dimitriuc Quaia, Leah Scarpelli
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer issued a statement on August 2, 2018, advising that President Trump has directed him to consider raising the previously proposed 10% additional duty to be applied to $200 billion worth of Chinese goods (referred to as the List 3 products) to 25%.
Timothy J. Feighery, Lee M. Caplan
Monthly Wrap: News, insights & analysis from Arent Fox's International Arbitration team.
Stephanie Trunk
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its “Proposed Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs” for calendar year 2019 (the Proposed Rule).
The General Data Protection Regulation, commonly referred to as the "GDPR," has been in force for only two months now, but it appears to have already claimed a casualty.
George P. Angelich, Annie Y. Stoops
The Ninth Circuit held that a bankruptcy court may not designate claims (i.e. disqualify claims for plan voting purposes) for bad faith under 11 USC § 1126(e)
Stephanie Trunk
On July 24, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied the State of Maryland’s petition for an en banc rehearing of the Fourth Circuit’s April 13, 2018 decision in the matter of Association of Accessible Medicines v. Frosh.
Karen Ellis Carr, Stanley H. Abramson, Alexander H. Spiegler
Earlier this week the Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU’s highest court, issued a decision clarifying whether the EU would regulate products of innovative breeding techniques, like gene editing, under the EU’s Directive 2001/18, the principal EU law governing the regulation of GMOs.
Dan H. Renberg, Philip S. English*
On July 24, 2018, the House of Representatives approved 283-132 a bill (H.R. 184, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017) to repeal the excise tax on the sale of a medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer.
Bradford C. Frese
In WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., the Supreme Court recently held that patent holders can recover lost foreign profits for patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f).
Caroline Turner English
The Third Circuit recently affirmed the enforceability of “anti-assignment” provisions in ERISA health plan documents.
Thomas E. Jeffry, Jr., Douglas A. Grimm
In a decision that all hospitals should be aware of, on July 9, 2018, the Tenth Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a False Claims Act case against a physician and two hospitals based on allegations that the physician’s procedures were not medically necessary or reasonable.
Emily M. Leongini
California recently announced policy drawing lines between permitted and prohibited sources of cannabinol in products intended to be eaten.
Lynn R. Fiorentino
Following the US Supreme Court’s narrow ruling in Carpenter v. United States, 585 US ___ (2018) questions have arisen regarding whether this interpretation would remain limited or be expanded in future privacy disputes that came before the High Court.
Kay C. Georgi
Most US and multi-national corporations are quick to say, “we don’t do business with North Korea.” However, some companies will recognize the risk of sourcing products from businesses located outside North Korea that may use North Korean overseas workers or subcontract to North Korean companies. The
At first glance, one might conclude that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair would have an immediate impact only on those out-of-state vendors that sell goods and services into South Dakota.
Henry Morris, Jr.
In March 2016, the US Department of Labor issued its “Persuader Rule,” reversing a decades-old interpretation of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act : Under the old interpretation, personal interactions with employees done by employer consultants trigger reporting obligations.
Stephanie Trunk
The Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019 Proposed Rule (the Proposed Rule) is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on July 27, 2018.
Henry Morris, Jr.
Nurses, home health aides, personal care attendants, and other home healthcare providers have enabled countless clients to remain in their homes and avoid institutionalization.
With its decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, the US Supreme Court substantially eliminated the distinction between brick-and-mortar business and e-commerce, for purposes of state laws obligating sellers to collect and remit sales taxes.
Diana Dimitriuc Quaia, Birgit Matthiesen
On July 18, 2018, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of a Section 232 investigation into the impact of uranium imports on America’s national security.
Stephanie Trunk
On Friday, July 13, 2018, the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) posted proposed regulations implementing California’s drug price transparency law.
As the most recent state to address the issue of what to do with unused medications, on July 10, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Drug Take Back Act (the Act).
Robert K. Carrol
Immigration officials have been dramatically increasing inspections in California in 2018 at workplaces ranging in size from small convenience stores to large agricultural operations.