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On May 6, 2016, CMS published in the Federal Register a request for comments on proposed revisions to the information to be collected pursuant to the CMS Voluntary Self-Referral (Stark) Disclosure Protocol (SRDP).
Anthony V. Lupo
Last September, we published an alert warning retailers of a looming expansion in the reach of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act that would impose requirements on e-commerce websites to make themselves more accessible to users with a wide variety of disabilities.
Steven I. Weisburd
In fact, the House passed the DTSA by a vote of 410-2 on April 27, 2016, and today, May 11, President Obama signed it into law. The DTSA is codified at 18 U.S.C. 1836(b).
Lowell C. Brown, Douglas A. Grimm, Sarah G. Benator, Annie Chang Lee
In March 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enhanced its Medicare enrollment screening for new and existing enrollees to the Medicare program. Providers not meeting CMS’s enhanced enrollment screening risk denial, revocation, or deactivation of Medicare billing privileges.
Matthew R. Mills
The FTC final order against a video game marketing company highlights that advertising partners must monitor influencer disclosures and performance.
Stephanie Trunk
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has finally issued final regulations transitioning to the use of the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) to establish Medicaid ingredient cost reimbursement instead of utilizing manufacturer-reported prices.
Ross Q. Panko, Birgit Matthiesen
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 was voted and approved on April 27, 2016 and is now on its way down Pennsylvania Avenue to the President’s desk for signing.
Brian P. Waldman
FDA recently issued its final guidance on restaurant menu labeling intended to help restaurants and similar retail food establishments understand nutrition labeling requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that may apply to them.
David S. Greenberg, D. Jacques Smith
In a surprising move that could dramatically impact government enforcement actions against life science companies, the health care industry, and government contractors, a federal board has increased federal False Claims Act penalties by more than 100 percent.
Emily M. Leongini
The Drug Enforcement Agency recently approved a first-ever randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to study the use of botanical (“whole plant”) marijuana (rather than an extract made thereof) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans.
Anthony V. Lupo, Douglas E. Hewlett, Jr.
Store credits not redeemable for cash are not unclaimed property under California's Unclaimed Property Law.
Matthew R. Mills
A recent lawsuit filed against GNC serves as a reminder that companies need to ensure that prices listed as “regular prices” are substantiated.
Stephanie Trunk, Hillary M. Stemple
The Department of Justice recently announced it has reached a more than $780 million settlement with Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Wyeth to resolve reported false pricing allegations.
Anthony V. Lupo
Whether it is proprietary information regarding customers, pricing, sourcing, product design, or manufacturing methods, trade secrets provide a competitive edge in the market by virtue of the fact that it is not generally known.
Anthony V. Lupo
Why does it matter? This seemingly inconsequential distinction may mean the difference between being able to prominently display your embroidered brand trademark on your jeans and being required to place a large “Made in China” marking next to the embroidered brand trademark.
David L. Dubrow
Given the recent municipal bankruptcies and likelihood of more to come during the next recession, the author draws lessons from recent cases to determine what changes to Chapter 9 would be in the interest of the nation.
Alexander H. Spiegler
Arent Fox filed an amici brief on behalf of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, and San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association. Our brief focused on the following three errors in the Federal Circuit’s rationale.
Stephanie Trunk
VA recently announced a significant policy change that will now require drug manufacturers to make drugs that are “covered drugs” under the Veterans Health Care Act (VHCA) available to the VA under the manufacturer’s Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract.
Theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets, costs US businesses more than $300 billion a year, according to a 2013 report by the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property (a bipartisan group of high-ranking former US officials).
Stephanie Trunk
The Program Notice provides some guidance on how generic drug manufacturers are to calculate the new Additional Discount on generic drugs that will become part of the rebate due state Medicaid programs under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.
Buried among all the provisions arming the government with new enforcement tools in the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 are a handful of benefits which, if applied correctly and appropriately, could save importers money.
Thomas E. Jeffry, Jr.
On April 14, 2016, the European Union formally adopted a new scheme – known as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – to protect the personal data of European residents.
Anthony V. Lupo, Matthew R. Mills, Thorne Maginnis
J Crew Group Inc. was recently hit with a nationwide class action lawsuit alleging that the clothing retailer offers fictitious sales on the J Crew Factory store website.
Thomas E. Jeffry, Jr.
On April 5, 2016, Chairwoman Edith Ramirez of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the release of a new web-based tool to assist developers of mobile health apps in understanding what federal laws they must comply with.