In an effort to encourage hospitals to take advantage of the 68 percent settlement offer for previously denied inpatient claims, CMS recently announced a new procedure.

On October 2, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a proposed rule adding new safe harbor provisions to the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and expanding exceptions to the Beneficiary Inducement Civil Monetary Penalty Statute (Proposed Rule).

The FTC’s chief administrative law judge ruled that the agency must disclose the standards it uses to determine whether a company maintains adequate data security.

The FTC recently won a significant victory in federal court in its ongoing efforts to hold businesses accountable for their data security practices.

This past August, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced plans to hold an administrative hearing on its proposal to move "marijuana" from Schedule I...

In 2012, Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce declared Section 7 rights "one of the best kept secrets of the NLRA."

Recent Cases Demonstrate Potential Exposure for Both Physicians and Providers

CMS recently announced a policy allowing acute care and critical access hospitals to settle inpatient-status claims currently on appeal in exchange for a partial payment.

On December 28, 2020, Judge Vince Chhabria of the US District Court for the Northern District of California joined Judge Catherine Blake of the US District Court of the District of Maryland in...

Attention employers with employees working in the United States on L-1 visas: US Citizenship and Immigration Services has begun conducting worksite visits under its Fraud Detection and National Security site inspection program.

In part one of IP Soundings: Inter Partes Review Strategies, partner David C. Gryce spoke with partners Imran Khaliq and Pamela Fulmer on filing requirements, standards for granting Inter Partes Review (IPR), types of discovery, amending claims, and more.

Legislative history states that the IPR process "will allow invalid patents that were mistakenly issued by the USPTO to be fixed in their life."

Patents are like any other assets and should be treated as such.

The Patent Act’s fee shifting provision provides that a "court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party." 35 U.S.C. § 285.

Earlier today, President Barack Obama announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations and an easing of economic and travel restrictions on Cuba.

Clothing manufacturers may want to rethink their marketing tactics at outlets, according to a letter prepared by four members of Congress.

Attention West Hollywood (WeHo) shoppers, new furs are no longer for sale in WeHo! A federal court recently dismissed constitutional challenges to the City of West Hollywood’s (WeHo) city-wide ban prohibiting the sale of fur products ..

As part of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) regular rule and guidelines review process, it recently reviewed the rule governing the "Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans" (Negative Option Rule).

As Lacoste looks to the future, this strategic initiative reinforces the high-end lifestyle company's DNA as an iconic tennis brand.

This past summer, Lacoste launched a mobile app, Lacoste City Tennis, that is part matchmaker and part personal assistant.