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In August 2009, Pfizer settled a number of cases alleging FCA violations concerning several drugs, including an antipsychotic drug called Geodon.

On January 6, 2017, the SEC announced that Illinois-based multinational confectionery company Mondelēz International Inc. and its subsidiary Cadbury agreed to settle FCPA charges...

In a decision issued on May 3, Judge Edward M. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed – with prejudice – the bulk of federal and California state wage and hour allegations made against Ropes & Gray client Adventures Rolling Cross-Country (ARCC), a California-based travel camp operator that provides international educational and adventure camp experiences for youths.

David Tittsworth, Ropes & Gray investment management counsel, analyzes the possible fate of the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule.

On March 10, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2017-01, announcing a temporary non-enforcement policy for non-compliance with its fiduciary rule.

On March 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") published a proposed rule that would delay the applicability date of its fiduciary rule from April 10, 2017 to June 9, 2017 (a 60-day delay).

On July 6, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") published a public request for information on the fiduciary rule.

On August 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") filed a notice in connection with pending litigation that revealed a portion of its current plans for the fiduciary rule.

This year, there has been a continued increase in initiatives promoting an anti-ESG approach to investment selection and proxy voting for ERISA plans.

On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Hughes v. Northwestern University that the plaintiff-participants will get another opportunity to assert that the Northwestern retirement plan...

On February 6, 2017, the Division of Market Oversight of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") issued temporary no-action relief from the notice filing requirements...

On October 11, 2011, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the "Council") released a second notice of proposed rulemaking and interpretive guidance regarding the process by which the Council will determine, with respect to each "nonbank financial company," whether such company could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability and therefore should be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the "Board") and be subject to prudential standards.

After almost two years of extensive review and deliberation, the Chinese legislature finally passed the new Drug Administration Law ("DAL") on August 26, 2019, which will go into effect on December 1, 2019.

On February 15, 2011, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule formally "reclassifying" Medical Device Data Systems (MDDSs) from Class III into Class I.

There's a lot going on when it comes to technology and health care.

Much like the rationale for spending time and money on preparing for data breaches that you hope will never happen...

Ed Black, co-head of Ropes & Gray's IP transactions and technology, media & telecommunications practice groups, discusses changing values of IP and data in M&A transactions.

As discussed back in September, district courts look to PTAB developments in assessing fee awards under 35 U.S.C. § 285.