Further EMA pilot studies that are slated to begin running in 2022 include providing the first catalogue of RWD sources.

On Friday, October 15, 2021, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel published a memorandum purporting to answer the question of what a taxpayer must include in a claim for refund relating to the I.R.C. § 41 Credit for Increasing Research Activities.

Delaware Section 220 corporate books and records inspection demands have long been a precursor to stockholder litigation.

On January 7, 2022, a district court in the Western District of Kentucky dismissed DOJ's implied false certification theory relating to allegedly medically unnecessary genetic tests...

On October 28, 2021, the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of the United States' motion to dismiss—over the relator's objection—a qui tam alleging that the defendant had caused hospitals...

Companies that have endured a corporate trauma are often faced with a two-headed monster of litigation: first, a federal securities class action, typically alleging that misstatements or omissions inflated...

On January 11, 2022, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory...

In the absence of mandatory federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions, states and advocacy groups have turned their attention to the courts to achieve their goals. Three recent decisions provide an indication of what is to come.

This update addresses one of the biggest challenges to supply chain management in years: compliance with the European Union’s Directive on the Restriction of Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electronics and electrical equipment that comes into force on July 1, 2006.

On April 5, 2022, in a 2-1 decision, the Seventh Circuit applied the precedent it set in United States ex. rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., 9 F.4th 455 (7th Cir. 2021)...

On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, published a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations to include controls on certain biotechnology-related software, ...

On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against a broker-dealer firm for recordkeeping violations arising from its employees' use of personal devices for business communications.

The Eleventh Circuit recently held that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to monetary awards in non-intervened FCA actions—the first federal court of appeals directly to address...

The case was originally brought by Bogdan Mihai Bărbulescu, who argued his employer had breached his right to privacy by monitoring his electronic communications.

Since Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC, Delaware courts have adhered to the proposition that "when a transaction not subject to the entire fairness standard is approved by a fully informed...

The Delaware Chancery Court recently issued a rare preliminary injunction delaying the shareholder vote on a proposed merger between QAD...

The cases are very rarely litigated, allowing plaintiff lawyers to collect fees for limited effort and little risk.

On February 11, 2022, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its opinion in Texas Environmental Quality et al. v. Maverick County, et al., a case that addressed the meaning of the term "operator" in the context of the application ...

The European Commission has recently adopted a new Directive of importance to companies conducting clinical trials in the EU

On February 3, 2006, New York State enacted Senate Bill No. 85-A, which amends publication requirements pertaining to (1) domestic and foreign limited liability companies, (2) domestic and foreign professional service limited liability companies, (3) domestic and foreign limited partnerships and (4) domestic and foreign limited liability partnerships.