ArticleAlston & Bird Health Care Week In Review, July 30, 2021This week, CMS issued four FY 2022 final rules updating payments under the Medicare program. Read more about these rules and other news below.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleAlston & Bird Health Care Week In Review, December 3, 2021This week, CMS announced Medicaid coverage of COVID-19 vaccine counseling visits for children and youth up to age 21. Read more about this development and other news below.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleAlston & Bird Health Care Week In Review, September 3, 2021Below is Alston & Bird's Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action;United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleNCAA In Foul Trouble After Supreme Court Favors Student-AthletesWondering what antitrust treatment college sports leagues should receive? There's a Supreme Court ruling for that. Our Antitrust Team breaks down the Court's NCAA v. Alston decision and considers...United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawAlston & Bird
ArticleAlston & Bird Health Care Week In Review, September 17, 2021Below is Alston & Bird's Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action;United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleAre Additional SCCs For International Data Transfers On The Horizon?On 4 June 2021, the European Commission introduced updated Standard Contractual Clauses (‘SCCs') for the transfer of personal data to third countries...European UnionPrivacyAlston & Bird
ArticleWhite Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: SEC Again Awards Significant Whistleblower Bounties To Leverage Enforcement Evidence From Compliance InsidersIn pursuit of enforcement, the Securities and Exchange Commission is empowered to award whistleblower bounties to compliance professionals.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawAlston & Bird
ArticleNinth Circuit Tells Honey Buyers To Buzz Off In "100% New Zealand Manuka Honey" AppealWho said it better: "The pedigree of Honey / Does not concern the bee"; or "[G]iven the foraging nature of bees, … it is impossible to produce honey that is derived exclusively from a single floral source"?United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleTriMark: Are "Sacred Rights" Still Sacrosanct?A recent decision by the Supreme Court of New York suggests that current lender-on-lender violence through majority uptiering and covenant-stripping may not be without a remedy.United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringAlston & Bird
ArticlePatent Case Summaries | Week Ending April 8, 2022A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.United StatesIntellectual PropertyAlston & Bird
ArticlePatent Case Summaries | Week Ending August 13, 2021A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.United StatesIntellectual PropertyAlston & Bird
ArticleLand Use Matters: September 2021The Affordable Housing Linkage Fee (AHLF) schedule, adopted June 29, 2018, places a fee on certain new market-rate residential and commercial development projects to generate local funding for...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionAlston & Bird
ArticleCheck Your Timing: Tax Traps For The Unwary In Acquisition AgreementsEven one day of unanticipated tax liabilities can have meaningful consequences. Our Federal Tax Group turns your attention to the little-regarded – but still important – straddle-period provisions...United StatesTaxAlston & Bird
ArticleSEC's Cybersecurity Rules – SEC Issues Guidance And DOJ Establishes Processes For The National Security Or Public Safety ExceptionOur Securities and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams unpack the Department of Justice's (DOJ) process for companies seeking to delay Form 8-K disclosures under the Securities...BelgiumTechnologyAlston & Bird LLP
ArticleCMS Issues Guidance After Supreme Court Greenlights CMS Health Care Facility Vaccine Mandate, Blocks OSHA Vaccine-or-Test MandateIn the wake of the Supreme Court's mixed ruling on federal vaccination mandates, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released three separate guidances for three groups of states.United StatesEmployment and HRAlston & Bird
ArticleWhat's In A Name? Final FTC Regulations Rebrand The Jurisdictional Nexus RequirementOn December 28, 2021, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued another tranche of final foreign tax credit (FTC) regulations, which were officially published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2022.United StatesTaxAlston & Bird
ArticleFood & Beverage Digest - July 2021Arnold Palmers are in the drink again after a consumer filed a putative class action in Illinois federal court challenging the "Zero / No Calories" labeling on some...United StatesConsumer ProtectionAlston & Bird
ArticleAlston & Bird Health Care Week In Review, January 14, 2022Below is Alston & Bird's Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleAlston & Bird Health Care Week In Review, October 29, 2021This week, the White House released the framework for President Joe Biden's proposed $1.75 trillion tax and spending bill, known as the Build Back Better Act. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticlePatent Case Summaries | Week Ending April 29, 2022Sunoco sued Venture for infringement of four patents relating to systems and methods for blending butane with gasoline. United StatesIntellectual PropertyAlston & Bird