Reed Smith has issued the first comprehensive white paper discussing the comments submitted in response to Treasury's July 2015 Request for Information (RFI) on marketplace lending.

The federal government has created a Federal Identity Theft Task Force, which is being chaired by the U.S. Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.

The revised Modernizing Government Technology Act (HR 2227) passed the House by voice vote May 17. Identical legislation already has been introduced in the Senate by Sens. Gerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.),

Data privacy issues in the European Union seem to be a reoccurring theme here on the blog, following Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment in Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (C-362-14) on October 6.

On 12 January 2014, the Indonesian Government imposed an effective ban on the export of some unprocessed mineral ores.

The Competition and Markets Authority continues to assert that competition rules have and will continue to apply fully throughout the crisis...

In a recent ruling, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") decided that shippers must employ costly U.S.-flag vessels when shipping processed condensate to and from a foreign country to be blended as a diluent with heavy crude.

Brownfield developers and owners of contaminated property contemplating a cleanup should take note of two important guidelines issued by the U.S. EPA.

On May 17, 2017, Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced an "important step forward" in bringing the CFTC's regulations into the "digital world of the 21st century."

As previously reported, President Obama has signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act (PL 114-255), which is intended to spur the discovery and availability of new medical treatments.

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, also known as "SARS-CoV-2") has been declared a public health emergency (PHE) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The newly-enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes numerous Medicare, Medicaid, and other policy and payment provisions impacting health providers and manufacturers.

The rule finalizes, with certain modifications, all of the AKS safe harbors and beneficiary inducement CMP exceptions noted in a proposed rule published on October 3, 2014.

The HHS OIG issued a Special Fraud Alert highlighting its concerns regarding two trends involving transfers of value from laboratories to physicians.

The OIG published a proposed rule to significantly expand the exclusions applicable to persons or entities that receive funds from federal health care programs.

On July 21, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Babcock & Wilcox Company et. al. v. American Nuclear Insurers et. al, No. 2 WAP 2014.

States continue to focus their investigation and enforcement efforts on privacy issues, with no sign that the focus will shift anytime soon.

Simon Adams of Reed Smith's Real Estate Practice Group comments on the challenges developers face with historic-designated properties in the city.

On December 4, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) submitted written comments to the Department of Revenue regarding the Department’s proposed market sourcing regulations.

Mehak Oberoi, Legal Head/General Counsel for GE Vernova, Hydro Power, joins Niyati Ahuja to discuss the importance of lawyers understanding business needs and the intricacies of construction disputes...