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On March 15, 2012, the UK government announced its plan to merge the country's two competition authorities, the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading, to create a single enforcement agency, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Among other duties, the CMA will be responsible for merger review, market investigations and cartel enforcement.

On April 30, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 opinion in AT& T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion that California state law deeming class action waivers in arbitration agreements unenforceable in certain circumstances is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act because it "stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress."

On Oct. 18, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a joint action with the Michigan attorney general, filed a civil antitrust action against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan alleging that the insurer's use of most favored nation clauses has stifled competition and raised prices on healthcare services and insurance.

In July 2013, the SEC proposed significant changes affecting private offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D, the most frequently used exemption from the registration requirements.

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act requires the SEC to change its rules so that advertising will be permitted in certain private placements.

The SEC has adopted provisions which prevent felons and other bad actors from relying on Rule 506 of Regulation D, the most frequently used private placement rule.

The US Supreme Court upheld a contactual limitations period inserted into an ERISA disability plan barring a lawsuit for benefits under the plan.

If an employee benefit plan has a financial interest in or signature authority over a foreign financial account, such as a bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, trust, or other type of foreign financial account, the Bank Secrecy Act may require the plan to report the account annually to the IRS by filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR).

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued final regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The final regulations are substantially similar to the proposed regulations issued by the IRS in 2011.

The American Bankers Association announced its support for legislation that would permit community banks to continue to hold collateralized debt obligations backed by Trust Preferred Securities.

In September 2015, the SBIC Funding Corporation completed a pooling of SBA debentures in the amount of nearly $1.2 billion, the largest pooling in the program's 56-year history.

As a follow-up to its July 2009 pharmaceutical sector inquiry final report, the European Commission announced on Jan. 12, 2010, that it has sent requests to a number of originator and generic pharmaceutical companies for copies of their patent settlement agreements.

Under the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (the Act), as amended, Congress imposed an initial three-year moratorium on the establishment of new Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCH), on LTCH satellite facilities and on increases in the number of beds in existing LTCH facilities, unless an exception to the moratorium applied.

On December 23, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a final rule that revises the exception to the federal physician self-referral prohibition for certain arrangements involving the donation of electronic health records items and services.

Frazier Healthcare Partners has announced it has closed its 10th private equity fund focused exclusively on the healthcare middle market.

Bain Capital Private Equity will acquire Harrington Process Solutions, according to a news release.

Flexpoint Ford has announced a growth equity investment in Apollo Care. Apollo Care, based in Chicago, is a developer of patient access and analytics solutions for pharmaceutical brands.

Heritage Group has invested in Nationwide Medical, according to a news release.