Drug and Device companies that constitute "applicable manufacturers" under the Sunshine Act and its enabling regulations will need to submit detailed information on "payments" to physicians or teaching hospitals on March 31, 2014 to the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS").

The Dealer Services Group of Duane Morris has won a major victory for a truck dealership client in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, paving the way for the dealership's claims to be heard by a jury.

Duane Morris Takeaways: Data breaches are becoming increasingly common and detrimental to companies. The scale of data breach class actions continued its record growth in 2024, as companies faced copycat and follow.

Further to our earlier post, it is now being reported that the Bulgarian authorities have extradited Russian national Oleg Olshansky to face charges of breaching the US’s Russian sanctions and money laundering.

A criminal trial has commenced in Helsinki regarding the alleged illegal export of 135 trucks and 29 trailers to Russia, with prosecutors seeking a four-year prison sentence for an individual and corporate fines.

French authorities have detained and fined a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker operating in violation of international sanctions. The vessel's owner faced charges for failing to comply with maritime regulations and refusing to follow official orders, resulting in significant financial penalties before the ship's release.

The Dutch central bank has imposed a significant financial penalty on ABN Amro for failures in its customer due diligence processes, particularly concerning high-risk clients. The investigation revealed critical gaps in the bank's ability to identify and address potential sanctions evasion involving dual-use goods and intermediaries in high-risk jurisdictions.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation in Poland targeting a company suspected of circumventing Russian sanctions by falsely declaring the origin of birch wood imports. Authorities are examining whether timber claimed to be from Kazakhstan actually originated from Russia, potentially involving customs fraud, VAT violations, and sanctions breaches spanning from October 2023 to April 2025.

Swedish courts have taken unprecedented action by ordering the formal seizure of the cargo ship Caffa, allegedly used to transport grain from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.

Pennsylvania Senators Dan Laughlin (R) and Sharif Street (D) have proposed legislation to legalize cannabis in Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 84 includes an 8% sales tax, 5% excise tax, restrictions...

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Given the shutdown of the SEC as part of the wider government shutdown, we are seeing many registration statements being filed with no delaying amendment language and with the language

Today, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration...

A federal judge in New Orleans blocked the Interim Final Rule with Comment requiring the vaccination of all staff of health care facilities subject to the health and safety standards under the ...

On March 28 MedStar Health, the largest health system in the Washington, D.C. area, shut down its computer systems, including its electronic health records, on account of an apparent "ransom" attack...

In a December 28, 2018, Federal Register notice, the United States Trade Representative announced that after considering various submissions seeking exclusions from imposition

Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act (SB-1172), limits the collection of personal data by proctoring services. The pandemic created a surge of online-proctoring services...

The SEC has entered into settlements on charges with two investment advisers based on misleading statements in their SEC filings regarding their use of Artificial Intelligence technology

Depending on the MW size, solar energy projects in Vietnam must be included in either the National Energy Masterplan or the relevant Provincial Energy Masterplan.

Following the issuance of the long-awaited Decree No. 80/2024/ND-CP on mechanisms for Direct Power Purchase Agreement (DPPA) ("DPPA Decree")...