The U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously determined that the U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of hardwood plywood from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce found to be dumped and subsidized.

Philadelphia associate Meredith Reinhardt has authored an article for In-House Litigator entitled, "JAMS Issues New Optional Expedited Arbitration Procedures.

A discussion on whether an unaccepted offer of judgment for full relief made prior to a motion to certify does moot the plaintiff’s claim in an FLSA collective action.

In the June issue of Drinker Biddle’s The Pulse newsletter (link below) we reported that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) served subpoenas on a number hospitals and health systems as part of a fraud investigation into whether hospitals billed Medicare for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for patients whose conditions did not satisfy coverage criteria set forth in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) National Coverage Determination (NCD).

Doug Swill, Chair of Drinker Biddle’s Health Care Industry Team, and Ilisa Halpern Paul, Managing Government Relations Director of the firm's Lobbying & Advocacy Team, presented a complimentary webinar on Nov. 6, 2013, with Meghan Woltman, Vice President, Government & Community Relations at Advocate Health Care.

On Friday, August 10, the President signed the "Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act" (H.R. 1905) into law.

On August 26, 2013, the U.S. Department of State published a long awaited interim final rule amending the brokering provisions of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

A discussion on how do the Supreme Court’s rulings in the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 cases affect California workplaces.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed into effect an amendment to the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance.

The Department of Health and Human Services recently released its long-awaited final rules related to the health insurance exchanges.

The Congressional Budget Office recently released its May baseline projections, including a revised score for the cost of a 10-year freeze to physician payments under Medicare.

Payment and policy for post-acute care have long been topics of interest to policymakers on Capitol Hill.

The Senate voted 78-17 in Executive Session to confirm the nomination of Ms. Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be the new Secretary of the HHS.

Yesterday, the House passed the latest in the series of limited funding bills, voting to fund the Food and Drug Administration at post-sequestration levels.

On Friday, December 6, 2013, the independent Congressional Budget Office gave renewed hope for all those pushing for a permanent fix to the SGR

Yesterday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor released the 2014 House of Representatives calendar.

Late Monday night, about two hours ahead of the shutdown deadline, the House called for a Conference Committee.

On Thursday the House continued passing a series of limited continuing resolutions to fund specific sections of the government.

The government shutdown status quo continued on Tuesday.

Still facing a stalemate, on Tuesday, October 8, House Republicans discussed plans to bring to the floor HR 3273, legislation sponsored by Reps.