On September 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule that would require public companies to disclose the ratio of the pay gap between its chief executive officer and the median compensation of their employees.

October 1, 2013 is the day that employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act should provide its employees with notice about the Affordable Care Act’s new Health Insurance Marketplace.

The NYC Council passed an amendment to the Earned Sick Time Act requiring all employers with five or more NYC employees to provide five paid sick days.

As part of a growing movement on the State and Federal levels to shed light on potential conflicts of interest that may affect health care providers' treatment decisions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") recently issued final rules detailing the reporting requirements under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act ("Sunshine Act").

For most executives of FDA-regulated life sciences firms, their main focus understandably is securing approval of drugs, biologics, and medical devices vital not only to serve patients, but also bottom lines.

One of the reasons why consumers, healthcare providers, investors, the government and others have been slow to adopt mobile health applications and software (apps), are concerns about the privacy and security of data collected through the apps.

In early January, 2014, the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") for the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a report criticizing HHS’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") for failing to adopt stronger integrity practices governing electronic health records ("EHRs").

Decree 102/2013/ND-CP brings changes to current regulations, which will have negative and positive impacts on the employment of foreigners in Vietnam.

The terms of an owner-controlled insurance policy defined "occurrence" as "...including continuous or repeated exposure to... the same general harmful conditions."

The California Supreme Court issued an important decision last week that potentially impacts all California litigation, including insurance coverage litigation.

Notwithstanding the administration's efforts to simplify the export process, while protecting United States national security and foreign policy objectives, the burden on U.S. exporters seems to continue to increase.

To that end, the class action team at Duane Morris is pleased to present the third editions of the Data Breach Class Action Review – 2026 and the Privacy Class Action Review – 2026.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed into law a bill that allows bars and taverns throughout the commonwealth to offer certain games of chance.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied New Jersey's petition to have the entire court rehear the case that upheld the constitutionality of PASPA and enjoined New Jersey from implementing sports betting.

The Director of the Division of Gaming of the Colorado Department of Revenue requested an opinion from Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers as to whether internet gaming could be implemented under current Colorado law.

The tunnel-boring machine Bertha has been halted underneath Seattle for more than two months.

New York's Office Of Storm Recovery last week released plans for how to divide the second tranche of billions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Sandy relief program.

The Supreme Court issued its decision in American Express v. Italian Colors, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act does not permit a court to invalidate a contractual waiver of class arbitration on the ground that the claimant's cost of individually arbitrating a federal statutory claim exceeds the claimant's potential recovery.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Decision 31/2014/QÐ-TTg on solid waste-to-energy projects becomes effective as of today.

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