A recently disclosed bribery scandal related to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, along with other anti-corruption developments in Brazil, has reinforced the importance of implementing effective compliance policies and procedures.

California voters appear to have approved Proposition 22 yesterday, allowing app-based rideshare and delivery companies to engage drivers as independent contractors, instead of being required to...

As you likely are aware from several earlier Alerts we have issued on this matter, in August 2011 the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") issued a rule requiring almost all private employers (both unionized and non-unionized alike) to post workplace notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act").

As we continue to monitor developments in state ESG laws, Oklahoma has remained a frequent focus of ours because it has had more activity than most peer states related to the contents...

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

On August 25, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") proposed an anti-money laundering rule applicable to investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

On March 13, 2020, the National Futures Association ("NFA") issued a notice to members that addressed concerns raised by members regarding the application of the NFA's branch office...

As of March 1, 2014, the China National Health and Family Planning Commission (the "Commission") will compile bribery blacklists in the health care industry from its provincial counterparts and publish such information on its official website.

In China, it is common industry practice for pharmaceutical companies to sponsor academic conferences. As long as such events are aimed at enhancing the practice of medicine and patient welfare, the practice has been allowed.

Since the declaration of the public health emergency for the COVID-19 global pandemic ("PHE"), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") ...

Health care M&A transactions are subject to the larger industries' ups and downs – and winners and losers, of course, are a shift from one sector to another over time depending on external pressures, particularly the payment system pressures.

The list is derived from recommendations from studies that have not yet been enacted.

After years of rulings that have expanded the reach of the 2008 Illinois Biometric Privacy Act ("BIPA"), the Illinois Supreme Court issued a ruling on November 30, 2023...

On March 28, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") greatly expanded the ability of providers and suppliers to participate in the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Program.

The Tenth Circuit addressed the question of what a relator must show to meet the materiality requirement in an implied false certification-based claim under the FCA.

As we close out 2018, there may be some hope on the horizon for those confounded by the current state of patent eligibility determinations under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

A constant criticism of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has been the perceived difficulty in amending claims in an AIA trial proceeding.

In Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (here), the Federal Circuit was poised to explore the level of biosimilar legwork that could satisfy Article III ...

On August 14, 2019, the Federal Circuit granted the request for panel rehearing.

A petitioner's sur-reply should only respond to arguments made in a reply, comment on reply declaration testimony, or point to cross examination testimony.