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President Obama has signed into law a new act that includes several changes to the United States’ food safety rules. Significantly, the law – the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act – includes new rules that will apply to foreign food exporters and also to importers to the United States of food products.

The Civil Rules Advisory Committee has published proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that, if implemented, may significantly change the scope and conduct of discovery in federal cases.

January, the 2nd Session of the 112th Congress convened; and with the November elections looming, the prospects for major legislative achievements are small.

On April 30, 2010, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress several amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that will expand situations where a company or other organization may reduce its risk of criminal liability by maintaining an effective compliance and ethics program.

The Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance, on May 30, 2013, issued responses to several Frequently Asked Questions regarding the conflict minerals rule.

The IRS issued final regulations (Final Regulations) on May 19, 2010, covering the diversification requirements imposed by Section 401(a)(35) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code), on defined contribution plans that hold employer securities.

This is the third in our series of bulletins on the impact of the Department of Labor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended Part 2 of Form ADV, which is the form that investment advisers use to register with the SEC and state securities authorities, and related rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act), on July 21, 2010. Form ADV consists of two parts, Part 1 and Part 2.

For applicable clinical trials regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that are initiated on or after March 7, 2012, sponsors, investigators and institutional review boards will have to assure compliance with an additional informed consent requirement.

On February 28, 2014, the FDA issued its most recent unofficial guidance on distribution by manufacturers of research concerning off-label uses.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a series of proposed and final rules revising and clarifying the Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation governing hospitals, the conditions for coverage governing ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and regulatory requirements affecting non-hospital providers and suppliers.

Beginning as early as the 2013 open enrollment period, group health plans will be required to provide the new "Summary of Benefits and Coverage" (SBC) notice.

The debt ceiling debate currently consuming the halls of Congress has wide-ranging implications for the economy generally, employers large and small, and a number of specific industries, including health care.

The Nevada Supreme Court issued a little-noticed decision that could have big implications for disputes between auditors and their clients.

A discussion on the implications of the HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule on human subjects research.

The Supreme Court issued an opinion that ruled that web-based TV streaming service Aereo violated copyright law.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has begun auditing covered entities for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) under the HIPAA Audit Program (Audit Program).

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010, and the related Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, signed on March 30, 2010 (together, the Health Care Reform Law), group health plans that provide dependent coverage must offer such coverage to adult children who have not yet turned 26 years of age.