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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

The Sunshine Physician Payment Final Rule Overview and Analysis

by Nancy Bonifant, Elizabeth Carder-Thompson, Katie Pawlitz | Reed Smith on 3/6/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the long-awaited Final Rule (Rule) to implement the “Sunshine” provisions of the Affordable...more

Here Comes the Sun: Final Rules Implementing the Federal Sunshine Law

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited final rule implementing the Federal Sunshine Law (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h). (The rule was subsequently published in the Federal...more

CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule; Data Collection to Begin on August 1, 2013

by Brian P. Dunphy, Kimberly J. Gold, Karen S. Lovitch, Kate Stewart | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/5/2013

The long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule) implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) has arrived at the Federal Register. It amends key definitions and adds new terms; retains broad reporting...more

Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Universities’ Ownership Rights in Federally Funded Inventions Can Be Terminated...

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 11/1/2010

The Supreme Court today agreed to decide a question of patent law with profound effects on the national economy – the disposition of patent rights under the Bayh-Dole Act in inventions arising from federally funded research...more

UMich First to Reject Drug Companies' Funding for Continuing Medical Education

by Regan, Zambri & Long, PLLC on 7/7/2010

In January , the University of Michigan Medical School will implement a new policy eliminating industry funding for continuing medical education courses which the university provides. The school’s dean said faculty “wanted...more

It's Only a Matter of Degree--Companies Find Trouble in Publicizing the Educational Backgrounds of Officers

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/10/2009

Many companies disclose the educational achievements of their directors, officers and key employees. These disclosures can be found on company websites, in company press releases and in filings made with the Securities and...more