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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Final Sunshine Act Arrives: Now the Hard Part

by Michele L. Buenafe, Jonathan Havens, Kathleen McDermott, Rebecca Osowski, Albert Shay | Morgan Lewis on 3/8/2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final regulations on the U.S. Sunshine Act on February 8, 2013. Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests, 78 Fed. Reg....more

CMS Publishes Final Sunshine Act Rule Creating New Regulatory Landscape for Physician-Manufacturer Interactions

by Tom Crane, Brian P. Dunphy, Kimberly J. Gold, Karen S. Lovitch, Kate Stewart | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/7/2013

Originally published in the Health Care Fraud Report, 17 HFRA 219, on 03/06/2013. The final rule (the ‘‘Final Rule’’) implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (‘‘Sunshine Act’’), published in the Federal...more

Are Compliance Officers Getting Paid Their Worth?

by NAVEX Global on 2/27/2013

The NAVEX Global-sponsored 2012 SCCE (Ethics & Compliance Industry) Salary Survey was released this week (download report). In the executive summary, SCCE CEO Roy Snell highlights the necessity that the broader industry has...more

New Law Expands Scope of Iran Sanctions In New Ways

by Scott Maberry, Matthew Riemer | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/15/2013

As the new year brings in a new term for the Obama Administration, the pace of Iran sanctions shows no sign of slowing. As we reported in October and November, Washington’s commitment to denying Iran the ability to advance...more

E-Signatures: Zulkiewski v. American General Life Insurance Company

by Margo H.K. Tank on 12/1/2012

Ronald Zulkiewski had a life insurance policy when he died, but because beneficiary changes had been made on the policy before his death, his mother and his wife disputed the rights to the insurance proceeds. The dispute...more

Importance Of Procuring Cybersecurity Insurance Coverage

by Gilbert LLP on 7/2/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York (June 29, 2012, 1:04 PM ET) The recent data breach at Global Payments Inc., which has contracts to handle the processing of credit and debit card transactions, has again focused...more

Public Companies Must Disclose Cyber-Liability Risks - Perspectives on Insurance Recovery Newsletter - Summer 2012

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/23/2012

If you thought you did not need cyber insurance before, Uncle Sam may cause you to think otherwise. On October 13, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance on...more

Jump-Starting Biomedical Research and Development: Health Care Reform Provides Tax Credits

by Foley Hoag LLP on 4/29/2010

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), will do much to expand health insurance coverage to the majority of Americans and improve access to high quality health care services. In addition to...more