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Who is a Large Employer Under Obamacare?

by Steven Saraisky | Cole Schotz on 5/10/2013

Among other things, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”), commonly referred to as Obamacare, requires “large employers” to provide qualified health coverage for all of their full-time employees, or pay...more

Third Circuit Addresses Insured Status for Lessor of Commercial Auto

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 3/26/2013

In its recent decision in Koons v. XL Insurance Company, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 5870 (3d. Cir. Mar. 25, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, applying Pennsylvania law, had occasion to consider...more

Federal Circuit Finds Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Without Common Ownership

by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/13/2013

Obviousness-type double patenting usually arises between commonly-owned patents or patent applications. While the USPTO has interpreted the judicially-created doctrine as pertaining when there is common or overlapping...more

Physician Payment Sunshine Rule is Finalized

by Christopher P. Dean, Joshua Freemire, William Mathias | Ober|Kaler on 2/15/2013

The Final Rule implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act was announced on February 1st and published in the Federal Register on February 8th. The Final Rule establishes procedures for drug and device manufacturers to...more

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations

by Joel R. Levin, Jeffrey Miller, Jerica L. Peters | Perkins Coie on 2/13/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations implementing the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act or Sunshine Act). The Sunshine Act requires drug,...more

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Who is a Large Employer Under Obamacare?

Third Circuit Addresses Insured Status for Lessor of Commercial Auto

Federal Circuit Finds Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Without Common Ownership

Physician Payment Sunshine Rule is Finalized

CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations

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