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FOIA Gone FUBAR: 3 Tales of Terror and 1 of Redemption

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Every day, the Freedom of Information Act illuminates government practices by ensuring public access to federal records. It is the quintessential Sunshine Act and has been a key tool for ensuring government transparency since...more

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CMS Audits on the Horizon: Prepare for Increased CMS Audits Under the Sunshine Act

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Historically, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has not aggressively pursued enforcement activity under the Sunshine Act. However, this may change in 2024. Late last year, CMS updated its Open Payments...more

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FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries for May 2024

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Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on May 13th, at 11:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly available...more

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[Hybrid Event] “Steer” Clear of Legal Lassos: Readiness Strategies for FDA-Regulated Companies - May 1st, Austin, TX

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Join Gardner Law for a half-day CLE event in person at the Capital Factory in Austin, TX or attend virtually. Prepare for the regulatory rodeo with confidence by learning how to navigate regulatory, compliance, and privacy...more

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Weather You're Ready or Not, the Long Awaited SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Are Coming

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The SEC's five commissioners on March 6, 2024, will vote on whether to adopt long-awaited public company climate disclosure rules that would require registrants to report climate-related risks and metrics. In a Feb. 28, 2024,...more

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SEC Schedules Vote on Proposed Climate Disclosures

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The Securities & Exchange Commission has announced that it will be voting on “whether to adopt rules to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual...more

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CMS Auditing Companies for Sunshine Compliance: Are You Ready?

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As the Sunshine Act reporting deadline of March 31, 2024 draws near, medical device and pharmaceutical companies are gearing up for their Sunshine Act reporting. Are you prepared for a Sunshine Act audit? Reporting...more

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FERC January 2024 Open Meeting Preview

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its January Open Meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2024. The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice (“Notice”) issued January 11, 2024, indicates that FERC intends to take...more

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FERC December 2023 Open Meeting Preview

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its December Open Meeting on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 (originally scheduled for Thursday, December 21, 2023). The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice (“Notice”) issued...more

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Commonwealth Court Decision Constrains Agencies’ Ability to Amend Agendas

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In Coleman v. Parkland Sch. Dist., 2023 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 187, at *10 (Commw. Ct. Nov. 8, 2023), a divided Commonwealth Court concluded that the recently enacted Section 712.1 of the Sunshine Act does not permit local...more

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LNG Export Terminal Decisions Forthcoming Following FERC Open Meeting

On September 21, 2023, during the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) September open meeting, Acting FERC Chairman Willie Phillips committed to scheduling a vote on pending rehearing petitions related to two...more

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FDA Regulatory, Compliance, and Privacy Due Diligence — Finding Your Goldilocks Zone

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When conducting due diligence of an FDA-regulated company, there are several important questions that should be posed. These include questions relating to regulatory, compliance, and privacy matters. For example, questions...more

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers are on the Federal Government’s Radar: Senate, House, and Agency Proposals Seek to Increase PBM...

Bipartisan legislative activity related to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) oversight is at an all-time high in both the House and Senate. As we noted last week, several bills that address PBM activities are moving through the...more

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REMINDER: Sunshine Act reporting deadline is March 31, 2023

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Sunshine Act reporting for Program Year 2022 (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022) must be submitted to CMS via the Open Payments System by March 31, 2023. What is the Sunshine Act? - The Physician Payments Sunshine...more

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New Patient Disclosure Requirement Effective January 1, 2023

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To increase transparency regarding payments to physicians by drug and medical device companies, Governor Newsom signed AB 1278, which imposes certain additional disclosure obligations on physicians. Beginning on January 1,...more

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New California Law Turns Up the Heat on the Sunshine Act: California Physicians and Surgeons Must Provide Notice to Patients About...

Effective January 1, 2023, California Assembly Bill 1278 requires California-licensed physicians and surgeons, including physicians and surgeons licensed under the Medical Practice Act or the Osteopathic Act (but excluding...more

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New California Law Requires Physicians to Provide Patients with Notice of the Federal Open Payments Program

A new California law – Assembly Bill 1278, which was signed by the Governor on September 29, 2022 – requires physicians to provide patients with notice of the federal Open Payments database. The federal Open Payments program...more

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California Passes New Law Requiring Physicians and their Employers to Notify Patients about the Open Payments Database

A new California law (AB 1278) will require physicians and their employers to provide patients with several forms of notices about the Open Payments database, starting January 1, 2023. The law is intended to increase...more

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Italy Becomes Latest Country to Pass Sunshine Act

Takeaway: Although the enactment of the Italian Sunshine Act furthers the global expansion of healthcare transparency, the implied consent provision may not comply with the GDPR....more

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Compensating Physician Advisors with Equity: Considerations for Life Sciences Companies

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Life sciences companies often engage physicians as consultants and advisors to serve on scientific or clinical advisory boards, or to otherwise obtain their expertise relating to product-specific research and development,...more

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OIG Approves Physician-Owned Medical Device Company

On April 25, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a favorable Advisory Opinion regarding a medical device company (Company) in which physicians who order the...more

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Physician Group Monitoring of “Open Payments”

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Is your physician group monitoring the Open Payments database? Each June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases data showcasing the payments made by reporting entities to physician groups and other...more

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Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for March 2022

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Electric - E-1 – Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc., Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, New York, State Electric & Gas Corporation, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., and...more

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“Civility” Policy for Public Participation at School Board Meetings Found Unconstitutionally Vague

Marshall v. Amuso, No. 21-CV-4336 (E.D.Pa. November 17, 2021). (Federal court concludes that school board policy governing public participation at school board meetings was unconstitutionally vague and an infringement on free...more

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[Event] 26th Annual Compliance Institute - March 28th - 31st, Phoenix, AZ

The primary educational and networking event for healthcare compliance professionals - As our flagship healthcare compliance conference, HCCA’s Compliance Institute (CI) has been providing educational resources and...more

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