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On Friday, December 27, 2024, the Justice Department issued a final rule to address “urgent national security risks posed by access to U.S. sensitive personal and government-related data from countries of concern and covered...more
The outbound investment program will affect U.S. persons considering certain investments or other transactions involving China and specific industry sectors (e.g., semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum...more
The proposed regulations would implement President Biden’s Executive Order that restricts certain outbound investments from the US. On June 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed...more
If you happen to be a government contractor and are contemplating additions to your Summer reading list, consider adding the FAR Council’s May 3, 2024 advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (“ANPR”) to the mix. The ANPR,...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117 (the EO), on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” The United...more
On February 28, 2024, the Biden administration announced new cybersecurity-related measures, including an executive order (EO) and advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), intended to address the bulk flow of Americans’...more
On December 14, 2020, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published in the Federal Register a final regulation to implement a 340B drug pricing program administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process. The...more
Under HIPAA, patients have a right to information about certain disclosures, referred to as an accounting. Under the current iteration of the regulations, covered entities and business associates need not account for...more
The fourth quarter of 2016 has seen an uptick in regulatory activity respecting the financial services sector in the cybersecurity space, both at the state level as previously discussed (here) and on the federal level....more
On October 19, 2016, federal regulators issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards.” The draft standards, jointly released by the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit...more
In a major new cybersecurity initiative the federal banking agencies have issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (“APNR”) seeking comment on enhanced cybersecurity standards for banking entities with $50 billion or...more
On October 19, US banking agencies released an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comments on enhanced cybersecurity standards. These standards potentially would apply to ..US bank holding companies...more
On August 12, 2016, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) to formally regulate the administrative dispute resolution (“ADR”) process for...more
On August 12, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that establishes an administrative dispute resolution process for...more