The End of COVID Waivers and Exceptions: What Now?
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Fee Waivers for Small Businesses: Who Qualifies for the Small Business User Fee Waiver for Drugs and Biologics and How to Apply
NGE On Demand: COVID-19 and IP Waiver for Patent Protection with Kevin O'Connor and Olivia Luk Bedi
Prohibitions on Use of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services, Complying with the NDAA
COVID-19: Where are we now?
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules
Value-based health care: fraud & abuse laws
What patients misunderstand about their right of informed consent
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (AG) and Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Jim Wood recently introduced legislation (AB-3129) that would authorize the AG to review private equity group and hedge fund health care...more
On February 16, 2024, Assemblymember Jim Wood introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 3129, which targets healthcare consolidation involving private equity groups and hedge funds. The bill, if enacted, would require private equity...more
New rules build on text message delivery restrictions put in place earlier this year and are informed by the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing work against illegal robocalls. The Federal Communications Commission...more
One feature commonly seen in commercial lending transactions is a waiver of the borrower’s authority to file for bankruptcy without the consent of the lender. While such “blocking” provisions are generally upheld where the...more
Included in the defense spending bill signed by President Biden in December 2022 is a section with key provisions for financial institutions that will ease restrictions on hiring candidates with criminal records....more
Providing medical information about a person is a highly sensitive personal matter. Asking for it as part of the hiring process raises difficulties in relation to both Israeli labor and privacy protection laws. Employers may...more
On September 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two Notices of Proposed Rule Making that would harmonize the FDA’s human subject protection regulations with the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human...more
There is no question in my mind that the quality of FINRA examiners is a bit uneven. Some are smart and insightful and helpful; others are, well, not. Most of the time, they do know what they’re talking about. That means...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq.) requires businesses to notify individuals before collecting their biometric identifiers such as fingerprints (click here to read our previous client...more
On January 8, 2021, without admitting or denying the findings, VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc., (VALIC) entered into a settlement with FINRA Enforcement, through an Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) where the factual...more
Historically, one of the surest ways to get yourself permanently barred from the industry is to forge a customer’s signature on something. According to the pertinent Sanction Guideline, at a minimum, a forgery, that is, a...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has many healthcare providers wondering whether they can suspend their consent and admission processes. Although state and federal regulators have waived some consent requirements to provide greater...more
On May 26, the U.S. Supreme Court held that, so long as parties knowingly and voluntarily consent, a bankruptcy court can issue final orders on matters that it otherwise would not have the constitutional authority to decide....more
On May 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Wellness International Network, Ltd., et al. v. Sharif. The Wellness decision clarifies one of the most significant open issues created four years ago by the...more
Is it possible to practice law anymore, no matter your practice setting, without drafting or reviewing waivers of conflicts of interest from time to time? For those of us old enough to remember, back in the last century,...more
In recent years, state and federal law enforcement agencies continue to increase their investigation and prosecution of white collar crime, particularly relating to the securities and healthcare industries. The search warrant...more