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By Mario Trujillo and David McCabe, Published on The Hill on January 11, 2016 House Republicans will resume their nearly yearlong effort to nibble away at the edges of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Internet rules. The House Energy and Commerce technology subcommittee on Tuesday is slated to debate two bills regarding net neutrality — one…
By Jareen Imam, Published on CNN on December 31st, 2015 (CNN) – Say goodbye to your exfoliating shower gel. Those tiny plastic microbeads you have been rubbing on your face are now outlawed in the United States. President Obama signed a bipartisan bill that prohibits selling and distributing products containing microbeads. The bill is intended to protect the nation’s waterways. [Read…
Published by The Elkhart Truth on December 21, 2015 DALLAS (AP) — University Furnishings LP and its partner, Freedom Furniture Group Inc., have agreed to pay $15 million to settle a dispute over duties on imports. [Read More]
By Dave Nadler and David Yang, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, published on Law360 on December 10, 2015 Law360, New York (December 10, 2015, 9:33 AM ET) — In one of the most highly anticipated developments, on Dec. 4, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in U.S. ex rel. Escobar v. Universal Health Services Inc., 780 F.3d 504 (1st Cir. 2015),…
Published on Drug and Device Law on December 15, 2015 We learned about it yesterday from a reporter, but were sworn to secrecy until today. Pacira Pharmaceuticals and the FDA settled their litigation with Pacira getting essentially everything it wanted – what the company calls “favorable resolution.” Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the FDA is formally rescinding its unfortunate warning letter that…
By: Heather Landi, Published on Healthcare Informatics on December 16, 2015 While the healthcare industry has the most data breaches involving protected health information (PHI), 90 percent of all industries have experienced a PHI-related data breach in the past 10 years, according to a Verizon Enterprise Solutions study report. Also among the study findings, unencrypted lost and stolen devices,…
By: Craig Margolis, John Elwood, Christine Roushdy, Kathleen Neace, and Christina Ferma, Published on Vinson & Elkins LLP on December 8, 2015 The week after Thanksgiving was not without excitement — at least for False Claims Act watchers — as it marked the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) long-awaited release of annual FCA statistics, which was…
By Zachary Tracer, Published on Bloomberg Business on November 17th, 2015 Drug companies should stop advertising directly to consumers, a major U.S. doctors group said Tuesday, declaring that the ads often push patients to more expensive treatments and inflate demand for therapies.
Published on Law360 on October 15th, 2015. New York – Ferring Pharmaceuticals has recalled fertility medication Bravelle with so little fanfare that it is mostly fertility clinics and pharmacies that have informed patients seeking refills, but attorneys say the drugmaker is nonetheless well-positioned to ward off potential consumer suits because its approach meets recall guidelines…
Published on Law360on October 9th, 2015 The implied impossibility preemption argument against design defect claims involving Section 510(k) medical devices has only rarely been made in any form and has yet to succeed in the 501(k) context. But James Beck at Reed Smith LLP firmly believes that the impossibility preemption argument is right and should…
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