Peter Neumann to Keynote ACI Health Outcomes and Market Access Forum

NEW YORK – Oct. 15, 2015 — American Conference Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce that Peter Neumann, director of the Tufts Center for Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health will be the keynote speaker at ACI’s second annual Legal, Regulatory, Business and Compliance Forum on Health Outcomes Data Communications, Market Access and Contracting which will take…

FTC Advertising Practices Division Chief of Staff Phyllis Marcus Joins Global Competition Group

Press Release Published by Hunton & Williams LLP on October 7th, 2015 WASHINGTON ― Hunton & Williams LLP continues the expansion of its advertising, consumer protection, and privacy practices with the arrival of Phyllis Hurwitz Marcus, who most recently served as Chief of Staff of the Division of Advertising Practices at the Federal Trade Commission. Marcus will…

Develop Your Best China Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs

Back for a Second Year the Third Party Anti-Corruption Risks Controls Seminar  and Anti-corruption Compliance Program in China Seminar Shanghai, China October 8, 2015 – – ACI is pleased to announce that the 2nd Third Party Anti-Corruption Risks Controls Seminar and 2nd Anti-corruption Compliance Program in China Seminar will be held in Shanghai this January 14-15. ACI has…

‘Mythical’ Uniform Regulation Deemed A Must For Bitcoin – First in a Series of Follow-Ups From ACI's Emerging Payments Forum

By Mark Taylor, Published on PaymentsCompliance on September 23rd, 2015 A U.S. banking regulator has said crypto-currency law demands uniformity across all 50 states, but it would take unprecedented steps to overcome the current patchwork of silos. Jim Burns, securities bureau chief of the Idaho Department of Finance, said he believed all states want to find common ground…

ACI & the American Health Lawyers Association are Teaming Up to Bring You the Quintessential 3-part Webinar Series on the 340B Prescription Drug Program.

Prepping for the Rx Drug Pricing Master Course on November 4th to November 6th in New York City’s Carlton Hotel? Be sure to register for our 3-part webinar series! Click the photo below for more information on how to sign up for our October 22nd (2:00 – 3:30 pm EST) webinar with Emily J. Cook, Partner, McDermott Will…

Bristol-Myers Squibb pays $14 million to resolve China FCPA offenses

By Richard L. Cassin, Published on The FCPA Blog on October 5th, 2015 The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that Bristol-Myers Squibb agreed to settle charges that its joint venture in China made cash payments and provided other benefits to health care providers at state-owned and state-controlled hospitals in exchange for prescription sales. –…

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz and leading DOJ enforcers to speak at ACI’s Drug and Med

The American Conference Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce that Carmen M. Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts will participate in an Enforcers’ Spotlight: Understanding Government’s Enforcement Priorities vis-à-vis Drug and Device Products Liability Matters at ACI’s Drug and Med Conference on December 2-4, 2015 at the Millennium Times Square in New…

Hitachi Inspires The Next FCPA Enforcement Action Against A Foreign Company

Published on The FCPA Professor, September 29th, 2015 What happens when a Japanese company has a German-based subsidiary, which in turn has a South African subsidiary, that both allegedly make improper payments to a South African political party? Why of course, $19 million to the U.S. treasury because the Japanese company just happened to have American…