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Michael L. Stevens
On June 19, 2018, voters in Washington, DC approved Initiative 77 by a vote of 55.14 percent to 44.86 percent.
Michael L. Stevens
In the wake of the “Me Too” movement and following a trend of recent legislation, on May 15, 2018, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) approved the Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018. The Act becomes effective on October 1, 2018.
Julius A. Rousseau, III, James M. Westerlind
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just issued a 32-page decision affirming the district court’s conflict of laws ruling, in favor of an Arent Fox LLP client, that New York law, rather than New Jersey law, applied to an insurable interest dispute between AEI Life LLC and Lincoln Benefit
Karen Ellis Carr, Stanley H. Abramson, Emily M. Leongini
Late last week, the Food and Drug Administration declared its jurisdiction over animal cell culture technology through a public meeting announcement and a statement by Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
Where is my child? Ask any parent who has ever lost sight of their child and they will tell you that these short moments of panic can feel like a lifetime. Thankfully, events like these can in many ways soon be a thing of the past.
M. Scott Peeler, Glenn C. Colton, Kay C. Georgi, Terree A. Bowers, Peter V. B. Unger
When companies create anti-bribery programs and provide training to staff, many understandably focus on bribery of foreign government officials.
Aphrodite Kokolis
In a decisive victory for class action defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a pending class action tolls the statute of limitations only for putative class members’ individual claims, and not for any “follow-on” class actions they file on their own.
David R. Hamill, David Llorente, Leah Scarpelli
On June 15, the United States Trade Representative released two product lists relating to Section 301 duties.
Douglas A. Grimm, Hillary M. Stemple
Edwin Simcox, Acting Chief Technology Officer for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), lauded telehealth as an innovation that potentially offers ways to address HHS’s four key priorities.
Douglas A. Grimm, Hillary M. Stemple
The Department of Health and Human Services OIG has issued an advisory opinion approving an arrangement involving the provision of free telemedicine equipment and services by a provider to a potential referral source.
Stephanie Trunk
The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) has posted a preliminary working draft of the regulations implementing California’s prescription drug price transparency law.
Stephanie Trunk
Connecticut and Maine recently joined the increasing number of states to enact drug price transparency laws. Maine’s drug price transparency law (the Maine Law) became effective on May 1, 2018.
Stephanie Trunk, Thomas E. Jeffry, Jr.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is overhauling the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Medicare and Medicaid program for hospitals.
Lee M. Caplan, Sylvia G. Costelloe
The Monthly Wrap: News, insights, and analysis from Arent Fox's International Arbitration team.
David R. Hamill, Leah Scarpelli
Despite Secretary Mnuchin’s statement last week that the Section 301 tariffs were “on hold,” President Trump announced this morning that he is moving ahead with the additional 25 percent ad valorem tariffs on certain Chinese imports to protect US intellectual property rights.
Holly M. Bastian, Lynn K. Pearle
On April 5, 2018, Maryland enacted legislation that will set the amount exempt from Maryland estate tax at $5 million for decedents who die on or after January 1, 2019.
George P. Angelich, Annie Y. Stoops
US Bankruptcy Judge in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted Avanti Communications Group PLC’s (“Avanti”) request to recognize the UK court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement and enforce the guarantee releases provided by Avanti’s affiliates on certain debt.
John Gurley, David R. Hamill, David Llorente, Birgit Matthiesen, Leah Scarpelli
On May 20, 2018, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin stated that the US was “putting the trade war on hold,” pending negotiations with China to reduce the US trade deficit and address certain acts, policies, and practices related to intellectual property rights.
Anthony V. Lupo
The Trump Administration did an about-face over the weekend, announcing that the sweeping 25 percent tariffs on products imported from China were placed on hold, as the two countries try to iron out a deal that would avoid the impending trade war.
David R. Hamill, David Llorente, Birgit Matthiesen, Leah Scarpelli
Following a tweet from President Donald Trump that there was “big news coming soon” for the automotive industry, the Department of Commerce (DOC) formally announced on May 24, 2018 an investigation into the impact of certain automotive imports on US national security interests.
James M. Westerlind
South Carolina has become the first state to enact an insurance data security act based on the Insurance Data Security Model Law drafted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which is based on New York’s Cybersecurity Regulations (23 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 500).
Henry Morris, Jr., Michael L. Stevens
On May 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court clarified that class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act, as set forth in the decision of three consolidated cases.
David R. Hamill, Antonio J. Rivera
The May 21 notice provides guidance on the manner in which imports whose exclusion requests are approved by the DOC should be entered in order to avoid the Section 232 duties.
Stephanie Trunk
On May 17, 2018, CMS issued a strongly-worded letter to Part D plan sponsors stating that pharmacy “gag clauses” are unacceptable.
Caroline Turner English, Katie Heilman
In a recent decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a surgical center lacked standing to bring ERISA claims against a health plan because the plan had a valid anti-assignment provision.