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Hospitals have long used color-coded wristbands as a patient safety initiative. Recently, the FDA issued a letter to medical device manufacturers to caution them against using colors for device identification wristbands that could create confusion for clinicians and result in inappropriate medical

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Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know

On August 2, 2021, the Italian fashion brand Liu Jo filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against model Kendall Jenner for $1.8 million, alleging that Jenner breached the terms of her modeling agreement by failing to reschedule a photoshoot that was postponed due to COVID-19 travel re

On August 11, 2021, Sheng-Wen Cheng was sentenced to 72 months in prison for his alleged participation in multiple schemes related to Covid-19 pandemic loan fraud and securities fraud.

A federal district court recently found that a large diet and wellness company likely violated California’s Automatic Renewal Law by failing to send consumers confirmation emails that included specific instructions about how to cancel their subscription memberships.

Non-fungible tokens have attracted widespread attention this year due to high-profile auctions involving NFTs representing digital artwork. Just as NFTs have invigorated the digital art landscape, they can rejuvenate patent monetization – making it easier, more secure, and accessible.

In Natarajan v. Dignity Health, the Supreme Court rejected a physician’s challenge to a peer review hearing officer based on alleged financial bias. In doing so, the Court gave hospitals helpful and long-needed guidance regarding such challenges

On July 26, 2021, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021, a bill that would amend the False Claims Act (FCA) in several ways.

The FDA’s position that the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) prohibits CBD from being sold in interstate commerce as a dietary supplement or food ingredient makes national companies hesitant to sell products containing CBD or do business with the CBD industry.

CMS has released a proposed rule (the Proposed Rule) which, if finalized and adopted, would rescind the Trump Administration’s attempt to align reimbursement under Medicare Part B for certain drugs with benchmark pricing obtained from surveys of other countries.

The majority of states in the US have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its uThe majority of states in the US have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or non-medical se for medical or non-medical (aka “recreational” or “adult”) use.

By September 30, all hospital workers—including physicians—must be vaccinated.

Consumer Financial Services Partner Jenny Lee recently spoke with American Banker reporter Kate Berry about key enforcement issues surrounding the newly led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

On July 30, 2021, a notice of proposed rulemaking was published in the Federal Register with changes to two regulations that have the potential to materially affect the supply chains of products where manufacturing in the United States does not rise to the level of “substantial transformation.”

In the latest WorldSmart podcast, International Co-Chairs Hunter Carter and Malcolm McNeil sit down with Customs & Import Compliance Partner Angela Santos to discuss the global forced labor problem, how forced labor can impact company supply chains, steps that should be taken to mitigate forced labo

JD Supra has awarded our Investigations team with its 2021 Readers’ Choice Award as the Top Firm for White Collar analysis. The award comes during a year when the legal intelligence platform quadrupled its content production.

The order authorizes businesses and other organizations to exclude or refuse service to individuals who aren’t wearing a mask and to ask them to leave the premises.

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new guidance on best practices for maintaining cybersecurity in connection with ERISA plans (the Guidance).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its annual proposed rule related to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems (HOPPS) (the Proposed Rule). Comments on the Proposed Rule are due no later than September 17, 2021. 

On July 29, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued a major anti-SLAPP decision in Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System et al. The decision is both encouraging and disappointing for California medical staffs and the hospitals where they serve.

Effective August 2, 2021, Virginia’s Health and Safety Codes Board adopted OSHA’s, June 21, 2021, Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19.

It’s not uncommon for a worker to perform services for an employer – A – that simultaneously benefits another person – B. (Under the FLSA, “person” means “any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons.”) 

Since no COVID-19 vaccines have been granted regular FDA approval, the United States Department of Justice sought to clarify whether the vaccines’ EUA status prohibits the imposition of such requirements.

On May 5, 2021, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”) into law. The NY HERO Act requires extensive workplace health and safety protections and seeks to protect employees from exposure and disease from future ai