To date, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act) is best known for legalizing securities crowdfunding (better called ‘crowd investing’), lifting the ban on the mass marketing of private offerings, and fostering an IPO on-ramp for...
On January 27, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing that its Medicare Fraud Task Force had “set record numbers for health care prosecutions in Fiscal Year 2013.”...
Notice Posting Requirement Fight Abandoned: On January 6, 2014, the NLRB announced it will not seek Supreme Court review of two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions invalidating the Board’s Notice Posting Rule....
In the State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama announced that he planned to sign an Executive Order requiring that employees of federal contractors be paid at least a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour. This represents a $2.85 increase over...
While non-precedential, this recent Federal Circuit decision further illustrates the Court's thinking with regard to the patent-eligibility of computer-implemented inventions under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and provides a reminder about the importance of...
As of January 12, Indonesia has banned the export of the unprocessed ores, nickel and bauxite. The ban may have consequences for investments in the area and could trigger international claims by foreign investors and stakeholders. This newsletter...
Trend 1: New Wave of Medicaid Expansions: Looking to the Private Market. With an eye on the economics, states that have resisted Medicaid expansion will take another look, triggering a melding of public and private coverage models....
Eric Holder Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against accused Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, said U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
A mother grieving over the shooting death of her daughter can proceed with her lawsuit against Detroit, a bankruptcy judge has decided. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes lifted a stay for the case filed against the Detroit Police Department by Deborah Ryan.
On January 9, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2279, the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act. The package, composed of three separate bills, seeks to modernize existing federal law and increase the role of the states in...
