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The Cayman Islands published a draft set of laws at the end of August in its push to modernize and update its intellectual property laws.

Latin Lawyer featured work by partners Hunter Carter, Lee Caplan, and Timothy Feighery and associate Cesar Francia after they helped liberate a Peruvian farmers’ cooperative from a $2.6 million arbitration award brought by commodity trader Transmar Commodity Group. 

In addition to federal regulations affecting healthcare providers, many states, including California, have laws prohibiting the abuse of elderly individuals, as well as dependent adults.

Latinvex has rated Arent Fox a top international law firm for companies operating in Latin America. In addition, the publication named Arent Fox one of the best firms for Latin American businesses in need of arbitration, FCPA and fraud counseling.

Earlier this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued revised food safety standards known as the “Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards” (MFRPS).

On September 16, Arent Fox secured a favorable verdict for Lei Luo and LDJ Investments, Inc. following a week-long jury trial in the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles.

Mylan recently announced a $465 million settlement with the US Department of Justice and other government agencies regarding the company’s covered outpatient drug (COD) classification of its EpiPen (and EpiPen, Jr.), an epinephrine auto-injector, under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP).

While autonomous car technology currently dominates privacy and security headlines in the automotive sector, cybersecurity should be top of mind for all players in our industry, including retail automotive dealerships.

Cybersecurity and data intrustions have dominated business headlines this year, ranging from the rise of ransomware to international hacking of US political parties.

As states, counties and cities continue to jump on the paid sick leave bandwagon, employers must remain proactive or risk noncompliance.

On September 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that starting in March 2018, it will collect summary employee pay data from certain employers.

Recently another federal district court ruled that text messages sent from a group messaging platform were not autodialed, even when transmitted in bulk, because of the significant human intervention required to initiate a text message campaign through the platform.

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed Assembly Bill 1066, extending the state’s full daily and weekly overtime requirements to agricultural workers.

In a controversial project on the Bay Area peninsula, a 684-acre Baylands site that has been seeking approvals for a massive development plan is back in the spotlight as tensions rise over the details of the mixed-use site.

In Compliance Today, Arent Fox Health Care partner and leader of the DC practice Linda Baumann and Health Care associates Samuel Cohen and Hillary Stemple discuss the updated criteria that the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG).

The enactment of new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations governing unmanned aircraft systems – or “drones” – has companies and consumers alike dreaming of the stuff of science fiction, but if the new regulations are any indication, the FAA is in no rush to see those dreams become reali

On September 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Florida held that Florida law bars challenges to the validity of life insurance policies based on a lack of insurable interest once Florida’s two-year contestability period has expired.

On September 21, the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in the matter of Star Athletica LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., in support of continuing copyright protection for designs incorporated into useful articles.

The Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administration’s attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, had its day in court on September 27. What a day it was!

The False Claims Act imposes liability on persons and companies who defraud the government of monies, whether it is by receiving monies based on false statements or material omissions, or avoiding the payment of monies through false statements or omissions.

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., the country’s largest provider of post-acute care, recently paid over $3 million for violating its Corporate Integrity Agreement, the largest issued for a violation of a CIA to date.

Long lines and waiting for security inspections are the new normal not only at airports and stadiums, but also at office buildings and theatres—just to name a few places.

Bankruptcy Partner George Angelich was recently quoted by Turnarounds & Workouts for an article that focuses on product liability claims and debtors’ protection.