Health Groups Ask FTC to Delay Red Flags Enforcement until Lawyers’ Litigation Concluded

Groups that represent licensed health care professionals (LHCPs) Jan. 27 sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, requesting a commission announcement that it will not…

New $1.5 Million Sanction under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Decried as Unfair for Minor Privacy Violations

A new interim final rule authorizing up to $1.5 million in total annual penalties for violations of Health Insurance Portability and…

ANALYSIS: Historic Lawsuit by Connecticut Attorney General for Security Breach Signals New Enforcement Landscape for Health Care Providers

On Jan. 13, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a civil action in federal court in Connecticut against Health Net of…

CFTC Chairman Gensler Says Derivatives Reform Must Include Regulation of Dealers

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler told an audience of business students in Washington Jan. 27 that only by…

Divided SEC Agrees to Issue Guidance Regarding Climate Change Disclosures

In its first meaningful action on an environmental topic in more than 25 years, the Securities and Exchange Commission…

SEC Adopts New Rules to Beef Up Framework for Money Market Mutual Funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission Jan. 27 voted 4-1 to adopt new rules to strengthen the regulatory framework for the…

Jury Finds Vivendi Misled Shareholders by Issuing False Financial Documents

A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Jan. 29 found Vivendi SA liable for misleading shareholders by…

Federal Agencies to Seek 28% Cut in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2020

President Obama announced a target Jan. 29 for federal agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by…

PTO Will Not Appeal Wyeth Ruling, Issues Interim Means to Recalculate Patent Term Extension

The Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Department of Justice announced Jan. 21 that they will not…

Safe Harbor for Double Patenting Divisional Applies When ‘Consonant’ with Restriction, Appeals Court Rules

A drug patentee was allowed to continue litigating a patent that will expire 25 years after its application was submitted, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

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