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Listen to this post At the conclusion of the 3rd Extraordinary Session of 2024, the Louisiana Legislature passed a series of bills aimed at reforming the Louisiana tax code. The [...]

On October 22, 2024, the Federal Circuit (CAFC Case No. 24-2351) denied Regeneron's request for an injunction pending appeal for Amgen's EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilar Pavblu' (aflibercept-ayyh), concluding that 'Regeneron has [...]

On June 20, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance, 'Considerations for Demonstrating Interchangeability with a Reference Product: Update' that revises the need for switching studies to demonstrate a biosimilar [...]

The Louisiana Department of Revenue has drafted an emergency regulation regarding the Louisiana net capital gains deduction, Louisiana Administrative Code 61:I.1312. The emergency regulation will be published in the January [...]

On 24 January 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by a 3-to-2 vote, adopted the long-awaited final rules regarding special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), shell companies, and projections. [...]

Local emergency managers know all too well which places in their communities should not be built back after a storm. But they are rebuilt, because the federal government and states [...]

Key Points Supreme Court eliminates FCA scienter defense based solely upon an objectively reasonable interpretation of ambiguous law when defendant has subjective knowledge that claim is false. Supreme Court ruled [...]

Listen to this post Today the Louisiana Department of Revenue issued Revenue Information Bulletin No. 23-009, concerning partnership filing requirements for the 2022 tax year. The purpose of the RIB [...]

Hurricane Ian is the latest devastating hurricane to confirm that coastal areas are failing to keep rebuilt or new development out of highly vulnerable areas. Local emergency managers know all [...]

The article explores the surge of extremism and exclusion on college campuses, exemplified by recent events related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It highlights the challenges posed by radical ideologies and emphasizes the importance of defending liberal principles to counteract polarization. It calls for proactive measures from campus leaders to address these issues and safeguard the integrity of higher education institutions.

Key Points Courts have routinely observed that Medicare and Medicaid texts are among the most completely impenetrable texts within human experience. In recent developing case law, more than a half [...]

Since Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC, Delaware courts have adhered to the proposition that 'when a transaction not subject to the entire fairness standard is approved by a fully [...]

A Caremark­-based claim against a board of directors alleging a failure to monitor corporate operations has been said to be 'the most difficult theory in corporation law upon which a [...]

Key Points HHS-OIG recently issued an Advisory Opinion finding that proposed JV, if undertaken, could constitute prohibited remuneration under the AKS. The scope of material the OIG may consider is [...]

On September 1, 2021, the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New Jersey. Heavy rain and flooding ensued throughout the area, with many homes and businesses suffering significant damage as a [...]

On September 13, 2021, over a rare dissent, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery's dismissal of a petition for appraisal filed by minority stockholders (the 'Petitioners') of [...]

Byline: Robert S. Levine In a recent interview, Georgia's Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, R, blamed his state's new voting rights restrictions on the shadow cast by former president Donald Trump [...]

As American industry moves toward building back better in the face of a continuing pandemic, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., have introduced the False Claims Amendments Act [...]

Byline: Robert S. Mueller III For Print Use Only. The work of the special counsel's office - its report, indictments, guilty pleas and convictions - should speak for itself. But [...]

Byline: Robert S. Litt and Benjamin Wittes Republicans and Democrats alike have called for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress. Given the determined resistance of the Trump administration [...]

IN AN OCTOBER article from Dental Products Report[R], I wrote about a dilemma many restorative dentists eventually must face. At the risk of seeming repetitive for those who may already [...]

Byline: Robert S. DavisIt was promising to be an uncharacteristically warm winter day in Boston. The temperature on Jan. 15, 1919, had soared to 40 degrees from 2 degrees earlier [...]

11th Circuit's Decision in AseraCare: Important in Determining When Clinical Judgment Regarding Medical Necessity Can Result in an Overpayment and How Evidence Regarding Corporate Knowledge Must be Tied to Claims [...]

The United States Internal Revenue Service (the 'IRS') has released Revenue Procedure 2019-39, which sets forth a March 31, 2020 deadline by which tax-qualified 403(b) plans must have plan documents [...]

On March 27, 2019, the electric distribution companies in Massachusetts filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities ('MADPU') a proposed solicitation framework and timetable to procure long-term contracts for [...]

Byline: Robert S. FordPresident Donald Trump's Dec. 23 tweet promising a 'slow and highly coordinated' withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria may ease the gnashing of teeth among officials and [...]

Byline: Robert S. McElvaine Where does sexism come from? Why do evangelicals ignore the president's serial mistreatment of women? Why does the U.S. Constitution still not guarantee equality for women? [...]

President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have sharply escalated their nuclear saber rattling in recent days. Mr. Kim's mention in his annual New Year's Day speech of [...]

Byline: Robert S. McElvaine 'There are two ideas of government,' William Jennings Bryan declared in his 1896 'Cross of Gold' speech. 'There are those who believe that if you will [...]

Dear Diary: One day in 1970, I received a call from a friend who said she was at the New York City car impound lot. Her car had been towed [...]

Byline: Robert S. Litwak North Korea's impressive parade of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles last weekend occurred as the Trump administration asserted it was not ruling out any option to address this [...]

Byline: Robert S. FordPresident Trump's Dec. 23 tweet promising a 'slow and highly coordinated' withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria may ease the gnashing of teeth among officials and analysts [...]

Byline: Robert S. McElvaine Where does sexism come from? Why do evangelicals ignore the president's serial mistreatment of women? Why does the U.S. Constitution still not guarantee equality for women? [...]

Byline: Robert S. Litt At the Sept. 27 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, both Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and research psychologist Christine Blasey Ford expressed '100 percent' confidence in their version [...]

Key Points Escobar's two-part implied false certification test is mandatory in the 9th Circuit. Though couched as adopting the Escobar standard, the 9th Circuit panel's decision may actually undermine Escobar's [...]

The subject of marijuana and banking has garnered more and more attention as an increasing number of States decriminalize or legalize its use, medicinally and recreationally. Still, no matter what [...]

Byline: Robert S. Weiner Back in March, about 150 Prince George's and Charles county residents attended a Maryland Department of the Environment hearing to provide and hear testimony on the [...]

How much may a consumer reporting agency charge for a security freeze on a consumer's credit report? The 2018 session of the Virginia General Assembly answered that question by halving [...]

On January 26, 2016, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). CDC has developed interim guidelines for health care providers in the United [...]

Recently, a litigant in a post-dissolution family law matter was found in contempt of court for a posting on Facebook. The litigant, James Weddigen, wrote that he had "recorded" his [...]

Byline: Cecelia Chang and, Robert S. Chang Preventing officially sanctioned disparagement is not a quirk of trademark law. In many contexts, the government has recognized the harm of disparaging names [...]

Byline: Robert S. Seigel ''We will no longer serve you.' Those are the harsh words that 1st in SEO, an Albuquerque marketing firm, has for its Republican clients, particularly those [...]

CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- Hurricane Matthew was not a megadisaster like Superstorm Sandy or Hurricane Katrina, but if precedent holds, simply rebuilding the beaches may cost federal taxpayers billions of dollars. [...]