by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Wiggin and Dana hosted its Fourth Annual Health Care Compliance and Enforcement Roundtable on September 14, 2011, featuring federal and state health care enforcement authorities discussing current initiatives and priorities with the provider community. Many issues...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On October 5, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) does not have the authority to bring court actions to collect disciplinary fines. Fiero v. Fin. Indus. Regulatory Auth.,...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On September 8, 2011, The United States Senate passed H.R. 1249, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Act”). When President Obama signs the Act into law, it will represent the most extensive change to U.S. patent law since 1952. The Act’s...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed an Illinois district court’s grant of summary judgment in a supplier’s favor on a distributor’s Connecticut Franchise Act (“CFA”) claim, holding that the distributor “failed to...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
New Crime Reporting Requirements for Long-term Care Facilities The Elder Justice Act provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the federal health care reform law) include new crime reporting requirements for long-term care facilities. The...
