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These action items will not only put you in a better position when a breach arises, but you will have the right answers when a regulator calls.

The Ninth Circuit’s decision is a big win for the NCAA and affirms its amateurism model and remains protected from having to treat college athletes like employees.

The EU’s top court could rule the Safe Harbor framework is ineffective to allow data to flow across the Atlantic and as companies await the Oct. 6 decision, they should consider other options for transfer of data from the EU to the US.

Has Estee Lauder built such significant brand value that a retailer is doomed if it cannot stock Estee Lauder’s products on its shelves? This is the question Duty Free Americas asked a federal appeals court to once again consider after both the district court and the appeals court said “no.”

By any standard, these are anxious times. For days, top negotiators from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have been meeting in San Francisco and Washington, DC and taking up most of the cities’ available hotel rooms.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that Columbus Regional Healthcare System (Columbus Regional) has agreed to pay up to $35 million and enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry & Security and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control released amendments to the Export Administration Regulations and the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to further implement President Obama’s new Cuba policy to ease sanctions.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently vacated a decision by a lower court holding that student registered nurse anesthetists at Wolford College were not employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced a new settlement for $750,000 with Cancer Care Group, P.C. to resolve potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules identified as the result of the theft of a laptop and backup media.

Businesses must constantly adapt to technological advancements in order to remain competitive in a fast-paced digital economy. Consider, for example, the music or computer industry—a company founded in 1980 will be offering very different products and services today than it did at its inception.

The Health Resources and Services Administration, as administrator of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published its proposed 340B Drug Pricing Program Omnibus Guidance on August 28, 2015.

Despite the setbacks in Maui last month during the last ministerial meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)[1] many still believe that the negotiators will resolve all outstanding items so that an agreement can be signed by the end of 2015 and implemented in the Spring 2016.

After surviving two challenges that resulted in U.S. Supreme Court decisions that essentially preserved the law, the Affordable Care Act will face additional judicial scrutiny as a federal district court has denied the administration’s motion to dismiss the case brought by the House last year.

Federal contractors and subcontracts have become the next group of employers who will have to provide paid sick leave. On Labor Day, September 7, 2015, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order granting paid sick leave for Federal contractors and subcontractors.

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion issued a Warning Letter to drug maker Duchesnay, Inc., after reality TV star Kim Kardashian endorsed the company’s morning sickness drug, Diclegis, on her Instagram account.

Last week, in a sharply divided opinion, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) reconsidered the long-standing standard for a “joint-employer” finding under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act).

Earlier this summer, Los Angeles hosted the Special Olympics World Summer Games at venues throughout the city. The games featured more than 6,400 athletes from 177 countries who competed in 27 sports, including aquatics, gymnastics, track and field, basketball, football, tennis, and volleyball.

Purchasers and restructurers of California companies can rest a little easier after last Thursday’s landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court.

David S. Greenberg co-authored an article published in Bloomberg BNA’s Medicare Report on the implications of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed revisions affecting long-term care facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

In the past five years, few topics have dominated litigation over employment agreements quite as significantly as class-action arbitration waivers.

A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio recently issued a temporary restraining order in a dispute between the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and former members of the now-inactive NAACP, Cincinnati Branch (“the Cincinnati Branch”).

On May 20, 2015 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a proposed rule that will affect exports of products dubbed “cybersecurity items.”

Ever since football players at Northwestern University sought union certification in January 2014, their case has been closely watched by many in both the labor and sports arenas.

On August 5, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 15-11.

On August 7, 2015, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a significant decision concerning FDA’s regulation of off-label promotion of approved drugs.