Australia Drug Industry to Require Reporting Payments, Banning Gifts to Doctors
July 10, 2012
This week, Australia's pharmaceutical industry issued "sunshine" rules that will require drug companies to disclose payments made to health care...
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Examine Details in Deals on Shale Land
July 10, 2012
It seems that everyone in South Texas is caught up in Eagle Ford Shale fever. With significant amounts of money at stake, everyone is looking to make their claim and get...
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Significant New Changes to Transparency Rules and Gift Bans
July 9, 2012
This week's Sunshine Act Forecast addresses both the Massachusetts FY 2013 budget and new "sunshine" rules in Australia. The Massachusetts budget &ndas...
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Bankruptcy Court Limits Jefferson County’s Use of Pledged Sewer Revenues
July 9, 2012
On June 29, 2012, the Bankruptcy Court in the Jefferson County, Alabama chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy case issued a decision in The Bank of New York Mellon, as...
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GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion in Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
July 9, 2012
On July 2, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that it reached an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (GSK) to resolve civil and criminal liability associated with...
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Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Settles HIPAA Investigation
July 6, 2012
On June 26, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced an agreement with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services ("...
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UK Competition Commission Publishes Issues Statement in Private Healthcare Market Investigation
July 6, 2012
The UK Competition Commission ("CC") has published an issues statement as part of its investigation into the market for privately funded healthcare services in...
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Power Players Reprise
Spring 2012
Richard Craig Smith (JD 87), a partner with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in Washington, D.C., previously served as acting chief and principal deputy chief for...
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U.S. Department of Commerce Announces new Patent Office Satellite Locations
July 5, 2012
As a result of the passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) last year, the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is now required to open regional offices. The U.S...
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State-Action Fight Far From Over: Supreme Court to Revisit Immunity of Regulated Industries
July 5, 2012
The Supreme Court's decision to hear FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. may represent a sea change in the application of antitrust immunity to regulated...
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Senate Approves FDA User Fee Bill
July 5, 2012
On June 26, 2012, the United States Senate approved the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") user fee bill, S. 3187, in a 92 to 4 vote. Among the four...
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AHA Calls for Elimination of Duplicative Audits, Easier Return of Overpayments
July 4, 2012
This week, the American Hospital Association ("AHA") asked for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") to (1) eliminate duplicative...
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HHS Announces Funding for State Insurance Exchanges
July 3, 2012
On June 29, 2012, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of new funding opportunity...
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Splitting the Check: Allocating Food and Beverages
July 3, 2012
The Supreme Court's landmark decision last week, briefed by Fulbright here , upheld the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and...
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Supreme Court Upholds ACA, Strikes Down Enforcement Mechanism Underlying Medicaid Expansion
July 2, 2012
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Yesterday the Supreme Court unveiled its landmark decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Fulbright posted a client alert yesterday evening that...
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