U.S. Courts News Reporter
Several years ago, I was giving a talk at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ conference in Boston. My talk was primarily an overview of where food safety has come since the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in 1993.
At one point I introduced an article I found in 1993 at the beginning of the Jack in the Box litigation. The article, “Hemorrhagic colitis associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype.” New England Journal of Medicine, 1983 Mar 24; … Read the rest
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (“Commission”) made public its proposal to postpone application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”), by way of an amendment to the EUDR that would postpone (a) its date of entry into application from 30 December 2024 to 30 December 2025 (and till 30 June 2026 for small and micro-enterprises) and (b) benchmarking deadline to 30 June 2025.
On the same day, the Commission also released the long overdue EUDR Draft Guidance … Read the rest
The story of Norman V. Meier, a Wakefield Massachusetts resident, demonstrates a way to uncover a fraudulent model before investing. First, a little about the Meier alleged financial investment fraud. Recently Meier was charged with several violations of the Securities Act. Over the course of eight years, Meier collected $ 7.9 million from over 180 investors throughout Europe, and even a handful in the United States, all while “operating” several businesses throughout … Read the rest
CAI’s Lawsuit:
On September 10th, CAI filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Secretary Janet Yellen, and the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, challenging the application of the Corporate Transparency Act on community associations. This action is being taken to protect our members from the burdensome and unnecessary requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act. Both the lawsuit complaint and motion for preliminary injunction can be found here:
See https://www.caionline.org/advocacy/advocacy-priorities-overview/corporate-transparency-act/
IMPORTANT DATES/FILINGS:
September 7, 2024- Lawsuit … Read the rest
I flagged here last month that a flourish of executions in multiple states had been scheduled over just a week, and all five of those executions were ultimately carried out. I now see from this Death Penalty Information Center page that eight more executions are scheduled for the final few months of 2024. If seven of those executions go forward as planned, the US will have completed 26 total execution in 2024, which would be more than in any calendar … Read the rest
The desire of a parent to relocate to another state and take the children along is one of the most challenging forms of custody case lawyers and clients can face. When this law began to evolve in the 1990s with Gruber v. Gruber, 583 A.2d 434 the Superior Court took the approach that if a move was advantageous for the primary custodial parent, it was probably in the best interest of the children as well. Ironically, that case … Read the rest
This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun an off-cycle revalidation process directed at all Medicare-participating skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The process is designed to implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require facilities to detail their ownership structures and key managerial personnel.
CMS is seeking information about ownership of SNFs by private equity firms and real estate investment trusts (REITs). In September, CMS revised Form 855A to require a SNF to report those … Read the rest
As someone who worked in the KM trenches for years, I have repeatedly watched legal tech companies promise to tame the wild west of documents residing in law firm Document Management Systems (DMS). Over the years I implemented or worked with a variety of KM solutions from Lexis, West and smaller software companies. Recently the dominant DMS providers iManage and Netdocs have launched AI enabled drafting solutions
This past July Lexis completed the acquisition of Henchman, a Belgium based legal … Read the rest