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Blogs: Construction Law Zone, Data Privacy + Security Insider, ERISA Claim Defense Blog, Health Law Diagnosis, Manufacturing Law Blog, Property Insurance Coverage Insights

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Manufacturing Law Blog

The U.S.-Mexico Patent Prosecution Super-Highway

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February 6, 2020

This week, we are pleased to have a guest post from John L. Cordani, Jr. John is a member of Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Industry Team and regularly counsels clients on intellectual property issues involving patent procurement, licensing, and litigation. For the past several years, the patent offices in the United States and Mexico have operated under a type of patent examination fast-tracking and work-sharing agreement known as a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). This agreement between…

Data Privacy + Security Insider

OCR Comments on Recent Ciox Case Vacating Certain Omnibus Rule Regulations and Guidance Relating to Fees for Providing Patient Records

By Guest Contributor

February 3, 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an Important Notice Regarding Individuals’ Right of Access to Health Records through its email list serve on January 29, 2020. In the Notice, OCR addressed the recent memorandum Opinion issued in Ciox Health v. Azar, et al, No. 18-cv-00040 (D.D.C. January 23, 2020). In that case, Ciox Health, LLC, a specialized medical records provider, had challenged certain provisions of the 2013 Omnibus Rule,…

Manufacturing Law Blog

IoT Manufacturers – What You Need to Know About California’s IoT Law

By Guest Contributor

January 29, 2020

This week we are pleased to have a guest post from Deborah George, a member of Robinson+Cole’s Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team. Attorney George focuses her practice on data privacy and security, cybersecurity, and compliance with related state and federal laws, advising clients on the development of privacy and security plans, including WISPs, policies and procedures to comply with state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, and website and mobile app privacy…

Manufacturing Law Blog

Conviction of Foreign Employee Reinforces Broad Geographic Reach of FCPA

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November 19, 2019

This week we are pleased to have a guest post from Edward Heath and Kevin Daly. Attorneys Heath and Daly are members of Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Industry Team and regularly counsel clients on trade compliance, anti-corruption compliance, and other corporate compliance issues. Last week, a jury found a former executive of a French multinational company guilty of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, and conspiracy in connection with alleged bribery in Indonesia. The case is…

Data Privacy + Security Insider

HHS Proposes Changes to Permit Donation of Cybersecurity Technology

By Guest Contributor

October 24, 2019

On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published proposed rules to update the regulatory Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe-harbors and exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral (PSR) Law, known commonly as the Stark Law (AKS proposed rule available here; PSR proposed rule available here). In an earlier blog post, we described each of the proposed rules. Among the proposed changes are a new safe harbor/exception that would generally permit…

Manufacturing Law Blog

Manufacturers are Not Immune to Claims that their Inventions are Patent-Ineligible

By Guest Contributor

October 24, 2019

This week, we are pleased to have a guest post from John Cordani. John is a member of Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Industry Team and regularly counsels clients on intellectual property issues involving patent procurement, licensing, and litigation. It is no secret that the competitive edge of U.S.-based manufacturers is often predicated, at least in large part, on technological innovation and the patents that protect them. The broader the patents, the better. Usually the only significant…

Construction Law Zone

OSHA Approves New Respiratory Fit Testing Protocols

By Guest Contributor

October 1, 2019

On September 25, 2019, OSHA issued a final rule approving two additional quantitative fit testing protocols for inclusion in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard. These protocols are: The modified ambient aerosol condensation nuclei counter (CNC) quantitative fit testing protocol for full-facepiece and half-mask elastomeric respirators; and The modified ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol for filtering facepiece respirators. Both protocols are variations of the original OSHA-approved ambient aerosol CNC protocol, but have…

Data Privacy + Security Insider

Allscripts Announces $145 Million Preliminary Settlement with DOJ Related to an Investigation of Practice Fusion, a Recently Acquired EHR Company

By Guest Contributor

August 22, 2019

In its second quarter Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Allscripts addressed its announced agreement in principle with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve investigations into certain alleged practices of Practice Fusion, an electronic health records (EHR) vendor acquired by Allscripts in February 2018 for $100 million. Allscripts indicated the agreement is still subject to further negotiation and government approval, and would likely include additional non-monetary terms, including a deferred prosecution agreement, if a finalized…

Manufacturing Law Blog

The Increasing Strategic Importance of Design Patents

By Guest Contributor

August 2, 2019

Manufacturers generally understand the importance of utility patents and branding in protecting their creations from unfair competition and confusion of their customers. But the power of the design patent sometimes goes overlooked. While the United States Patent Office has issued over ten million numbered utility patents, it has not yet reached the one-million-mark on design patents. My suggestion to manufactures: consider both for any new product because recent federal decisions may make it very worth…

Construction Law Zone

Business Email Compromises Bilking U.S. Companies Out of $301M Per Month

By Guest Contributor

July 25, 2019

The United States Treasury Department came out with a report last week that concludes that business email compromises (BEC) are costing U.S. companies more than $301 million per month. The report confirms that the two industries hit the hardest by these scams are manufacturing and construction. The report, issued by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, reports that 1,100 BEC scams occurred each month against U.S. companies in 2018, which is an increase from 500…

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The U.S.-Mexico Patent Prosecution Super-Highway

OCR Comments on Recent Ciox Case Vacating Certain Omnibus Rule Regulations and Guidance Relating to Fees for Providing Patient Records

IoT Manufacturers – What You Need to Know About California’s IoT Law

Conviction of Foreign Employee Reinforces Broad Geographic Reach of FCPA

HHS Proposes Changes to Permit Donation of Cybersecurity Technology

Manufacturers are Not Immune to Claims that their Inventions are Patent-Ineligible

OSHA Approves New Respiratory Fit Testing Protocols

Allscripts Announces $145 Million Preliminary Settlement with DOJ Related to an Investigation of Practice Fusion, a Recently Acquired EHR Company

The Increasing Strategic Importance of Design Patents

Business Email Compromises Bilking U.S. Companies Out of $301M Per Month

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