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Penalties
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Compensation & Benefits Blog
What Does PPACA Stand For? Punitive Penalties Are Clearly Authorized
A recently posted IRS Q&A raises the specter of serious penalties for non-compliance with the Affordable Care Act. The context of the question relates to the consequences to employers that…
Boom: The ERISA Law Blog
ERISA Penalty Claims — How To Handle Them
By Mike Reilly
Are you seeing more ERISA Plaintiffs asserting claims seeking penalties for delayed production of ERISA-related documents? 29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(1) allows the Court to impose penalties of up to $110 per…
Washington Energy Report
PHMSA Doubles Maximum Penalties for Pipeline Safety Violations
On September 25, 2013, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) released a final rule increasing the civil penalty maximums for pipeline safety violations. The rule increased the maximum…
Technology Law Dispatch
UK Information Commissioner fine of £250,000 overturned
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Cynthia O'Donoghue. The UK’s First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has overturned a monetary penalty issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) against the Scottish Borders Council.…
China Law Insight
MORE CERTAINTY, LESS DISCRETION —— Proposed New Rules on Administrative Penalty over Drug and Medical Equipment Industry
By King & Wood
By King & Wood Mallesons's Healthcare Group On 19 September 2012, SFDA released the Rules on Imposing Administrative Penalties for Drugs and Medical Equipment (Consultative Draft) (the “Draft”) and sought…
Drug & Device Law
Some Antacid for Old Cajun Home Cooking?
We are not sure why we have heard so much cheesy music from the 1970s recently. (It is a musical mystery, like why Genius determined that Billy Joel’s “Lullabye”…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Self-Reporting Impacts SEC Investigation Attitude
Self-reporting possible wrongdoing impacts SEC investigations, and effects even the determining of penalties. Essentially, entities would receive credit for this self-reporting, and, according to reports by the SEC, the credit…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
New Jersey Introduces Bill Enhancing Penalties For Failure To Pay Wages
On December 6, 2012, New Jersey Assembly Bill 3581 was introduced and referred to the Assembly Budget Committee. The Bill would amend New Jersey’s current statute concerning enforcement, penalties and…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
New Jersey Moving Towards Heightened Penalties For Wage and Hour Violations
The New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee has approved legislation to enhance penalties and sanctions against employers who illegally withhold wages and benefits from employees. The proposed legislation sets forth increased…
Inside EU Life Sciences
EU Financial Penalties for Centrally Approved Medicinal Products in Europe – How To Prepare?
Originally published as Covington E-Alert on September 17, 2012 Commission Regulation No. 658/20071 (the “Penalties Regulation”), as recently amended by Commission Regulation No. 488/2012,2 empowers the European Commission to impose…