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A Key Lesson for Owners and Prime Contractors About Payments
Stanley A. Martin, March 15, 2013
Consider the following scenario: A prime contractor with a financially-shaky subcontractor agrees with the subcontractor's secured lender to make payments directly to the lender, but the word is not passed along to the accounts payable person or group, so the company continues to pay the...

U.S. Government’s Use of the "Park Doctrine" to Police Pharmacies
Frederick R. Ball,Rachael G. Pontikes, January 9, 2013
The U.S. government may be resurrecting the "Park Doctrine" as a tool to prosecute the owners of pharmacies for federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) violations. In United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975), the U.S. Supreme Court determined the federal government could criminally...

FDA Suspends Sunland, Inc.; Major Peanut Butter Producer Hit with First Food Facility Suspension Under the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011
Frederick R. Ball,Elinor L. Hart,Michael A. Swit, December 3, 2012
On November 26, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the suspension of the registration of Sunland, Inc., a producer of nuts, and nut and seed spreads, pursuant to the FDA's authority under Section 102 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011. The suspension was...

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