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Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP New York, MA Document Search Results (31) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Supreme Court Invalidates Claims to Isolated DNA, but Upholds Patent Eligibility of cDNA in Myriad
Daniel W. Clarke, Peter F. Corless, Ralph A. Loren, Brian P. Murphy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 17, 2013, previously published on June 2013 On June 13, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (“Myriad”) concerning the patent eligibility of human genes.
| | CMS Releases SHOP Program Rule
Eric D. Fader, Leslie J. Levinson; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 6, 2013, previously published on June 2013 On May 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule on the Small Business Health Options Program, part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as simplified application forms for the program. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on June 4.
| | White House Memorandum Updates Exchange Progress
Eric D. Fader, Leslie J. Levinson; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 6, 2013, previously published on June 2013 In a “Memorandum to Interested Parties” dated May 30, the White House reiterated that state health exchanges will be ready to begin accepting applications for enrollment by the statutory deadline of October 1, 2013. In 2014, 16 states plus DC will run their own exchanges; the U.S....
| | Industry Loss Estimates for Superstorm Sandy Remain at $18.75 Billion
Darlene K. Alt, James T. Killelea, Barry Leigh Weissman; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 5, 2013, previously published on May 2013 On May 29, 2013, Property Claims Services ("PCS") released its third re-survey of Superstorm Sandy insurance industry loss estimates based on information gathered from affected insurers. The updated loss estimate was $18.75 billion, which remains unchanged from PCS’s first and...
| | Reminder to File Your BEA Reports
Amber S. Mills, Neil R. ("Nick") Pearson; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 9, 2013, previously published on May 2013 Several Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) reports will be due later this month, on May 31st, including a 5-year Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment. U.S. companies with foreign affiliates should ensure their compliance departments are working to timely file applicable...
| | Resale Price Maintenance Again in the News
Barry J. Bendes, Stephen P. Murphy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2013, previously published on April 2013 The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc.v. PSKS Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007), reversing nearly 100 years of authority holding resale price maintenance per se unlawful under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, continues to resonate. On May 4, 2012 the Kansas Supreme...
|  | Regulators are Expressing Heightened Interest in Mobile Apps and Privacy Enforcement: Is Your Company Prepared?
Alan L. Friel, Laurie A. Kamaiko, Dominique R. Shelton; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 5, 2013, previously published on April 2013 On March 28, 2013, one of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) privacy division attorneys predicted that the FTC will continue to remain focused on mobile privacy citing it as a “huge priority for the agency.” He also advised that enforcement actions will ensue if...
| | Age-Based Testing Of Physicians: Best Practices or Blatant Age Discrimination?
Rachel B. Jacobson, Timothy P. Van Dyck; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 2013 Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Stanford, California recently implemented its “Late Career Practitioner Policy,” requiring physicians over the age of 74 1/2 who are applying for privileges, and physicians over the age of 75 who seek to renew their privileges, to undergo various testing...
| | FTC Sues to Undo St. Luke's Health System Acquisition of Specialty Physician Practice
Leslie J. Levinson, Stephen P. Murphy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 2013 On March 12, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission joined with the Idaho Attorney General in filing a complaint in federal district court seeking to undo the December 31, 2012 acquisition of Saltzer Medical Group P.A., Idaho’s largest independent multi-specialty physician practice, by St....
| | New First-Inventor-To-File Patent System Takes Effect in the United States on March 16, 2013
Brian Landry, Ralph A. Loren, Brian P. Murphy; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 15, 2013, previously published on February 2013 On March 16, 2013, the new firstinventor-to-file patent system under the America Invents Act (“AIA”) takes effect in the United States. Some have suggested that the change from a first-to-invent to a first-inventor-tofile system will cause a mad rush to file new applications in the...
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