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Jenny W. Y. Yu; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article February 20, 2013, previously published on February 19, 2013 Part VIA of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (PDPO) sets out new direct marketing requirements. Part VIA will tentatively commence on 1 April 2013. In anticipation of its commencement, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) has issued a Guidance Note on Direct Marketing...
| | Review of Hong Kong Patent System: Original Grant Patent System and Other Possible Changes
Kenny K. S. Wong; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article February 19, 2013, previously published on February 18, 2013 On 7 February 2013, just two days before the Chinese New Year holidays, the Government published the Report of the Advisory Committee on Review of the Patent System in Hong Kong ("Committee"). As part of the review, a public consultation paper was issued in October 2011 to invite views on...
|  | Obama Administration Issues Cyber-Security Executive Order
Howard W. Waltzman; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 18, 2013, previously published on February 13, 2013 On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued an executive order (the Order) intended to improve the cybersecurity of “critical infrastructure” in the United States. The Order seeks to build a public-private partnership with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure, to improve...
| | AIFMD Update-Impact on Fund Managers Outside the European Union
Mark Compton, Angela Hayes, Tim Nosworthy; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 15, 2013, previously published on February 2013 In July 2013 the hotly debated EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) will finally be implemented across Member States in the EU. It represents a significant change in EU regulation of “alternative investment funds” (AIFs, which include private equity funds, hedge...
| | Sixteen-Year Battle Saves Pro Bono Defendant from Death Penalty
Carl J. Summers; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 15, 2013, previously published on February 14, 2013 On February 6, 2013, after an almost 16-year representation, Mayer Brown lawyers secured a plea agreement with the State of Georgia that avoids the death penalty for a mentally retarded defendant who had been convicted for a double murder in 1988. The agreement imposes a sentence of life without...
| | US Department of Health and Human Services Issues Final "Sunshine" Rule Imposing Reporting Requirements on Payments to Physicians and Teaching Hospitals
Carolyn P. Osolinik, Joanne M. Savage; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 15, 2013, previously published on February 13, 2013 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a final rule that will implement section 1128G of the Social Security Act, as added by section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act. The new rule will impose reporting requirements on manufacturers of drugs, devices, and biological or...
| | Obama Administration Issues Cyber-Security Executive Order
Howard W. Waltzman; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 15, 2013, previously published on February 13, 2013 On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued an executive order (the Order) intended to improve the cybersecurity of “critical infrastructure” in the United States. The Order seeks to build a public-private partnership with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure, to improve...
| | The US Department of Health and Human Services Issues Final “Sunshine” Rule Concerning Physician and Teaching Hospital Payments and Physician Ownership or Investment Interests
Carolyn P. Osolinik, Joanne M. Savage; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 14, 2013, previously published on February 13, 2013 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a final rule that will implement section 1128G of the Social Security Act, as added by section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act. The new rule will impose reporting requirements on manufacturers of drugs, devices, and biological or...
| | Long-Expected Omnibus HIPAA Rule Implements Significant Privacy and Security Regulations for Entities and Business Associates
Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final “omnibus” rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules (Final Rule). As expected, the Final Rule extends the reach and limits of HIPAA’s privacy and...
| | Court Rejects PBGC Position That an Investment Fund Is Part of a Controlled Group for Purposes of Pension Liabilities of a Portfolio Company
Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 11, 2013, previously published on February 8, 2013 Late in 2012, in Sun Capital Partners v. New England Teamsters (“Sun Capital”), a federal district court in Massachusetts (the “District Court”) held that certain private equity funds were not trades or businesses that could be held jointly and severally liable for the...
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