On the heels of multiple lawsuits disrupting drug manufacturers’ efforts to convert the 340B Program into a rebate-based model, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a Notice[1] announcing the launch…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
Last year, we reported on Florida’s adoption of the “Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement (MOBILE) Act” (Section 456.0145, Florida Statutes), which created a consistent regulatory framework for licensure by…
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/ Health
Colorado and Washington have each enacted statutes modeled after the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. Soon, both states will require parties to certain mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
Two settlements recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reinforce the agency’s emphasis on promoting thorough risk analysis to help prevent disclosure of…
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/ Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a significant step toward modernizing design patent examination, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced DesignVision, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered image search tool now available to…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 21, 2025 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced its intention to postpone the effective date of the final rule establishing the investment adviser anti-money…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
A recent notice from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) informed patent owners that “Starting September 1, 2025 all Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) hearings will be held in person.” (Emphasis added). As…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
Last week, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Company LLC, clarifying the application of prosecution history disclaimer in the context of design patents. This alert summarizes the procedural…
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/ Intellectual Property
Join Dinsmore partners Eddie Edwards and Nick Godfrey as they discuss the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) era post July 1. The landscape of college athletics has shifted quickly from a chaotic free-for-all to an evolving…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law
In recent months, virtually every regulated industry has witnessed announcements of significant regulatory changes, including the financial services sector…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
If you're a filmmaker, musician, photographer or any other content creator who registers your work with the U.S. Copyright Office, recent events out of Washington, D.C. should be on your radar…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
On June 5, 2025, the United States Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Sixth Circuit’s rule, which required plaintiffs of a majority group to satisfy an additional burden as part of establishing a prima facie case of Title…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Last month, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the “District Court”) evaluated Motions for Summary Judgment concerning drug manufacturers’ efforts to unilaterally pay 340B Program discounts in the…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health
On June 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation banning foreign nationals from specific countries from traveling to the United States. The Proclamation relates to security and public safety concerns…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
What is the proper causation standard for an Anti-Kickback Statute violation to trigger liability under the False Claims Act? The First Circuit has answered that question in a much anticipated interlocutory decision in…
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/ Criminal Law, Health
