Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 10
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Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Regulatory and Enforcement Update
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently issued a significant Enforcement Advisory detailing how companies and individuals can earn Mitigation Credit....more
In recent years, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has increased pressure on consumer product companies through various enforcement mechanisms. The increase in the frequency and amount of civil penalties sought by...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in IMMCO Diagnostics (“ID”) entered into an October 3 expedited settlement agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
On January 17, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $9.5 million settlement with Stericycle, Inc. for Hazardous Waste Management Violations. The settlement resolves...more
The clock is ticking for medical device and pharmaceutical companies to fulfill their obligations under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (the "Sunshine Act"). With the reporting deadline of March 31 looming and CMS...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Jasper, Arkansas entered into a December 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) for alleged violations of the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act and relevant rules. See Case...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or “Commission”) Office of Enforcement (“Enforcement”) continues to focus on enforcing its duty of candor rules, with a recent action resulting in a $6.6 million civil...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Griswold Industries (“GI”) entered into a January 3rd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued on November 15th a Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“OA”) to Tradebe Treatment and Recycling of Tennessee, LLC (“TTRT”) addressing alleged...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a December 16th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Cymer-Dayton, LLC (“CD”). See Case No. HWM 24-0022. The Order provides that CD conducts...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Scotch and Gulf Lumber, LLC (“Scotch”) entered into a December 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Air Act Title V Major Source...more
As the United States prepares for another Trump administration, companies must ready themselves for potentially aggressive immigration enforcement policies similar to or exceeding those seen during the previous Trump...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC (“GP”) entered into a November 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and implementing regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) require that broker-dealers file a suspicious activity report (SAR”) with...more
As previously blogged about here, following notices of proposed rulemaking in 2022 and 2023, on August 22, 2024 the Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule that will impose monetary civil penalties false and misleading...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bradley, Arkansas entered into an August 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hartland Co-op (“Heartland”) entered into an August 5th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act Risk Management...more
At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued major decisions on the enforcement power of the Securities and Exchange Commission, what does or doesn’t qualify as a bribe of government officials, and on federal judges’...more
In fiscal year (FY) 2023, more than half of all U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) child labor investigations resulted in a violation. Of the 955 child labor investigations with violations—a 14 percent increase over the prior...more
As the lead agency for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), the U.S. Department of the Treasury released new proposed rules on April 11, 2024 intended to enhance the enforcement...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and PotlatchDeltic Manufacturing, LLC (“PotlatchDeltic”) entered into a March 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
Proposed changes to how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can request information and impose civil penalties signal that CFIUS will increasingly focus on compliance and enforcement. Our...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and J-Square, Inc. (“J-Square”) entered into an April 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more