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On September 7, 2023, FDA issued three new draft guidance documents intended to strengthen the 510(k) premarket notification pathway for medical devices. They address ...
Click here to read the full Newsletter. The landscape of government enforcement, private litigation, and federal and state regulation of digital assets, blockchain and related ...
In recent months there has been a lot of focus on how the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s 2022 final rule on ...
In its August 25, 2023 decision in Robinhood Financial LLC vs. Galvin, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the “SJC”) reversed a trial court ...
On August 29, 2023, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously sided with Grayscale in its long-running battle ...
In an August 17, 2023 order (the “Order”), the SEC announced that it had settled an administrative proceeding with DST Asset Manager Solutions ...
The SEC adopted its much anticipated private fund reforms on August 23, 2023. These reforms include several quarterly reporting requirements with respect to performance and ...
Initial and Structural Considerations: Can a rated note feeder work on an open-ended fund? It is more common for this structure to be used ...
Flipping the script on the notion of offering an ETF share class of a mutual fund, F/m Investments LLC (“F/m”) this ...
On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a new guidance document on informed consent (the “Final ...
On August 21, 2023, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (“OMIG”) released updated guidance for self-disclosures by Medicaid ...
On August 17, 2023, District Court Judge Allen Winsor (the “Court”) denied a request for a preliminary injunction enjoining the implementation and enforcement ...
Illinois and Minnesota have joined a growing number of states that maintain a dedicated health care transaction review process.1 With the Illinois law set ...
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued his long-anticipated “Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products ...
On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 inpatient prospective ...
The following summarizes recent legal developments of note affecting the mutual fund/investment management industry. JULY ALERTS ON REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS Since our prior Investment Management ...
On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Federal Trade ...
The UK National Health Service has a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2045 for emissions the NHS has the ability to influence ...
On July 25, 2023, the Departments of the Treasury (Treasury), Labor (DOL), and Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, the Departments) proposed rules that would ...
In the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence landscape, judges may be among the first to shape AI’s direction and use in courtroom settings. In ...
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted 3–2 to adopt rules requiring public companies to disclose ...
On July 12, 2023, the SEC issued a release (the “Release”) adopting rule and form amendments concerning money market funds under the 1940 ...
On July 13, 2023, Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued her highly anticipated ruling1 ...
Over the last two years, Ropes & Gray has been closely monitoring and providing analysis and guidance on the debate over the use of ESG ...
Dimensional Fund Advisors became the second asset manager this year to file an application (“Application”) with the SEC to permit its mutual funds ...