The new EU Product Liability Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853) represents a comprehensive overhaul of existing product liability laws, expanding the scope of what the law considers to be a "product" and the compensable harm a claimant can pursue. In this article we highlight the key features of the new Directive and look at what it means for businesses operating in or exporting products to the EU ...
Earlier this month, Dinsmore provided a notice to clients that several telehealth flexibilities for Medicare beneficiaries were set to expire on December 31. However, on December 20, Congress passed the American Relief Act, 2025[1] (the “Act”), a short-term spending bill that keeps the government open through March ...
Several interesting cases have been decided both by the ordinary courts and by other dispute resolution bodies over the past year. We have also observed some emerging trends in dispute resolution. Key decisions from the Supreme Court include HR-2024-550-A. which involved the ownership of minerals. The landowner’s side was represented by SVW partners Øystein Nore Nyhus and Christian Reusch. From the insurance sector, HR-2024-2040-A is noteworthy ...
Legislation signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on December 20, 2024 will significantly expand mandatory reporting duties for professionals and facilities. These changes, and others from Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 109, not only impose new obligations to report, including the reporting of facility investigations, but also attach new penalties for failing to do so, which will impact Ohio physicians and health care facilities, including hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers ...
Approximately 500,000 people die each year in England and Wales and burial space is running out. The problem is most acute in the major cities, where large parcels of available land are scarce and competition with developers is often fierce. (and will be more so if the Government’s commitment to reform planning laws to meet the nation’s housing needs comes to fruition) ...
We wish you a warm and joyous holiday season and a happy New Year 2025! This Christmas we have continued our tradition of making a donation to MIELI Mental Health Finland to support their work for young people. Christmas donation to MIELI Mental Health Finland We have a tradition of making a Christmas donation to MIELI, the world’s oldest non-governmental organisation dedicated to mental health ...
In this edition, we offer a diverse range of content: First, we present an update on an upcoming case before the Supreme Court concerning section 36 of the Contracts Act. We will also provide some insights from a recent Supreme Court ruling on the insurance condition regarding sudden and unforeseen physical damage. Additionally, we discuss significant takeaways from the appeals judgment in the Dutch Shell case ...
The temporary telehealth flexibilities that Medicare patients and providers have become accustomed to since the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire December 31, 2024. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 extended many pandemic era flexibilities ...
Under South African criminal law, a life imprisonment sentence is the most severe form of judicial punishment that can be imposed upon a convicted criminal and is therefore reserved for the most serious offences. When a judge passes a life sentence, they must specify the minimum term that the offender must spend in prison before becoming eligible for parole, which is determined in accordance with section 51 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 ...
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).[1] The CTA, and its Reporting Rule, were set to require approximately 32.6 million existing reporting companies to file beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reports with FinCEN by January 1, 2025 ...
To implement its November 2023 final rule on ownership transparency for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has updated its Medicare enrollment application for institutional providers (“CMS-855A”) ...
SyCipLaw has contributed the Philippine chapter in the latest edition of The Legal 500: International Arbitration Comparative Guide. Senior Partner and Head of Litigation Department Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko co-authored the chapter with Partners Anthony W. Dee, John Christian Joy A. Regalado, and Ma. Patricia B. Paz-Jacoba ...
The deadline for compliance with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights’ (“OCR”) recent update to the HIPAA Privacy Rule is December 22, 2024 — less than thirty days away ...
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is once again extending telemedicine prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances. This latest extension, which is now the third extension of such flexibilities originally implemented during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), became effective November 19, 2024 and lasts through December 31, 2025 ...
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people move to Florida from other states, including many health care practitioners who must apply for Florida licenses. A law passed during the 2024 Florida legislative session aims to simplify the process of licensure by endorsement for health care practitioners licensed in other states ...
Metro Bank PLC was fined £16,675,200 (after a 30% discount) by the Financial Conduct Authority for failings in its transaction monitoring systems and controls. The FCA found that the bank’s failures led to the risk it was inadvertently being used for the purposes of financial crime. Key facts: Metro Bank PLC implemented an Automated Transaction Monitoring System (“ATMS”) to monitor customer transactions ...
The question of who bears the loss suffered as a result of a business email compromise was answered by the Western Cape division of the High Court in the recent judgment ofGripper & Company (Pty) Ltd v Ganedhi Trading Enterprises CC. Background Facts Gripper & Company (Pty) Limited (“Gripper”) and Ganedhi Trading Enterprises CC (“Ganedhi”) have been dealing with each other since 2014 ...
Businesses involved in, or contemplating litigation are advised to give serious consideration to ADR from the outset of a dispute as well as during the lifecycle of a claim. For those parties who relish their day in Court and pay lip service to alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”), the recent amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules (“CPR”) will make life harder for those parties as the Courts now have the power to order parties to engage in ADR ...
The Belgian takeover market is currently undergoing a full transformation. Three experts from the independent law firm, ALTIUS, share their insights about the new dynamics in the field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). “We see clear links with restructurings, bankruptcies, and the evolution of the real estate market.” The new dynamics currently driving the takeover market in our country are the result of various factors ...
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has approved a new credentialing organization for certain healthcare workers for immigration purposes. USCIS approved the application from International Education Evaluations, LLC (IEE), which went into effect October 25, 2024 ...
Our readers may recall our column in this magazine last Fall involving a SALT malpractice suit filed against a North Carolina CPA firm by its former client, Vista Horticulture, Inc. d/b/a Eden Brothers. If you or your spouse are gardeners, you may know the company as an online seller of flower bulbs and seeds, etc. to customers all over the country ...
The FCA has published the results of its culture and non financial misconduct survey. Here are some points to note. Key facts: The FCA surveyed regulated wholesale financial services firms asking questions about incidences of non-financial misconduct and the firm’s policies and procedures relating to firms’ culture ...
Here's a refresher: Discriminating against a subclass of a sex — e.g., older women or black women — may still be discrimination. In a Sept. 19 opinion in McCreight v. AuburnBank, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit clarified a few things for the summary judgment standard and provided a good refresher on "sex-plus" discrimination, or discrimination based on a subclass of sex ...
Hark! A recent Alabama Supreme Court indemnity decision, Mobile Infirmary Association v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, may require you to retrieve your drafting pen. Although not a case involving a construction dispute, Mobile Infirmary does address a key component of risk shifting in construction contracts — the indemnity clause ...
Recently, the National Medical Products Administration (the "NMPA") issued the "Pilot Work Plan for the Segmented Production of Biological Products" (the "Pilot Plan"), introducing a pilot initiative for the segmented production of biological products. This represents a breakthrough in the regulation of segmented production, a long-awaited achievement in the biopharmaceutical industry ...
