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- Category: Allan Joseph
- Florida Second DCA Challenges Status Quo On Delegation of Arbitrability Under The Federal Arbitration Act
- VIDEO: Allan Joseph and Family Central Featured on BECON TV
- 3 Ways FRCP Amendments Could Affect Companies
- Miami: The City of Fun, Sun and International Arbitration
- Jury Is Still Out On Scope Of Arbitration Clauses
- Law 360: Jury Is Still Out On Scope Of Arbitration Clauses
- U.S. Tax Court Rules Silent Illinois Politician Committed Tax Fraud; Statute of Limitations does not Bar Assessment of Old Deficiency
- Category: Andrew Ittleman
- Banks Cash In On PPE, But Risks Could Haunt Them
- Ex-Boca school counselor who pushed fentanyl spray for Insys is heading to prison
- He Knew All About Money Launderers. The U.S. Says He Joined Them
- Disclosure requirements for all-cash purchases have been eased — slightly
- Regulator renews order targeting shell companies buying South Florida real estate
- The new policy will increase scrutiny and pressure on stem cell clinics, according to industry experts.
- Money Laundering: US crackdown on Venezuelan cash
- Google is banning ads for quack cures after years of profiting from them
- New Google policy bars ads for unproven stem cell therapies
- Can Facebook Really Launch Libra in 2020? The Devil Will Be in the Details
- Key Takeaways From the Insys Prosecution
- Judge Says FDA Can Stop Clinic from Selling Stem Cell Treatments
- Approval of Epidiolex, a Cannabis derived drug for the treatment of Seizures
- FDA Says ‘Rhino’ Male Sexual Enhancement Products May Pose Health Dangers
- Government bans on pot research have created room for marijuana health hype
- This cannabis-derived drug just got approved, but that won’t make it easier to get edibles
- Feds Look to Seize Porsche Tower Condo Unit Tied to $1B Money Laundering Case
- Russia Sanctions Bill Also Targets Real Estate Deals
- When the fat stem cells hit the fire, will clinics sued by FDA opt to stop soon?
- Las razones para desconfiar de los tratamientos milagrosos con células madre
- How to Answer Tough Law School Interview Questions
- What’s the Best Bitcoin Wallet?
- Blockchain Technology May Change the World, But What Are the Risks?
- Bitcoin vs. the U.S. Dollar: Which Is the Real Bubble?
- Bitcoin is Booming in Miami. But can you buy a House with it?
- What’s the Best Bitcoin Wallet?
- Why the Trump Organization Can Play Dumb on Money Laundering
- FinTech Seeing Usage Surge, but Some Banks Still Fighting it
- Feds Widen Hunt for Dirty Money in Miami Real Estate
- FinCEN Issues Revised Order Targeting Shell Companies Buying Real Estate
- Australian Money-Laundering Alliance a Stretch for U.S.
- Marijuana Stocks: How to Invest in Marijuana Today
- Program to Track Laundered Money in Luxury Real Estate Continues
- Feds renew crackdown on dirty money in Miami real estate
- U.S. Renews Real-Estate Data Targeting Order
- Federal regulator renews real estate money laundering dragnet in South Florida
- States Keep Passing Laws On Marijuana As Anti-Marijuana Leaders Take Over
- Will Trump end crackdown on dirty cash in luxury real estate?
- Paul Vigna & Michael Casey, “The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order,” 258-59 (2015)
- The Money Services Banking Crisis: A Complex Solution for a Simple Problem
- What’s Worse Than Pot Staying Illegal? Pot as an FDA-Regulated Drug
- How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami’s luxury real-estate boom
- Coral Gables’ Gibraltar Private Bank fined $4 million for Rothstein-related issues
- Gibraltar hit with regulatory action for secrecy act and anti-money laundering violations
- No More Anonymity for Cash Buyers of Luxury Miami-Dade Homes
- Real-Estate Faces New Compliance After Getting A Pass
- How the Feds Blew a Case Against an Alleged South American Drug Money Launderer
- Here’s Why Feds Are Targeting Cash Buyers in Miami-Dade Luxury Home Sales
- MONEY LAUNDERING: Feds moves to strip secrecy from cash real estate deals in Miami
- FinCEN Continues Patriot Act Expansion Amid Real-Estate Order
- Chicago Improves Opioid Case With Details About Doctors
- Banking on Weed a Risky Business
- FinCEN Targets Check-Cashers in South Florida
- FinCEN Order Targets Tax Refund Check Fraud In South Fla.
- Regulators issue dragnet in Miami-Dade, Broward to root out tax refund fraud
- Feds target tax-refund ripoff with new order
- The Potentials and Pitfalls of Marijuana Investments
- What a FinCEN dragnet means for 700 Miami businesses
- Pot, Bitcoin Companies Pay Steep Fees for Bank Access
- Industry: BitLicense Revision Leaves Room for Continued Debate
- Podcast: Criminal defense attorney Andrew Ittleman on digital currency law
- Federal Marijuana Regulation: Why is Flexibility Critical in the Dawn of Legalization?
- Podcast: Taxing Miners (but not like Forty-Niners) with Andrew Ittleman
- #BTCMiami: Regulation Panel Predicts New State Law Imminent — and “Look Out for the Lawsuits”
- Andrew Ittleman will speak on the topic Banking Marijuana
- BigLaw Stands To Gain From New US Policy In Cuba
- Western Union BitLicense Response is Pro-Bitcoin, Legal Experts Say
- FinCEN Rules Bitcoin Payment Processors, Exchanges are Money Transmitters
- Governor Scott Signs Medical Marijuana Bill
- Bitcoin seeps into mainstream
- Lawyers Navigate Rising Financial Crime Risks amid Debate Over Regulation for Gatekeepers’
- Andrew Ittleman: Hurdles in Accessing Banking Services
- How Can FDA More Reasonably Regulate Autologous Stem Cell Procedures?
- Is it drug manufacturing or the practice of medicine? Stem cell therapy debate just getting started
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Creates Deeper Circuit Split Over Pre-Trial Restraint of Assets
- Feds Winning Battle against Health Care Fraud
- Mistrial Declared in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case After Jury Could Not Reach Verdict
- Andrew Ittleman of Fuerst Ittleman to Instruct at 2011 US Money Transmitter Seminar in Los Angeles
- Judge Agrees Agency for Health Care Administration Rule Goes Beyond Regulatory Powers
- Hunton & Williams delays record disclosures in Stanford case
- Mitchell S. Fuerst, Esq., and Andrew S. Ittleman, Esq., C.A.M.S. will speak at the International Money Transmitters Convention
- Category: Blog
- AML Compliance Game Changer: A series on the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. Part II: The Corporate Transparency Act and Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Requirements
- Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Game Changer: A series on the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020.
- Florida Litigation Update: Florida Supreme Court Adopts the Federal Summary Judgment Standard
- Foreign-Sourced Injectables and the Ever Present Risk of FDA Enforcement
- Florida’s Zombie Chevron Problem
- Mitigating Losses: Legal guidance to help practices mitigate coronavirus-related losses and return safely to work.
- Home Office Deductions in the Time of Coronavirus
- Coronavirus Stories We’re Following
- Florida Litigation Update: Florida Appeals Court Holds Dissolved Company Can Prosecute and Defend Lawsuits in Winding Up its Affairs.
- Coronavirus Tax Relief: COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Wide Ranging Extensions of Time for Taxpayers, IRS
- Coronavirus Tax Assistance: Congress Temporarily Reinstates Net Operating Loss Carrybacks Under the CARES Act
- Coronavirus Stories We’re Following
- The Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Contracts in the Time of Coronavirus: A Series on Force Majeure, Impossibility, Frustration of Purpose, and other Doctrines Excusing Contractual Nonperformance.
- Coronavirus Stories We’re Following
- Florida Business Litigation Update: Third DCA Reaffirms Application of The Independent Tort Doctrine In Business Litigation Cases
- Contracts in the Time of Coronavirus: A Series on Force Majeure, Impossibility, Frustration of Purpose, and other Doctrines Excusing Contractual Nonperformance.
- Do I have Coronavirus Insurance Coverage? The Clauses in your Policy Might Answer that Question.
- Contracts in the Time of Coronavirus: A Series on Force Majeure, Impossibility, Frustration of Purpose, and other Doctrines Excusing Contractual Nonperformance.
- Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Appoints Judge Bowman as Circuit’s First Appellate Division Chair
- Florida Ad Valorem Taxation Update: First District Court of Appeal Broadly Interprets Charitable Use Exemption to Ad Valorem Taxation
- “Dear Florida Supreme Court”: Are Zero-Liability Exculpatory Clauses Enforceable?
- Florida Supreme Court reverses course: the Daubert Standard is the law of the land
- Administrative Law Update: Calls for End to Chevron Deference
- Federal Litigation Update: Amendments to the Local Rules for the Southern District of Florida Go Into Effect December 1, 2017
- OFAC Compliance Update: OFAC Settlement with Cartier Highlights Need for Robust Due Diligence by Retailers to Ensure Compliance With OFAC Regulations
- IRS and FinCEN Offer Relief to Victims of Hurricane Irma
- Marijuana Regulatory Compliance Update: Banking and Casino Industries Call For Additional Marijuana-Related Business Guidance From U.S. Treasury
- Federal Litigation Update: Amendments to the Local Rules for the Southern District of Florida Go Into Effect December 1, 2016
- MSB Regulatory Update: Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Florida and its Continuing Effect on Check Cashers
- Asset Forfeiture Update
- Marijuana Regulatory Update: FDA Issues Warning Letters to CBD Dietary Supplement Companies
- Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Update: FinCEN announces new reporting requirements for all-cash real estate transactions in Miami and New York City
- Marijuana Banking Compliance Update: U.S. District Court for Colorado Dismisses Suit by Colorado Credit Union against Federal Reserve; Reveals Gap between Federal “Guidance” and Federal “Law”
- DOJ Begins Criminal Investigation of Blue Bell Food Safety Violations
- FDA Announces 2016 Public Hearing on Draft HCT/P Guidance Documents
- Civil Litigation Update: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Substantially Amended.
- Challenging the arbitrability of arbitration provisions
- Yates Memo: FDA and DOJ to Continue Pursuing Civil and Criminal Penalties Against Individuals Engaged in Corporate Misconduct
- Florida Healthcare Litigation Update: Health Care Referral Sources Constitute a “Legitimate Business Interest” Entitled to Protection in Non-Compete Agreements…At Least, For Now.
- The Yates Memo: United States Department of Justice Requires Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing
- Tenth Circuit affirms dismissal of marijuana-related business’s bankruptcy petition
- Florida Litigation Update: Certified Conflict Regarding Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements
- Food Safety in the News: FDA Creates an Accelerated Path for Food Importers
- OFAC Publishes New Venezuelan Sanctions Regulations
- Appellate Litigation Update: Eleventh Circuit Overturns Precedent, Permits Supplemental Briefing on Issues Not Initially Raised in Briefs
- FTC Litigation Update: FTC v. Bayer Litigation: What Type of Evidence Is Needed to Substantiate Probiotic Claims?
- Complex Litigation Update: Eleventh Circuit Targets “Shotgun Pleadings,” Clarifies Definition
- Criminal Tax Litigation Update: Seventh Circuit Affirms District Court’s Sentence of Probation for Beanie Babies Creator
- Third Circuit Clarifies Mental State Required for Hobbs Act Extortion Conviction
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit: United States Bankruptcy Code Preempts Puerto Rico from Providing Municipalities with Statutory Bankruptcy Relief
- Tax Litigation Update: DC Circuit Rejects IRS’s Broad Interpretation of Anti-Injunction Act
- Tax Litigation Update: D.C. Circuit Holds Tax Court Required to Articulate Basis for Dismissal Based on Lack of Jurisdiction
- The Supreme Court of the United States: Law Enforcement Must Afford Hotel Owners Precompliance Review before Performing a Warrantless Search Pursuant to a Municipal Code
- Criminal Law Update: Supreme Court Rules that Child’s Statements to Teacher do not Implicate the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause
- Natural Products Litigation Update: The FDCA May Not Explicitly Preempt a Judicial Interpretation of the Term “Natural”
- Increasing Regulation for U.S. Foreign Investors
- FTC Advertising Law Update: FTC Issues Updated FAQs to Endorsement Guides
- White Collar Criminal Defense Update: Second Circuit Emphasizes Constitutional Right to Impartial Jury, Upholds High Standard to Prove Waiver
- Tax Litigation Update: Ninth Circuit Enforces Two-Prong Test to Determine Transferee Tax Liability
- Marijuana Regulatory Update: FDA Concludes CBD Products Are Not Dietary Supplements
- Complex Litigation Update: Ninth Circuit Holds Magistrate Judges Powerless to Order Remand
- Hastert Indictment: How the Bank Secrecy Act Can Criminalize Otherwise Lawful Activity
- Eleventh Circuit Reverses District Court’s Collateral Estoppel Ruling, Giving A Dietary Supplement Company Another Chance To Substantiate Advertisements.
- Florida Commercial Litigation Update: Cross-Border Contracts and Forum Selection Clauses
- Complex Litigation Update: Eleventh Circuit Holds Engle-progeny State-law Claims Preempted by Federal Law
- Florida Litigation Update: Voluntarily Dismissal Trumps Arbitration Award
- Trade Based Money Laundering in the News: Miami-Area Electronics Exporters Targeted in FinCEN Anti-Money Laundering Initiative
- Class Action Litigation Update: Who Should Decide Whether an Arbitration Clause Permits Classwide Arbitration: the Court or the Arbitrator?
- Complex Commercial Litigation Update: New York’s Separate Entity Rule and the Reemergence of Florida as a Potential Gateway for Judgment Creditors to Seize Debtors’ Foreign Assets in Enforcement and Collection Proceedings
- Complex Litigation Update: Bridging the Gap between Data on Causation of Lost Profits and the Admissibility of Expert Opinions
- New York Clarifies Position On Licensing Of Internet Based Money Transmitters
- Same Surgical Procedure Exception under 21 CFR 1271.15(b): FDA Raises More Questions Than it Answers Regarding the Scope of the Exception
- Money Laundering in the News: Los Angeles Fashion District Raid Puts Trade-Based Money Laundering and Black Market Peso Exchange in Spotlight
- Florida Litigation Update: Appeals Court Clarifies Procedure to Execute Against Alcoholic Beverage License
- Tax Litigation Update: Ninth Circuit Decision Provides Significant Support for Taxpayers Seeking to Discharge Tax Debt in Bankruptcy
- Third Circuit decision highlights power of “good faith exception” to the exclusionary rule
- Bitcoin Regulatory Update: CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory Regarding Virtual Currencies, Begins Accepting Complaints
- International Tax Compliance Update: Renouncing U.S. Citizenship to Avoid Taxes: Is It Worth It?
- Florida Appeals Court Clarifies Law On Derivative And Direct Shareholder Lawsuits
- United States Supreme Court: Warrants are required to search digital data on seized cell phones
- Tax Litigation Update: Eleventh Circuit Holds Clear and Convincing Evidence Standard Applies to Penalties Imposed under IRC § 6701
- International Tax Compliance Update: Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Modifications: A Trap for the Unwary
- Food Labeling and Marketing after POM LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.: Why Compliance with FDA Regulations May Not Be Enough
- U.S. District Court rules that FTC can regulate payday lenders regardless of American Indian Tribal affiliation, finds lender violated FTCA.
- International Tax Compliance Update: IRS Hints at Coming Changes for Certain OVDP Filers
- FDA Regulatory Update: International Crack Down on Online Pharmacies Identifies Over 1,900 Websites Selling Unapproved or Potentially Counterfeit Drugs to U.S. Consumers
- FDA Publishes New Draft Guidance on Biosimilars As Congress Raises Questions About FDA’s Use of Draft Guidance Documents
- “Prescription” v. “Recommendation”: How State Medical Marijuana Laws May Insulate Treating Physicians From Liability Under The Controlled Substances Act
- FATCA Update: As Additional Countries Agree to Share International Tax Information, Hiding Assets Abroad becomes Increasingly Difficult
- Florida Litigation Update: Arbitration Clauses are Not Always Enforceable
- Tax Litigation Update: United States v. Clarke Tests Limits of IRS Summons Enforcement Power
- White Collar Criminal Defense Update: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Discusses “Willful Blindness” Jury Instruction and Burden Shifting
- False Claims Act Litigation Update: Bayer Decision Sheds Light on Pleading in False Claims Act Cases
- Florida Supreme Court Holds Statutory Cap on Non-Economic Wrongful Death Damages in Medical Malpractice Actions Violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Florida Constitution
- Your Expectation of Privacy in Your Cell Phone is Currently Governed by the Law of the State in Which You are Arrested
- Complex Litigation Update: SCOTUS Allows Plaintiffs’ State-Law Class Actions Against Law Firms, Financial Firms, and Others to Proceed
- Marijuana Taxation Update: State Sanctioned Marijuana Industry Must Keep the Federal Anti-Drug Trafficking Tax Code in Mind
- Florida Business Litigation Update: Confidential Settlements Really Need to Remain Confidential
- Tax Litigation Update: Eleventh Circuit Reverses Tax Court in Virgin Islands EDP Residency Cases
- Florida Criminal Law Update: Florida Appeals Court Declares Strict Liability Statute Unconstitutional
- CMS Expands Moratorium On New Home Health Agencies To Broward County; Extends Moratorium In Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties
- Florida Business Litigation Update: Prevailing Party Attorneys’ Fees
- Criminal Tax Litigation Update: Courts are Consistently Ruling that the Act of Production Privilege Will Not Defeat Grand Jury Subpoenas Calling for Foreign Bank Account Statements
- Tax Litigation Update: Second Circuit Tweaks its Standard of Review in Tax Cases Involving Mixed Questions of Law and Fact; Decides Complex Tax Controversy Involving “Midco†Transaction
- Tax Litigation Update: The D.C. Circuit is the Proper Venue for Many Appeals of Tax Court Cases
- Tax Litigation Update: Determination Of Proper Appellate Court For Review Of Certain Tax Court Cases In Flux
- Raminfard Guilty Plea Highlights Complexity Of International Tax Compliance, Seriousness Of Violations, Importance Of Irs Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
- Florida Business Litigation Update: The Carmack Amendment Preempts Virtually Everything
- Litigation Update – The Electronic Loss of Privilege
- False Claims Act Litigation Update: Florida Federal Court Finds Hospital Violated Stark Law Via Oncologist Bonus Compensation System
- IRS Makes Significant Changes to Innocent Spouse Relief
- Criminal FBAR Prosecutions Underscore Importance of IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
- FDA Regulatory Update: FDA to Recommend Reclassifying Hydrocodone Combination Drugs; Issue Highlights Cooperative Relationship Between FDA, DEA
- International Tax Compliance Update: IRS to Issue â€John Doe†Summonses Seeking Information Regarding U.S. Taxpayers with Undisclosed Offshore Bank Accounts
- TAX REFUND LITIGATION UPDATE: Court of Federal Claims Relies on “Substance Over Form” Doctrine to Recharaterize Transaction
- Litigation Update: Appellate Arbitration
- Litigation Update: American Arbitration Association Announces Changes to Commercial Arbitration Rules
- Third Circuit Decision Requires Warrant for GPS Monitoring and Limits Good-Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule
- FDA Medical Device Regulation Update: FDA Issues Final Rule for Unique Device Identification System
- IRS Requiring Taxpayers to File FBARs Electronically Raises Concerns About Delinquent Filing and Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
- Tax Practictioners Report Increase in Summons Issuance; IRS Issues New Guidance on Informal Document Requests
- U.S. Department of Justice & Swiss Federal Department of Finance Enter into Historic Agreement Regarding Tax Evasion Investigations
- FDA Regulatory Update: What Does “Natural” Mean? Courts Divided on Whether to Seek FDA’s Input
- Litigation Outlook: Sender Beware: Texting a Driver May Impose Liability on the Sender
- Healthcare Regulation Update: GAO Makes Recommendations to HHS and CMS Regarding Medicare Audit Consistency
- House Bill Proposes Narrowing Scope Of Firpta; Eases Burdens On Reits
- FATCA Update: IRS Introduces FATCA Registration Portal While Foreign Financial Institutions and U.S. Expatriates Push Back
- Tax Litigation Update: Second Circuit Decision Limits Deductibility of Life Insurance Dividends
- Healthcare Regulation Update: CMS to Develop New Integrity Contractors Called “Unified Program Integrity Contractors”
- Florida Corporate and Business Law Update: The Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 605 of the Florida Statutes, Modernizing Florida’s Limited Liability Company Laws
- Business Litigation Update: When Settlement Agreements Settle Nothing
- Healthcare Regulation Update: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Announces Enrollment Moratorium On New Home Health Agencies in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties
- FTC Regulatory Update: FTC Settles with Marketers of Bed Bug and Head Lice Treatments; Highlights Confusing Interplay Between FTC and FDA
- FATCA Compliance Update: U.S. Treasury Announces Six Month Delay In Implementing FATCA
- Food Safety Regulatory Update: Court Imposes Deadlines on FDA to Promulgate and Implement FSMA Rules by 2015
- FDA Tobacco Regulation Update: FDA announces first substantial equivalence decisions for tobacco products
- Compound Pharmacy Regulatory Update: Senate to Vote on Proposed Legislation Granting FDA Broad Authority to Regulate Compounding Pharmacies
- FDA Regulatory Update: FDA Commissioner Suggests that New LDT Regulations are Forthcoming; Laboratory Industry Challenges FDA’s Authority to Regulate LDTs
- FDA Regulatory Update: Laboratory-Developed Tests Once Again Come Under FDA’s Microscope and Laboratory Industry Opposes
- Tax Litigation Update: IRS Commits to Prevent Double Taxation in Virgin Islands Economic Development Program Case
- Virgin Islands Economic Development Program Update: Tax Court: Statute of Limitations Triggered by Filing Tax Return with Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue
- Florida Business Litigation Update: Florida Appeals Court Requires Insurer to Provide Separate Counsel for Multiple Insureds Under Single Policy
- International Tax Compliance Update: Florida Couple Indicted for Failing to Report Offshore Bank Accounts as IRS Continues Enforcement Against Offshore Tax Evasion and FBAR Violations
- Update: FDA Regulation of Marijuana “Medibles” Presents Challenges and Uncertainty for Marijuana-based Food Manufacturers and Distributors
- Florida Complex Litigation Update: Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. v. Phillips: Florida Supreme Court rules that statute of limitations applies to arbitration
- Energy Drink Regulatory Update: Monster Sues City of San Francisco in Federal Court, City Fires Back in California State Court
- Update: Banking Difficulties May Lead Marijuana Dispensaries to Commit Bank Fraud
- Tax Compliance Update: IRS Aggressively Pursues Foreign Banks; Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programto Remain Open Indefinitely
- Medical Device Update: FDA Regulation of Tanning Beds, “Henceforth to be Known as Sunlamp Products”
- FDA Shines a Light on Tanning Bed Safety, Proposes Device Reclassification and Warnings to Users Under 18
- IRS Issues “John Doe Summons” to Wells Fargo Seeking Identities of U.S. Taxpayers with Offshore Accounts at First Caribbean International Bank
- A Wake-Up Call to the Food Industry: FDA Announces Investigation into Use of Caffeine in Food
- Online Sales Taxes Emerging as New York Court of Appeals Shoots Down Overstock and Amazon’s Constitutional Objections
- FDA Issues Two Warning Letters for Social Media Use: FDA Does Not Approve of “Liking” Consumer Claims and Targets Website Search Results
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Landmark Decision in Virgin Islands Economic Development Program Case
- Capital Records v. ReDigi, Inc.: New York District Court Determines that First Sale Doctrine does NOT apply to Digital Media. Did They Get it Right?
- Federal Court Orders FDA to Approve OTC Sales of “Morning-After Pill,” Finds Current Age and Point-of-Sale Restrictions to be Arbitrary and Capricious
- CMS To Post Additional Nursing Home Deficiency Data Online
- FDA Energy Drink Regulation in the News: Health Experts Push for Regulatory Changes and Monster Moves to Market as a Beverage Instead of as a Dietary Supplement
- Real Estate Litigation Update: Statute of Frauds? It Had Better Be Written. Sort of.
- A Supreme Court Win for U.S. Consumers
- POM Appeals FTC Final Order Regarding Deceptive Claims
- Business Litigation Update: Suddenly, Contracting Parties Face Tort Risks in Florida
- The Latest Zpic Target: Medicare Cost Reports
- US Court Orders Wegelin to Pay a Total Penalty of $74 Million
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Tax Court Decision on CARDS Tax Shelter
- Ernst & Young to Pay $123 Million to Resolve Federal Tax Shelter Fraud Investigation
- Business Litigation Update: The Economic Loss Rule Exiled to its Humble Beginnings
- Update: IRS Continues To Use Anti-Drug Trafficking Tax Code Provision To Limit The Ability Of Marijuana Dispensaries to Deduct Business Expenses
- Customs Sharing Hard Times with Importers and Travelers
- IRS Issues Guidance for Native Americans Regarding Tribal Trust Settlements
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Sustains Required Records Exception to the Fifth Amendment
- 11th Circuit Case Signals Split on Law vs. Regulation vs. … Contract?
- Miami: Our Best Climate is the One Serving Your Business
- CBP Inspects Almost a Billion Ways to Say “I Love You”
- Florida Litigation Update: Does the Court Have the Authority to Sanction a Party After Voluntary Dismissal is Filed
- How to Ensure That Your Company’s Data Doesn’t Get Lost in the Clouds PART III
- Recent Conviction of Medical Marijuana Distributor Highlights Continuing Federal Efforts To Prosecute Medicinal Marijuana Under The CSA
- Construction Litigation Update: Florida Supreme Court Rules that Unlicensed Contractors Cannot Enforce Construction Contracts
- How to Ensure That Your Company’s Data Doesn’t Get Lost in the Clouds: Part II
- FTC Commission Upholds POM Wonderful Decision Regarding Deceptive Claims
- Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida’s “Patient Self-Referral Act of 1992” as Constitutional
- Diamond Aircraft Piloting a Change in Floridas Attorneys Fees Law
- How to Ensure That Your Company’s Data Doesn’t Get Lost in the Clouds
- Uncertainty Regarding the Future Regulation of Compounding Pharmacies
- FDA Releases Two More Rules Implementing the Food Safety and Modernization Act
- ZPICs and Skilled Nursing Facilities: Medicare’s Wild Wild West
- Say Today, Pay Tomorrow: Florida Court Refuses to Enjoin Defamation
- Ninth Circuit Interprets Fifth Amendment’s “Foregone Conclusion” Exception in IRS Summons Enforcement Case
- Eleventh Circuit Holds Fair Debt Collections Act Requires That District Court Adjudicate Any Contested Ownership Interests In Property Subject To A Writ Of Execution
- Switzerland’s Oldest Bank, Wegelin & Co., Pleads Guilty to Tax Violations, Agrees to Pay $74 Million to the United States
- Class Action Lawsuits Attack Yogurt Products for Nonconformance with Standards of Identity
- FDA Exhibits Increased Authority under Food Safety and Modernization Act
- United States v. Caronia: Second Circuit Rules Manufacturers Cannot Be Criminally Prosecuted for Off-Label Promotion of Drugs Under FDCA
- U.S. Lifts Ban on Imports from Burma: Continued Efforts to Ease Burma Back into the Global Economy
- Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons:
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Federal Ban on Trafficking of Certain “Culturally Significant Articles”
- Proposed Medicare Settlement Clarifies CMS’s Position on “Skilled Maintenance Services”
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance and 510(k) Submission Checklist
- FDA Issues Warning Letters to Manufacturers of Misrepresented Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplements
- Medical Device Contract Manufacturers and Contract Sterilizers Now Required to Register and List
- FTC and Brain-Pad Settlement Provides New Substantiation Standard and Highlights Issues with Enforcement of Consent Decrees on Non-Parties
- The Regulation of Compounding Pharmacies Under Scrutiny Once Again
- U.S. Indicts Multiple Companies and 165 Parties Added to the BIS Entity List for Alleged Involvement in Russian Military Procurement Network
- Physicians and Pharmacies Must Be Aware of the Dangers and Potential Penalties Associated with Importing Prescription Drugs
- Operation Pangea V: A Global Attack on Online Prescription Drug Pharmacies
- The Corporate Solution to Texting While Driving
- Medifast Agrees to Settle Advertising Dispute with FTC
- FDA Warning Letters to Sprout Growers Highlight Complicated Legal Issues Associated with Warning Letters and Guidance Documents
- FDA Releases CPG for Labeling and Marketing of Therapeutic Animal Foods
- CBP Expands its Simplified Entry Program
- Time is Money: CBP Proposes New Mitigation Guidelines for Liquidated Damages Response Petitions
- CBP Changes Regulations for Suspected Counterfeit Merchandise
- Florida’s Concurrent Cause Doctrine May Be a Valuable Tool to Overcome Insurance Policy “Intentional Acts” Exclusions
- Eleventh Circuit Affirms Tax Court in Recharacterizing Loan as a Sale for Tax Purposes
- Seventh Circuit: FBAR Forms Governed by Required Records Doctrine, Not Protected by Fifth Amendment
- Update: Eastern District of New York Judge Finds Poker to be Game of Skill Not Chance Under Illegal Gambling Business Act
- Class Action Lawsuits Allege Deceptive “Natural” Labeling Claims
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Sentence for Violating Constitution’s Ex Post Facto Clause
- Federal Circuit Invalidates Section 263A Regulation Under the Chevron Test
- Federal Appeals Court Affirms Collateral Consequences of Park Doctrine
- IRS Win in Appellate Case Portends Bigger FBAR crackdown
- FDA Clears Ingestible Medical Device through De Novo Review Process
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Affirms Son of Boss Accuracy-Related Penalty
- FDA Targets Gastric Band Surgery Advertisements
- Eleventh Circuit Rules that Tax Court Petition by Former owners Suspended the Statute of Limitations
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Medical Device Pre-Submission Program
- POM Wonderful and FTC Appeal Initial Decision
- Drugmaker Sues FDA over Orphan Drug Exclusivity
- FDA to Take Enforcement Action against Companies Marketing Unapproved Oxycodone Drugs
- FDA Proposes Unique Device Identification System for Medical Devices
- Florida Biotech Funding Tripled in 2011
- Senate Passes Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
- Fourth Circuit Affirms Federal Tax Conviction
- GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to $3 Billion Settlement to Resolve Fraud Allegations
- FDA Denies Corn Sugar Petition, Only Sugar is Sugar
- Tax Return Preparers Indicted for Assisting in Income Tax Evasion
- FDA Announces Final Rule for Etched Citrus Labels
- Third Circuit Affirms District Court Holding the Perlman Doctrine Inapplicable Criminal Tax Grand Jury Subpoena
- U.S. District Court in Miami orders new trial based on discovery violation for Electronically Stored Information
- Court Rebuffs FTC’s Attempt to Redefine “Competent and Reliable Scientific Evidence”
- Eleventh Circuit vacates sentence in criminal tax case based on impermissible grouping under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
- FDA Announces Delay in Compliance Deadlines for New Sunscreen Regulations
- CMS Delays Data Collection by Manufacturers under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act Until January 1, 2013
- Fifth Circuit reverses District Court and holds that taxpayer did not disclose listed transaction which extended the statute of limitations on assessment
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Trust Fund Tax Convictions
- What Food Manufacturers Should Know about “Natural” Claims
- “Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act of 2012” introduced as a Senate Bill in response to numerous Brady violations
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Convictions for Tax Evasion and Fraud
- 59 individuals indicted in the Southern District of Florida in response to Medicare Fraud Strike Force investigation
- IRS halts fraudulent tax refund scheme involving stolen identities and fake income tax returns
- Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III OF Fuerst Ittleman convinces Third Circuit to reverse District Court regarding ineffective assistance of counsel allegations
- IRS Commissioner Ignores Taxpayer Advocate’s Recommendations Seeking to Address Unduly Harsh Penalties Faced by Participants of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Decision Against Taxpayer Whose Check Was Incorrectly Processed
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Use of Nanotechnology in Cosmetic Products
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Safety and Regulatory Status of Nanotechnology in Food
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Urged To Issue Final Rule on Physician Gift and Disclosure Regulations
- Fourth Circuit Creates Circuit Split in Virgin Islands Tax Case
- FDA’s Import Trade Auxiliary Communication System (“ITACS”) Now Available
- Foreign Corrupt Practices and International Trade
- FDA Announces it Will Not Ban BPA
- FDA Publishes “First-of-a-Kind” Guidance for Medical Device Premarket Approval and De Novo Decisions
- IRS Bolsters Transfer Pricing Operations Unit
- Update: Sackett v EPA: Supreme Court Declares EPA Compliance Orders “Final Agency Action” Subject to Judicial Review Under the APA.
- Members of Congress Unhappy with FDA Draft Guidance entitled, “Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues”
- U.S. District Court Strikes Down FDA’s Qualified Health Claim for Green Tea and Breast and Prostate Cancer
- Park Doctrine Insurance Offered to Cover Responsible Corporate Officer Liability
- Third Circuit Reverses Tax Court In Tax Exempt Interest Case
- Tax Court Rules that U.S. Virgin Islands Partnerships are Corporations under “Check the Box” Regulations
- Rise in Consumer Litigation Challenging Advertising and Labeling Claims
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Conviction for Tax Offenses
- FDA Releases Factors for Determining High-Risk Status for Domestic Food Facilities
- Update: Court Rules that FDA’s Graphic Smoking Warning Labels Violate First Amendment
- Department of Justice Prosecutes for Failure to Remit Employment Taxes Collected From Employees
- The Supreme Court Adds Tax Crimes under IRC §7206 to the List of Aggravated Felonies Requiring Deportation of an Offending Alien
- Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III of Fuerst Ittleman petitions the Supreme Court of the United States for a Writ of Certiorari
- U.S. District Court Rejects $50.2M Civil Penalty In False Claims Act Case
- Florida Department of Revenue Issues Tax Warrant to the “Florida Supreme Court”
- IRS Offers New Offshore Amnesty Program Amid Controversy
- IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Speaks Out Against the IRS
- U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Swiss Bank Weglin & Co. for Assisting in Tax Fraud
- Tax Court of New Jersey rules that single employee telecommuting from New Jersey is sufficient contacts to permit New Jersey to tax out of state business
- FDA Denies Citizen Petition Seeking Mandatory NDA Labeling for Prescription Drugs
- FDA Fines American Red Cross for Blood Safety Violations
- Sackett v. EPA Highlights The Ongoing Debate Over What Actions Are “Final Agency Actions”
- FDA Exempts Certain In Vitro and Radiology Devices from 510(k) Requirements
- FDA Provides Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices
- IRS announces 2012 voluntary disclosure program
- IRS issues new Notice regarding “alter ego status”
- Three Swiss Bankers Charged for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States by Helping Americans Keep Secret Foreign Accounts
- U.S. Department of Justice Indicts U.S. Citizens Residing in the U.S. Virgin Islands for Bank Secrecy Act Violations and Tax Evasion
- Justice Department Announces FCPA Charges Brought Against Former Siemens Executives
- U.S. Tax Court Rules Against Taxpayer Who Received Multiple Tax Opinions
- U.S. Department of Justice indicts taxpayer for FBAR violation and tax evasion
- FDA and FTC Team up to Target HCG Weight Loss Products
- Third Circuit Vacates Sentence of John M. Crim in Commonwealth Trust Company Tax Shelter Criminal Tax Case
- FDA Issues Two Draft Guidances Regarding Investigational Device Exemptions
- Merck Agrees to $950 Million in Fines for Unlawful Promotion of Vioxx
- FDA Initiates Enforcement Against Dietary Supplement Manufacturer
- 8th Circuit rules in favor of the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in Coffey v. Commissioner
- FDA Issues Warning to Mylan Over CGMP Violations
- IRS’s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program Ignores the Penalty Free Relief Available to Employers under Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978
- Hill Dermaceuticals Sues FDA Following Approval of Generic Derma-Smoothe
- 10th Circuit Dismisses Claims against FDA for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
- FDA Issues SOP Aimed at Standardizing Data Requirements for Premarket Submissions
- FDA Withdraws Approval of Breast Cancer Indication from Avastin Label
- FDA Approves First Blood Product for Stem Cell Therapy
- Bill Aims to Increase Number of Grandfathered Dietary Ingredients
- WTO Finds Country of Origin Labeling a Technical Barrier to Trade
- FDA Appeals Finding that it Lacks Power to Prohibit State-Licensed Veterinary Compounding
- UFC Claims New York State Law Banning Live MMA Events Violates the First Amendment
- Tax Court holds that use of foreign bank accounts provides basis for fraud exception to statute of limitations
- Update: Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking FDA’s Graphic Smoking Warning Labels From Going Into Effect
- GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to Pay $3 Billion over Avandia Marketing
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Tax Court in Sunoco Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Senate Bill Seeks to Reinforce Least Burdensome Provisions for Medical Device Review
- Seventh Circuit Finds State Consumer Protection Claim Preempted by Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
- Longest Prison Sentence to Date for Violations of the FCPA
- Tax Court rules against corporate taxpayers who relied on advice from in-house professional
- Tax Court Finds no “reasonable cause” for income omission where taxpayer provided information to and relied on tax return preparer
- Bill Proposes to Change How FDA Reviews Medical Devices
- Par Pharma Brings Suit Against FDA Over Promotional Claims
- Company Pleads Guilty to Selling Misbranded Drug
- U.S. Marshals Seize Detained Food under Authority of FSMA
- FDA and CMS Launch Voluntary Parallel Review for Innovative Products
- FDA Extends Comment Period for New Dietary Ingredient Draft Guidance
- IRS Seeks to Reduce the Impact of Its Economic Substance Doctrine Field Directive by Stating it is Not Legal Precedent
- Tax Court denies taxpayer’s attempt to recharacterize punitive damages as ordinary income
- U.S. District Court Disallows $82 Million Refund Claim as Transaction was Tax Shelter
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms District Court’s determination that Partnership Was a Sham
- Second DCA Asks Florida Supreme Court To Rule On Drug Statute’s Constitutionality
- Recent Crackdown On “Commercial Marijuana Industry” A Concerted Effort By DOJ And IRS
- Patent Reform Bill Restricts Patents on Tax Strategies
- US Supreme Court to Rule on 6 Year IRS Audit for Tax Shelter
- The IRS Requires Tax Preparer Fingerprinting
- FDA Announces Enforcement Priorities
- Del Monte Drops Suit Against FDA After FDA Lifts Import Alert
- FDA Moves to Streamline De Novo Process
- Scientists Appeal Ruling Allowing Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- Federal Prosecutors Take Aim At Corporate Officers For FDCA Violations With Revived Use Of The Park Doctrine
- FDA Issues Letter to Industry Regarding Imports of Medical Devices
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Challenges Often Turn On Interpretation of the Court’s Commerce Clause Jurisprudence
- IRS and DOL Release Final Regulatory Review Plans to Help Distressed Sponsors and Retirement Plans
- Google Agrees to Forfeit $500 Million As Part of Non-Prosecution Agreement
- FDA Announces Implementation of Traceability Projects under FSMA
- 4th DCA Rules: Real Time Cell Phone Location Tracking Does Not Violate 4th Amendment
- IRS Removes Two-Year Limit for Filing Innocent Spouse Claims
- Bureau of Industry & Security Publishes Best Practices in Effort to Curb Illegal Export Transshipments
- Researchers Find that Stem Cells May Prove Useful for Blood Transfusions
- USDA Warns Public of Organic Certification Fraud
- University of Miami Research Complex Paves Way for Biotech Companies in Miami
- FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Evaluation and Labeling of Scored Tablets
- 11th Circuit Overturns Sanctions Levied Against Federal Prosecutors
- Del Monte Prepares for Suit Against Oregon
- FDA Issues Import Alert for Papayas from Mexico
- Violation of FDA Regulations Prompts Seizure by U.S. Marshals
- Del Monte Brings Suit Challenging FDA Import Alert
- Facebook Changes Its Policy Regarding Pharmaceutical Companies’ Public Comment Walls
- Five Tobacco Companies File Suit Challenging FDA’s New Warnings Rule
- IRS Issues Guidance on Annual Fee Imposed on Branded Prescription Drugs
- Arizona Naturopathic Doctor Pleads Guilty to Selling Stem Cells
- FDA Denies Requests for Reconsideration
- USDA Proposes Mandatory Livestock Tracking System
- Johnson & Johnson Seeks Settlement in for Allegations of Off-Label Promotion of Risperdal
- FDA Giving the Opportunity to Comment on Possible Changes to the 510(k) Process
- FDA Announces Public Workshop for Medical Apps
- Two Telecommunications Executives Convicted by Miami Jury on all Counts for their Involvement in Scheme to Bribe Officials at State-Owned Telecommunications Company in Haiti
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Overturns Gen Re and AIG Convictions
- Court finds Florida’s Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Law Unconstitutional
- More Than Half-Dozen Strains of E. Coli are Deadly, One is Illegal
- FDA Requests Public Comment on Notification of a Health Claim or Nutrient Content Claim
- FDA Announces Updates to Premarket Review Standards
- FDA Seeks Comment on Food Safety Fees for Facility Reinspections
- FDA to Launch Online Pet Food Tracking System
- FDA Responds to Requests to Finalize Rule for Gluten-Free Labeling
- New Head of Global Compliance Seeks Increase of FDA Authority over Drug Imports and Recalls
- IRS Adds Income Section to Business Consultant Audit Techniques Guide
- Congress Seeks to Clarify FDA’s Conflict of Interest Rules for Clinical Investigators
- Main Street Fairness Act Draws Divided Reaction
- USDA Proposes Rule to Establish Common Name for Raw Meat or Poultry with Added Solutions
- FDA Issues Warning Letter to Makers of Muscle Milk for Mislabeling
- Proposed Legislation for Dietary Supplement Labeling
- FDA Sued Over Approval of Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- D.C. District Court Rules Against Challenger of Embryonic Stem-Cell Funding
- IRS Consolidates Transfer Pricing Programs and Bolsters International Coordination
- IOM Report Suggests Overhaul of 510(k) Program; FDA Responds with Request for Public Comment
- Tax Court Clarifies Deductibility of Long-Term Care Expenses
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Mobile Medical Apps
- USDA Considers Deregulation of Genetically Engineered Crops
- FDA Urged to Ban Cephalosporin Use in Food Animals
- FDA Issues Guidance Clarifying When Changes or Modifications to an Existing 510(k) Require New PMA Submission
- Whistleblowers Claim Dialysis Company Deliberately Wasted Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Medicine to Collect Medicare Overpayment
- Beda Singenberger Charged with Swiss Account Conspiracy
- U.S. Indicts Three Credit Suisse Bankers
- Democratic Senator Challenges Tax Shelters and Offshore Havens
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance for New In Vitro and Radiology 510(k) Exemptions
- FSMA Checklist: Dietary Supplement Guidance and Anti-Smuggling Strategy
- Patient Receives First Fully Synthetic Organ Transplant
- FDA Proposes Guidance Document for In Vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices
- Organic Labeling of Cosmetics under Scrutiny in California
- Labeling Guidance Of Genetically Modified Food Gains Approval
- Formaldehyde Containing Hair Straighteners Come Under Scrutiny, FDA Urged to Take Action
- Researchers in Hong Kong Report “Super Cancer Stem Cells” Discovery
- Sherley v. Sebelius: Briefs Argue Whether Federal Funds Incentivize Embryo Destruction
- Brand-less Cigarette Labels in Australia
- Bipartisan Support for Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation
- Seven Major Pharmaceutical Companies File Citizen Petition Seeking FDA Guidelines Regarding Off-Label Information
- IRS Sets Partnership, Estate and Trust Filing Extension at 5 Months
- House Representatives Propose New Safe Cosmetics Act
- FDA to Hear Avistan’s Appeal Regarding Proposed Revocation of Drug Approval
- Strategies for Resolving Uncertain Tax Positions
- Robert Becerra Presentation to National Assocation of Purchasing Management
- Relaxed Restrictions for Tough “Innocent Spouse Relief” Rules
- Supreme Court Holds Failure to Warn Suits Against Generic Drug Manufacturers Are Preempted By Federal Law
- GAO Recommends Increased FDA Oversight of Medical Device Recalls
- New Excise Tax for Medical Devices and Prescription Drugs
- IRS Struggles to Deal with Increasing Tax Related Identity Theft
- Swiss Officials Address Previous Fiscal Issues while Discussing the Implementation of the FATCA
- IRS Guidance on the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Likely to Increase Participation
- Cuts in Food Safety Funding
- FDA Releases Final Citizen Petition Guidance for Section 505(q)
- Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Attorneys, Former BDO Seidman CEO, and Deutsche Bank Broker Found Guilty of Multi-Billion Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme
- Federal Judge Permanently Enjoins HedgeLender From Promoting Its Stock-Loan Arrangement Which Allegedly Assisted Customers Evade Nearly 30 Million in Income Taxes
- FDA’s New “Pathway” to Improved Monitoring of Food and Drug Imports
- Notice 2011-55: IRS Partially Suspends FATCA Information Reporting Requirements
- U.S. Cracks Down on UBS Clients in California
- FDA Issues Final Rule On Cigarette Warnings And Unveils Nine New Graphic Warning Labels
- FDA Announces Labeling Changes and Effectiveness Testing for OTC Sunscreen Products
- Researchers Continue to Look to Stem Cells for Clues for Effective Treatments of Orthopedic Trauma and Blood-Related Disorders
- Foreign Asset Reporting Update: IRS Releases Form 8938, FinCEN Grants FBAR Extension for Some Investment Advisors
- IRS Releases Final Circular 230 Revisions Regulating Registered Tax Return Preparers
- Panelists Address New Approaches to Increasing Efficiency of U.S. APAs
- Third Circuit to consider Constitutionality of IRS Summons Issued in U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Credit Case
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturns U.S. Tax Court regarding Virgin Islands Economic Development Program case
- Two Dietary Supplement Companies Found Guilty of Criminal Contempt for Violating Consent Decree
- IRS Prepares Enforcement Against at Least One Foreign Bank
- AICPA Submits FBAR Comment Letter
- IRS Relaxes Deadline for 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, Provides Opt Out and Removal Procedures
- FDA Sued for Rescission of Menaflex’s 510(k) Clearance
- IRS Devising Additional Guidance on UTP Reporting, Focusing on Reserves and NOLs
- Foreign Bank Account Report (“FBAR”) Extended Filing Date Announced for Signatory Authority Only Filers
- U.S District Court Judge Rebuffs IRS’ Attempt to Use “John Doe” Summons
- U.S. Tax Court Rules in Favor of Good Faith Taxpayers
- Improving the FDA Seafood Oversight Program
- Recent DOJ Letters May Signal Increased Federal Efforts To Prosecute Medicinal Marijuana Under the CSA
- FDA and Medical Devices Subject of Congressional Hearing
- FDA Still Has Not Defined Gluten-Free After 3 Years
- Proposed rulemaking by DEA will bring its regulations governing forfeitures in line with the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act
- All Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) Are Not Created Equal
- IRS’s Second Guidance on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
- FDA Extends Comment Period for the Proposed Rule on Nutritional Labeling on Menus
- The Internal Revenue Service Considers Taking a Closer Look at Political Donations
- Department of Justice Prosecutes US Taxpayer For Failing to Report HSBC Bank Account in Bermuda
- Drug Company Immunity A Possibility In North Carolina
- DOJ Will No Longer Seek Chevron Deference for Revenue Rulings and Revenue Procedures
- Senate passes Food Safety Crime Bill with greatly enhanced penalties
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Treatment Suffers a Setback
- Former in-house counsel for GlaxoSmithKline acquitted
- Second Patient Receives Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment in Gerons Clinical Trial
- Court Dismisses Mylan Pharmaceuticals Lawsuit Over Lipitor Generic ANDAs On Standing and Ripeness Grounds
- FDA Issues First New Rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act
- Two Pharmaceutical Companies File Lawsuits in Response to FDA’s DESI Decisions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Patents for Methods of Making Stem and Regenerative Cell-Enriched Fat Grafts
- Sherley V. Sebelius: Federal Appeals Court Vacates Preliminary Injunction on NIH Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. Reaches Settlement With OFAC Over Alleged Violations of Iranian Transactions Regulations.
- Court Dismisses Drug Manufacturer’s Suit Against FDA Challenging Bioequivalence Regulations For Lack of Standing
- FDA Modification to Dietary Supplement Qualified Health Claims Remanded by Federal Court
- Companies Still Grappling with UTP Reporting Issues
- United States Government Requests US District Court to Release Property Tax Records from California Board of Equalization
- Federal Prosecution of Tax Crimes up 25%
- Trouble For TaxMasters
- U.S. District Court Grants Government’s Motion to Issue John Doe Summons to HSBC
- Michigan lawmakers stir controversy proposing State Universities to report stem-cell use
- Former GlaxoSmithKline in house counsel re-indicted
- FDA Commissioner Testifies on FDA’s Screening Efforts at the Border
- IRS Says Taxpayers Should Review Revised FBAR Instructions When Preparing Income Tax Returns
- District Court Enforces Summons Issued to Taxpayer’s Attorneys
- Ninth Circuit Rejects Government’s Hyper-Technical Interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code
- More Medical Device Hearings in Congress Scheduled for This Week
- Summary Judgment Granted to FDA in Challenge to Dietary Supplement Good Manufacturing Practices
- United States Petitions Court for Leave to Issue “John Doe” Summons to HSBC
- FDA Issues Nutritional Labeling Proposed Rule
- Fair Value Measure Rules to be Issued in April by FASB, IASB
- Shutdown Will “Severely” Limit FDA Inspections
- Tax Court Adopts Daubert Standard for Expert Witnesses in Tax Court Trials
- Government Persists with Efforts to End Marketing of “Cancer Cures”
- FDA allows Pharmacy Compounding of Preterm Labor Drug
- FDA Delays Federal Menu Nutritional Labeling Guidelines
- Harsh sentences coming for strict liability FDA misdemeanor offense
- FDA Updates the Import Entry Review Process for Medical Devices
- US Government Audit Reveals Government Waste in Catfish Regulation
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Drug Companies Must Report Adverse Events To Shareholders, Rejects “Statistically Significant” Risk Argument
- Senators Urge the Federal Trade Commission to Examine Price Gouging of Drug for Pre-Term Labor Drug
- FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee Says Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Would Benefit Public Health
- FDA/McNeil Consent Decree Highlights Increased Government Efforts At Regulating Drug Recalls
- Stem Cell Research Flourishes Abroad
- Senate Passes the America Invents Act Promoting Taxpayer Rights at the Expense of Intellectual Property Rights
- Movie Theaters and Grocery Stores fight Calorie Disclosure Rule
- FDA Considering Enhanced Regulation or Ban On Menthol Cigarettes
- FDA To Take Over Three Tylenol Manufacturing Plants As Part Of Consent Decree
- Tax Court’s Ruling in Canal Corp. v. Commissioner calls into question the ability to rely on formal tax opinions
- 11th Circuit Affirms Conviction in Tax Fraud Case Under 18 U.S.C. section 286
- New Test Shortens Time for Determining Pluripotency of Stem Cells
- FDA Takes Cooperation with FTC to a New Level
- Court of Appeals Overturns Ruling Allowing FDA to Conduct Records Inspections of Compounding Pharmacies
- U.S. Department of Justice charges former UBS banker Christos Bagios with conspiracy to defraud the United States
- Supreme Court limits the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment in Michigan v. Bryant
- FDA Announces Removal of Unapproved Cold, Cough, and Allergy Drugs from U.S. Market
- President Obama Warns FDA That Overhaul and Modernization Are Necessary
- New Food Safety Law Contains Protections for Whistleblowers
- Final FASB Guidance on Troubled Debt Restructurings Due Out by March 31, 2011
- U.S. Supreme Court to Decide if Internal Revenue Code Section 7206 Offenses are a Basis for Deportation
- FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Adds Requirements for Grocery Stores
- Tax Court Rules in Favor of Taxpayers in Foreign Tax Credit Cases
- United States Tax Court Denied Motion to Interplead the Government of the Virgin Islands Regarding Tax Credits Under the Virgin Islands Economic Development Program
- 4th Circuit Rules in Favor of Taxpayers in Son of Boss Case in Home Concrete v. United States
- House Ways And Means Committee Approves Repeal Of Expanded Form 1099 Provisions
- E-Cigarette Distributor Sues to Stop FDA from Preventing the Importation of Electronic Cigarettes
- New Bill Seeks to Limit the Way Manufacturers Handle Recalls
- Swiss Bankers Indicted in Virginia by Department of Justice Tax Division for aiding tax evasion
- FDA to Unveil Rules for Reviewing Biosimilars “Very Soon”
- Fifth Circuit Rules against the United States in basis overstatement case – causing further rift between the Circuits in Son of BOSS cases
- IRS Announces Second Special Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI)
- Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Expands Definition of “Salaries or Wages” to Include Commissions
- NOAA Seeks to Expand Aquaculture to Increase Consumption of Domestic Seafood
- Medical Device Manufacturers Seek Quick Approval Overseas
- FDA Announces Availability of “Medical Device Innovation Initiative” Report for Public Comment
- FDA Releases Criteria For Criminal Prosecution Under Park Doctrine
- Swiss Government invokes Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in fraud investigation of Miami businessman
- Tax Court Holds for Taxpayers – Upholds Use of Limited Liability Company to Generate Tax Credits
- Court Of Appeals Widens Circuit Divide on Basis Overstatement as to the Six Year Statute Of Limitations
- South Florida Residents Sentenced To 10 Years
- Seizures of Counterfeit Goods a Priority for CBP
- Fourth Circuit Dismisses Challenge To Federal Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding Citing Lack Of Standing Of Challengers
- Federal Judge Finds that Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions Go Beyond Listed Subjects
- GAO Suggests that FDA Shift Gears Regarding Health Claims in Food Labeling
- Seafood Executives Plead Guilty to Selling Mislabeled Fish
- Discovery Violations Result In Judge Striking Defenses in DuPont’s Benlate Pesticide Litigation
- Hyperbaric Clinic Reopens Amidst Controversy
- FDA Begins Overhaul of 510(k) Process
- FDA Seeks to Rid the Market of Unapproved Cough, Cold, and Allergy Drugs
- Virgin Islands Economic Development Commission taxation issues escalate to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Tax Court Opines on its own Jurisdiction to Resolve USVI Tax Issues
- Funding Needed to Make Food Safety a Reality
- FDA Seeks to Rid the Market of Unapproved Cough, Cold, and Allergy Drugs
- USDA Issues Draft Guidance Concerning Organic Labeling
- Enforcement Emphasis on Employee Classification is Likely to Decrease Payroll Tax Evasion
- The IRS Indicates a Second Voluntary Disclosure Program for Offshore Assets is “Very Likely” But Continues to Remain Silent on its Terms
- FASB Clarifies Coming Guidance on Balance Sheet Offsetting
- National Taxpayer Advocate Report Reveals the IRS’s Lack of Sympathy for Financially Struggling Taxpayers
- Advocacy Groups Push for “Humane” Labeling
- Joe Diruzzo of Fuerst Ittleman petitions United States Supreme Court for Writ of Certiorari
- Subsequent Remedial Measures Not Admissible in Contract Cases
- IRS Disagrees with TIGTA Report That Finds IRS Control Procedures and Employees To Be Ineffective
- Venue Defense is Waived if Not Raised in Initial Rule 12 Motion in Response to Complaint
- FDA Clears Aldagen to Test Stem Cell Treatment for Strokes
- Florida Attorney General centralizes anti-pill mill initiative in West Palm Beach
- FDA Clears the Way for New Embryonic Stem Cell Trial
- Investments to Medical Device Firms Hindered by FDA
- New British Bribery law will mean trouble for American pharmaceutical firms
- IRS Finalizes Regulations Requiring Corporations to file Uncertain Tax Position Statements
- Work Product, Tax Accrual Workpapers & the IRS
- Latest developments in the Pharma lawyer obstruction of justice case
- Alcatel-Lucent to pay $137 million to settle Justice Department Foreign Corrupt Practices Act lawsuit
- Produce Recalled After Testing Positive for Salmonella
- Former executives of Latin Node, Inc. charged with FCPA violations for bribing Honduran government officials
- Justice Department Announces Plea Agreement in UBS Case
- Consumers Skeptical of “Natural” Products
- FDA Targets Tainted Dietary Supplements
- Former UBS Banker Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the United States by Helping Conceal Assets Offshore
- House Turns its Attention to Drug Safety
- IRS Seeks to Prevent Future Errors on Tax Returns by Focusing on Return Preparers
- The IRS’s Rejects Judicial Interpretations of the Six Year Statute of Limitations Rule
- FDA Targets Tainted Dietary Supplements
- Embryonic Stem Cell Research Largely Funded by States
- Dannon Agrees to Settle Advertising Dispute with the FTC
- Key Elements of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010
- With Offshore Tax Evasion an IRS Top Priority, Practitioners Seek Extension of Voluntary Disclosure Program
- Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc. A Lesson in the Consequences of Spoliation of Evidence
- Revision to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 Broadens Work Product Protections for Expert Communications with Attorneys
- Three Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Agree To Pay $421.2 Million In False Claims Act Settlement
- Treasury Department Moving Closer to Finalizing Rules on COD Income for Partnerships
- FDA Publishes Agenda for Upcoming Guidance Documents
- McNeil Brings Failure-to-Warn Preemption Issue to Supreme Court
- IRS Issues PMTAs Regarding Financial Data Requests At CDP Conferences, Lien Discharge in Short Sale Situations
- Senate Rejects Amendments To Repeal 1099 Rules From Health Care Reform Bill
- U.S. And Panama Sign Tax Information Exchange Agreement
- Stakeholders Seek Additional Clarifications From IRS In Wake Of Its Initial Guidance On FATCA
- IRS Withdraws “John Doe” Summons Against UBS
- FDA Clearance of New Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trials and Upcoming Arguments in Federal Court of Appeals
- Mitchell Fuerst Presents Webinar on Year-End Tax Planning for CFOs
- Physicians’ Ties With Pharmaceutical Companies: Down, but not out
- Recent Action Against Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers Highlights The Dual Jurisdiction Of FDA and TTB In Federal Labeling Issues
- FDA Releases Detained Shipment After Company Brings Suit
- Freight Forwarder and Oil Service Companies Pay Huge Fines For Violating The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Pharmaceutical Company Lawyer Indicted For Obstructing FDA Investigation Into Promotions of Unapproved Uses of Prescription Drug
- IRS Reaffirms Respect for Attorney-Client Privilege in Schedule UTP Disclosures
- Schedule UTP Disclosures Will Put New Companies in the Sights for an IRS Audit
- Internal Revenue Service Office of the Chief Counsel Carves Out Narrow Exception for Properly Applied First Sale Rule in Customs Law
- Taxpayer Advocate Service Recommends IRS Change Mission Statement to Reflect New Expanded Role
- Whistleblower Lawsuit Results in $750 million Settlement for GlaxoSmithKline
- Lame Duck Congress Addresses Expiring Bush-era Tax Cuts, the Alternative Minimum Tax, and Tax Reform for the Upcoming Tax Year
- FDA Releases Guidance for Cellular Therapy Sponsors
- Mitchell Fuerst Featured Speaker at Upcoming Stem Cell and Age Management Medicine Conference and Meeting
- New Clarification on UTP Disclosures from the IRS
- McConnell Says Republicans Must Block Obama Tax Hikes
- Tea Party May Throw Kink Into GOP Trade Policies
- 2,923 Small Biotechnology Companies to Receive $1 Billion in New Therapeutic Discovery Project Credits and Grants
- U.S. Attorney’s Office For the Southern District Of Florida Increasing Training And Expanding To Combat Fraud
- Arizona Aviation Company Indicted for Violating Arms Export Control Act
- Can 5,783 People and Businesses be Wrong? IRS Inundated with Comments on Proposed Tax Preparer Regulations
- Florida Ranked #5 Nationally in Business Tax Climate
- CBP Loosens the Reigns on Information Sharing for Customs Brokers
- FDA Embarks on New “Swift and Aggressive” Enforcement Approach
- Cargolux Executives Indicted In Rate Fixing Conspiracy
- FTC maintains momentum in dietary supplement regulation
- IRS Commissioner Introduces the Return Preparer Initiative
- Requesting a Private Letter Ruling on Uncertain Tax Positions? You may have to Wait for Guidance Instead
- CBP loses court case on enhanced bonding requirements for shrimp importers.
- New Schedule UTP Finalizes Guidance on Uncertain Tax Positions and FASB Interpretation No. 48
- FDA Announces Public Meeting on Approval Pathways for Biosimilars
- CVS To Pay Largest Civil Penalty Ever Under The Controlled Substances Act for Unlawful Sales of Pseudoephedrine
- More News on the Coming Wave of FDA Enforcement Actions
- FDA Message to Pharma: Misdemeanor Criminal Charges can Result from Promoting Off-Label Drug Uses
- Brazilian Regulations List Delaware as a Tax Haven
- Codification of the Economic Substance Doctrine is Not a Change in Substantive Law
- “Oh yeah?!” PCAOB Bars Foreign Auditors which do not Allow Board Inspections
- Separate but Equal – AICPA Panel Recommends a Separate Board to Establish Private Company Accounting Standards
- Nestle Announces Creation of Food Sciences Institute In Wake Of Federal Trade Commission Settlement
- Medicare To Implement New Billing Procedures, Proposes New Regulations To Combat Fraud
- CBP Withdraws Proposed “Last Sale” Rule
- POM Sues FTC over New Substantiation Standard for Food and Dietary Supplement Claims
- FDA and CMS Consider Parallel Review of Medical Products
- Oprah And Rachel Ray Assist The Federal Trade Commission In Taking Down Allegedly Deceptive Acai Marketers
- Willful Blindness Jury Instruction Upheld In Tax Conviction
- Allergan Pleads Guilty To Misbranding Charge Agrees To Pay $600 Million In Fines And Penalties
- Forest Pharmaceuticals To Plead Guilty For Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act Violations
- FDA Cracks Down On Nutrition And Health Claims By Green Tea Makers
- Mitchell Fuerst Comments on Proposed FASB Standards
- OFAC Begins Process Of Lifting Sanctions In Post-War Iraq
- FDA Closer To Approving Genetically Modified Salmon
- FDA Begins Crackdown On E-Cigarette Industry Announces Intent To Regulate E-Cigarettes
- J&J could face further regulatory action if intent of GMP violation proven – attorneys
- Phone Companies Urge US Government To Loosen Telecommunications Regulations For Cuba
- Distinguished Orthopaedic Surgeon Joins NeoStem’s Medical Advisory Board
- Federal Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Former Westar Executives
- FDA Busy Crafting Calorie Court Regulations
- Drug Recalls Increase 309% in 2009
- Justice Sandra Day O’Conner sides with a Small Business Against the IRS
- Pistachios in a Pinch
- Health Care Reform Strengthens Fraud Prosecutions and Expands Scope of False Claims Act
- Dietary Supplement Marketer to Pay $5.5 Million to FTC for Weight Loss and Immunity Claims
- Senate Bill Introduced to Increase FDA Authority
- IRS Successfully Prosecuting Tax Evaders
- Feds Challenge Stem-Cell Treatment
- Colorado Medical Clinic Welcomes Opportunity to Fight FDA in Court
- IRS Liens go Un-noticed
- Money Laundering charges now require proof that a transaction has the purpose of concealing illegal monies
- When Export “Classification Determinations” do not Determine Anything At All
- FDA Clears First Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Using Patients to Begin
- HSBC is New Target of DOJ Investigation into International Banks and Tax Evasion
- FDA approves generic Lovenox® (enoxaparin) representing a major policy advancement for naturally-sourced generic drugs and possibly biosimilars.
- FDA Issues Notice for Voluntary Registration for Non-Covered Retail Food Establishments and Vending Machine Operators Electing to Opt-In to Coverage of the Nutritional Disclosure Requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
- New Physician Gift and Disclosure Reporting Rules that Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers Should Know
- Tax Dodgers Beware: New Foreign Account Tax Compliance Legislation
- DC Circuit Court Allows “Rivals” in Research who are Competing for Federal Grants to Challenge Agency Actions that Benefit Their Opposition
- Medicare Fraud of $251 Million, 94 Suspects Indicted
- Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010: New Bill Would Increase Cosmetics Regulations
- Indoor Tanning Industry under FDA and IRS Scrutiny
- “Theft of Honest Services” Fraud Statute Narrowed by Supreme Court
- IRS Associate Chief Counsel Musher on FATCA Guidance, Withholding,
- Qualified Health Claim Approval May become easier for Dietary Supplement Marketers
- Miami-Based Trade is Booming (So is Enforcement)
- UBS Deal with U.S. Threatened by Vote in Swiss Lower House
- Severe Tax Penalties to be Imposed for Violation of Newly Codified Economic Substance Doctrine
- New Healthcare Program Gives $1B in Tax Credits and Grants for Small Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Firms
- What Chain Restaurants and Vending Machine Operators Need to Know About New Federal Law Requiring Nutritional Disclosure on Menu and Menu-Boards
- Government Accountability Office Issues Report On Herbal Supplement Marketing
- Fuerst Ittleman Sponsors the University of Florida’s College of Agriculture and Life Science 8th Annual Golf Tournament
- ANN TAYLOR ESCAPES FTC ENFORCEMENT ACTION
- FDA Seeks Comment on Draft Guidance for Industry, Third Parties and FDA Staff; Medical Device ISO 13485:2003 Voluntary Audit Report Submission Program
- Kansas City CPA and Attorney Barred from Promoting Tax Fraud Schemes
- South Carolina Tax Preparer Fabricated Returns and Directed Refunds to Bank Accounts She Controlled
- Compounding Pharmacist Gains Partial Judicial Relief; Still Guilty on Eight
- Spring Treasury Regulatory Agenda
- Regenerative Medicine to Grow to a $20 Billion Industry in 15 Years
- New Indictments, Arrests in Multi-State Health Care Fraud Scheme
- Court Authorizes Refund of EU Retaliatory Duties
- Healthcare Fraud Crackdown Expanded in Miami-Dade County
- U.S.-Swiss Tax Treaty Amendments: Stricter Cooperation and Enforcement on the Horizon
- IRS Considers Oversight of Tax Return Preparers
- Food Safety Legislation Update
- Scientific Developments in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
- The IRS Targets Taxpayers Hiding Assets in Offshore Bank Accounts
- Orthopedic Implant Companies Out of Fed Oversight
- Madoff Investors Getting Some Relief from IRS
- Federal Agencies Publish “Good Importer Practices”
- New CBP Penalties for Export (AES) Violations
- A Rosa gallica by any other name?USDA Levies New Requirements on Imported Plants and Plant Products
- A Happy, and More Secure, 2009
- International Business Leadership Award 2008
- FDA Food Protection Plan
- Fuerst Ittleman Blog
- Category: Government Compliance
- Category: Litigation
- Category: Tax Law
- Category: Anti-Money Laundering
- FTC Settlement with Payment Processor Highlights Importance of Anti-Money Laundering Programs for Non-Bank Financial Institutions
- Corporate Compliance Officers Face Threat of Civil Monetary Penalties and Criminal Prosecution for Institutional AML Deficiencies
- Choked Out: Operation Choke Point seeks to eliminate financial services for “high risk” businesses
- Despite FinCEN and Department of Justice Guidance, Difficulties Remain for Financial Institutions Providing Services to Marijuana-Related Businesses
- Casino AML Compliance Update: Las Vegas Sands Corp. Places Macau Casino Junkets Under Increased Scrutiny.
- Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Update: FinCEN Guidance Regarding Banking Marijuana-Related Businesses Raises Many Questions, Answers Very Few
- Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Update: FinCEN Issues Guidance For Financial Institutions Providing Services To Marijuana-Related Businesses
- Bitcoin Regulatory Update: FinCEN Publishes Administrative Rulings Further Clarifying When Virtual Currency Activity Constitutes Money Transmission
- Charlie Shrem And Why We Need To Change Our Perspective Of Bitcoin
- CFPB Proposes To Regulate Large International Money Transfer Providers
- Update: Crackdown on Casino AML Deficiencies Continues as Caesars Entertainment Corp. becomes subject of FinCEN and DOJ Investigation
- United States v. Lang: Eleventh Circuit Clarifies How Structuring Violations Must be Pled in Federal Criminal Cases
- Las Vegas Sands Casino Money Laundering Settlement a Bellwether for Future Cases
- Update: “Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013” proposed in Congress to ease burdens associated with providing banking services to marijuana-related businesses
- Export Compliance Update: OFAC Issues General License Easing Restrictions On Exportation Of Communications Services, Software, and Hardware To Iran
- Announcing the Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph Mini-Blog
- Bitcoin Regulatory Update: Understanding the Federal Government’s Attack on Mt. Gox
- Update: Florida Legislature Adopts OFC Workers’ Compensation Fraud Work Group Recommendations, Passes Law Establishing Real-Time Check Cashing Database and Check Casher Reporting Requirements
- Queen Shoals Ponzi Scheme Defendant Pleads Guilty
- Senate Committee on Banking Holds Hearing on Lax Enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act
- Update: Third Party Payment Processor Sentenced to Jail Time for Processing Internet Poker Company Funds
- Update: Online Poker Executives Guilty Plea Highlights the Additional Penalties Payment Processors When Processing Illicit Gambling Proceeds
- Update: Workers Compensation Fraud Task Force Announces Multiple Arrests in Workers Compensation Check Cashing Scheme
- Update: Online Poker Sites Reach Settlement With Justice Department Over Fraud Allegations; Payment Processor Associated with Online Poker Fraud Sentenced
- Senate Report Reveals Numerous Sustained AML Deficiencies at HSBC
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Comments Regarding General Purpose Reloadable Prepaid Cards
- Lawyers fired, Bank recants testimony after it is discovered that Bank altered document used at federal trial
- Electronic Check Processing Under Increased Scrutiny By U.S. Bank Regulators Because Of Increased Risk of Money Laundering
- FinCEN Issues Guidance On Currency Transaction Reporting For Businesses With Common Ownership
- FinCEN Issues Advisory To Financial Institutions Regarding SAR Confidentiality
- 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding “Act of Production” Doctrine Has Implication for Bank Secrecy Act and Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) Cases
- FinCEN Issues Advisory To U.S. Financial Institutions Regarding Providing Financial Services to Foreign-Located MSBs
- FinCEN Final Rule Requires AML Programs and SAR Filing for Non-Bank Mortgage Lenders and Originators
- Bill Introduced In Florida House Of Representatives Is Designed to Combat MSB Facilitated Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- New Iranian Sanctions May Lead to Uncertainty for Foreign Financial Institutions Engaging in Business in Iran
- Absolute Poker Co-Owner Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Violate UIGEA, Wire Fraud, And Mail Fraud In Connection With Internet Poker Site Operation
- Two Attorneys Arrested and Charged with Structuring Transactions to Avoid Bank Secrecy Act Reporting Requirements
- Congressmen Call For Investigation of Two U.S. Companies for Possible Syrian Sanctions Violations
- Office of Financial Regulation’s MSB Facilitated Workers’ Compensation Fraud Work Group Issues Report and Recommendation to Florida House; Draws Criticism from Legislators.
- Second Circuit Overturns Conviction for Violation of Iranian Transactions Regulations and Operation of an Unlicensed Money-Transmitting Business
- OFAC Announces Settlement With JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. For Multiple Violations
- Office Of Financial Regulation Report Finds That Money Services Businesses Help Facilitate Ongoing Workers’ Compensation Premium Fraud
- World-Check Comments On Money Laundering Risk Presented By Venezuela
- FinCEN Releases Final Rule Clarifying Money Services Businesses Definitions, Includes Foreign-located MSBs Doing Business in U.S.
- General Reinsurance Corp. Settles With OFAC Over Alleged Violations of Iranian Transactions Regulations
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Public Comment To Help Shape Nonbank Supervision Program
- FinCEN Expected to Announce Final Rule On Pre-Paid Access Cards In July 2011
- Department of Justice Shuts Down Three of the Largest Internet Poker Sites in US, Charge Owners with Unlawful Internet Gambling, Fraud, Money Laundering, and Seek to Recover $3 Billion in Civil Penalties.
- New York Clarifies Position On Licensing Of Internet Based Money Transmitters
- U.S. Attorney Seeks $7 Million In Forfeiture Trial Of Privately Printed “Liberty Dollars”
- FinCEN Amends and Clarifies FBAR Responsibilities
- FinCEN Issues Guidance To Financial Institutions On Ongoing Events In Libya
- Ocean Bank to Pay Fine for Bank Secrecy Act Violations
- FinCEN Issues Guidance To Financial Institutions On Recent Events In Egypt
- Federal Prosecutors Focus On Payment Processors In Latest Effort To Prevent Online Poker Sites From Operating
- FinCEN Proposed Rule On Cross-Border Electronic Transmittal Of Funds Reporting Requirements Draws Criticism From Banking Community
- Civil Suit Seeks to Hold Bank Liable for Haitian Ponzi Scheme
- FinCEN Assessment of Civil Monetary Penalty Against Unlicensed Money Transmitter Reveals the Importance of Compliance with Federal Regulations
- EU Ministers Agree to Legislation Aimed At Ending Bank Secrecy Laws of Member States
- FinCEN Proposes AML Plan for Non-Bank Mortgage Lenders and Originators
- Pinnacle Aircraft Parts, Inc. Reaches Settlement With OFAC For Violation Of Reporting, Procedures, And Penalties Regulations
- US Department Of The Treasury Continues Its Implementation Of Tougher Sanctions Against Iran
- FinCEN Proposes Reporting Regulations For Cross-Border Electronic Transmittals Of Funds By Financial Institutions
- $30 Million Seized From Vatican Bank In Money Laundering Probe
- U.S. Government successfully forfeits $13 .3 million from online poker sites
- Department of Treasury Releases Updated Guidance To Financial Institutions On Informal Value Transfer Systems
- Banco Colpatria, S.A. Settles Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions Violations
- Barclays Bank PLC Reaches Settlement With US Authorities
- Newly Released Mexican Regulations Imposing Restrictions on Mexican Banks for Transactions in U.S. Currency
- Miami Medicare Fraud Ring Linked to Check Cashing Stores
- Harsh Sentence for Miami Check-Cashing Store Owner
- Fuerst Ittleman Assists Clients and Earns a “Thank You”
- Foreign Bank Accounts and the IRS
- Category: Corporate and Business Law
- Category: Tax Litigation
- Category: Wealth Preservation and Tax Planning
- Category: Anti-Money Laundering
- Category: Christopher David
- Category: Firm News
- How to safeguard your patients and staff: Navigating PPE and the COVID-19 testing landscape
- Why the Chipotle criminal probe shouldn’t be surprising
- Andrew Ittleman, Speaker at Latin American Bitcoin Conference
- Andrew Ittleman, Panelist at FDLI Enforcement Conference
- Press Release: Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL is pleased to announce that Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III, has been Board Certified by the Florida Bar as an expert criminal appellate attorney.
- Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph PL is pleased to announce that they are a contributing sponsor of the Fourth North American Bitcoin Conference
- Category: General
- Category: In the News
- What to Know About Prelaw College Majors
- DOJ Changing of the Guard Could Impact Corporate Compliance
- What Barclays’ Africa Pullout Means for De-Risking Phenomenon
- Practical Applications of the Yates Memorandum for the U.S. Food Industry
- Defense attorney challenges Gomez’s standing
- U.S. Data from Swiss Banks May Mean More Prosecutions
- Hectic Trial Schedule May Have Forced $100M Engle Deal
- Asymmetrical Reporting: A Trap for the Unwary
- Category: Jeffrey Molinaro
- Category: Jessika Tuazon
- Category: Micheal Kornhauser
- Category: Mitchell Fuerst
- Category: Thomas David
- Category: Uncategorized
Events
- How to safeguard your patients and staff: Navigating PPE and the COVID-19 testing landscape
- Andrew Ittleman to Host IMTC WORLD 2015
- Joseph DiRuzzo III will be speaking on “Tax Planning with the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
- Mitchell Fuerst presents “How to Avoid Criminal Exposure in the New Regime of IRS Compliance Reporting Requirements”
- Andrew Ittleman will speak on the topic Banking Marijuana
- Evento 2
- Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph PL is pleased to announce that they are a contributing sponsor of the Fourth North American Bitcoin Conference
Practice
- Appeals and Trial Support
- FDA Establishment Registration
- FDA Enforcement Actions: Warning Letters and Untitled Letters
- Compounding Pharmacies
- DOJ Yates Memorandum
- United States Virgin Islands Tax Law and Litigation
- International Arbitration
- Biologics
- Cosmetics
- Animal and Veterinary Products
- Food, Beverages, and Dietary Supplements
- False Claims Act Litigation
- Class Action Litigation
- Criminal Appeals
- Import and Export of FDA- Regulated Products
- Corporate Transactions
- Corporate Contracts
- Corporate Governance and Compliance
- Entity Formations
- Start-up Companies
- General Corporate Matters
- Corporate Business Transactions
- Corporate
- Virtual Currencies Compliance
- Compliance for Casinos
- International Business Transactions
- Trade Litigation
- Export Disputes and Enforcement
- Sanction Programs
- Management of Export Controls
- Export Compliance Matters
- Export Controls
- Import Disputes and Enforcement
- Compliance Audits and Self-Assessment
- Duty Management
- Import Management and Planning
- Import Compliance
- Customs and Import Compliance
- HIPAA
- FIPA
- Anti-kickback Regulatory Compliance
- Surveys & Deficiency Citation Appeals
- STARK Regulatory Compliance
- Outside General Counsel
- Medicare Overpayment Appeals
- Home Health Agency Regulatory Compliance
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
- Medical Devices
- Medical Tourism
- Food, Drug and Life Sciences Practice Group
- Prescription Pharmaceuticals
- Advertising and Consumer Law
- Food & Drug Law
- Asset Forfeiture
- Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud
- Healthcare Fraud
- Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business
- Money Laundering
- Misdemeanor FDCA Violations and the Park Doctrine
- Misbranding Violations
- Adulteration Violations
- FDA Criminal Defense
- Criminal Tax Defense
- Bank Fraud
- White Collar Defense
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Tax Compliance
- State and Local Taxation
- Real Estate Tax Planning
- Managing the Tax Impacts of Business Transactions
- EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas
- Voluntary Disclosures
- Federal Tobacco and Excise Taxes
- Tax Planning
- Tax Exempt Organizations
- Government Agency Litigation
- Money Services Businesses
- Healthcare
- International Trade and Customs
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Tax Litigation (Controversy and Dispute Resolution)
- Tax Law
- Litigation
- Government Compliance
People
- Jayson Thomas, Of Counsel
- Joshua Salmon
- Miguel J. Chamorro
- Strategic Alliances
- Marielys Rosado Barreras, CPA, LLM
- Jeffrey Molinaro
- Michael B. Kornhauser
- Gerson M. Joseph, Of Counsel
- Allan A. Joseph, Partner
- Christopher M. David, Partner
- Andrew S. Ittleman, CAMS, Partner
- Mitchell S. Fuerst(in memoriam 1953-2016)
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