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- Category: Allan Joseph
- FIDJ’s Allan A. Joseph Secures 2022 Florida Super Lawyers Distinction
- 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
- Drug or biologic? An Eli Lilly lawsuit could impact weight loss drug compounders
- Feds Get Rare ‘Gas Station Heroin’ Conviction
- Miami Lawyer Leads Startup’s COVID-19 Screening Device to FDA Approval
- 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
- The GLP-1 Saga Continues: FDA Ends the Tirzepatide Shortage: Frequently Asked Questions
- Florida Civil Litigation Update: Major changes to the rules of civil procedure have gone into effect. Practitioners must be aware of the consequences for noncompliance.
- THE ROLE OF DELEGATION CLAUSES IN MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION WHEN YOUR FAMILY MEMBER SIGNS AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
- Lilly v. FDA: Two Stories Collide to Make this GLP-1 Case a Tale of Our Time
- FDA Issues Five Warning Letters to Makers of Knockoff GLP-1 Drugs
- COMPOUNDED GLP-1 DRUGS: IS THE PARTY OVER? THESE ARE THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY ISSUES FOR GAME CHANGING WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS AND THE COMPANIES SELLING THEM
- COMPOUNDED GLP-1 DRUGS: IS THE PARTY OVER? THESE ARE THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY ISSUES FOR GAME CHANGING WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS AND THE COMPANIES SELLING THEM
- DOES THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH A PRE-SUIT MEDIATION CLAUSE RESULT IN THE WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO ARBITRATION? ONLY THE ARBITRATOR KNOWS!
- “FOURTH-ORDER” ARBITRATION DISPUTES AND MANDATORY STAYS DURING ARBITRATION—A BUSY MONTH IN SUPREME COURT FOR ARBITRATION CASE LAW
- Corporate Transparency Act: Executive Summary
- Arbitration in Action: When Challenging an Arbitration Agreement’s Delegation Clause, Do So Specifically—and Challenge the Right Thing
- Florida Litigation Update: Third DCA Clarifies When Joint Proposals for Settlement Are Ambiguous and Addresses the Interplay Between Joint Proposals and Indemnification Agreements.
- Florida Litigation Procedure Update: Third DCA Clarifies Key Aspects of § 57.105
- Federal Litigation Update: The Eleventh Circuit Clarifies When Expert Reports are Required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B).
- Florida Nursing Home Negligence Update: Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal quashes denial of motion to dismiss nursing home negligence complaint that did not comply with section 400.023, Florida Statutes.
- Tort reform update: Florida passes comprehensive tort reform that has potential to fundamental alter civil litigation in Florida.
- FLORIDA’S INSURERS REHABILITATION AND LIQUIDATION ACT: WHAT HAPPENS IN FLORIDA WHEN INSURERS BECOME INSOLVENT
- FinCEN Issues Final Rule for Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act
- Navigating Unjust Enrichment Claims in Florida: Direct (and Indirect) Lessons from CFLB Partnership, LLC v. Diamond Blue Int’l, Inc., and Its Predecessors
- D.C. Circuit: U.C.C. Article 4A Does Not Govern Judgment Creditors’ Claims to Sanctioned Company’s Funds Held by Intermediary Bank; Concurrence Calls for Clearer Standard.
- 1.510 Summary Judgment Update: Florida Courts of Appeal Continue to Clarify Florida’s New Summary Judgment Standard
- Insurance Litigation Update: Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Standard for Courts Confronting Merits- and Coverage- Based Claims Simultaneously Pending in State and Federal Courts
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals: We lack jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act to review sua sponte remand order.
- Florida Litigation Update: Defendants in Civil Actions May Assert the Business Judgment Rule Without Pleading an Affirmative Defense
- Florida Supreme Court Makes Clear that Bargain-for-Exchange is a Defense to Unjust Enrichment
- Florida Appellate Practice Update: Florida Supreme Court amends 9.130 to provide for interlocutory appeals of orders granting or denying motions to amend to add claims for punitive damages. Expansion of interlocutory appeals seems at odds with proposed civil trial streamlining efforts.
- 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
- Realtors’ tip: If you want that house, come with cash. And the deals are piling up
- Strengthening the Stem Cell Industry Through Better Regulation
- 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
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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