The SEC is considering adopting changes to its definition of "accredited investors" that may reduce the pool of accredited investors. While this reduction in the number of accredited investors would not preclude private companies and investment funds from relying upon...
PLDO Law Blog
Month: January 2015
Historic Announcement: HHS Sets Clear Goals and Timeline for Shifting Medicare Reimbursements from Volume to Value
For the first time in the history of the Medicare program, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has set explicit goals for increasing alternative payment models and value-based payments. The historic change was announced by HHS Secretary Sylvia M....
Doctors Face Fraud and Negligence Suit in Massachusetts for Administering Contaminated Drugs
The participants in the New England Compounding Center ("NECC") pharmacy fraud matter were indicted recently, but they are not the only ones facing legal battles. Lawsuits alleging death and injury caused by contaminated drugs compounded by NECC were filed against not...
Big Case for Doctors and Hospitals to be Heard by SCOTUS on Tuesday
The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments from the state of Idaho on one side and Medicaid health care providers on the other, about whether those providers can sue the State over low reimbursement rates under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. The...
IS 2021 THE YEAR FOR RHODE ISLAND? SMOKE SIGNALS POINT TO CANNABIS ADULT USE LICENSING
In 2017, the State of Rhode Island expanded its medical marijuana program by creating a licensing process for the cultivation and manufacturing of cannabis and cannabis products for sale at the State’s three sanctioned compassion centers. By all accounts – industry...
A “NATURAL DISASTER” – THE PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON CONTRACTS
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, we wrote about the legal concept of “force majeure” clauses found in some business contracts. A force majeure clause excuses a party from performing its obligations under a contract based upon some unforeseen and serious event such as a...
IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DURING THE PANDEMIC
It is widely recognized that the system of corporate governance is a key approach to preserving and protecting an enterprise and its stakeholders by checks and balances among the board and officers of a corporation. Strong governance policies make it possible to...
IS 2021 THE YEAR FOR RHODE ISLAND? SMOKE SIGNALS POINT TO CANNABIS ADULT USE LICENSING
In 2017, the State of Rhode Island expanded its medical marijuana program by creating a licensing process for the cultivation and manufacturing of cannabis and cannabis products for sale at the State’s three sanctioned compassion centers. By all accounts – industry...
Cyber Security in a COVID-19 World
A recently published article by the Harvard Law School Forum provides valuable insight to the multiple challenges being faced due to the pandemic. Although businesses have readily discussed the actions to be taken in the event of a pandemic, the scope of challenges...
