After a federal court ruled that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) did not have statutory authority to promulgate regulations on the 340B Drug-Pricing Program’s orphan drug exclusion, the agency has announced it will instead clarify key 340B policy issues through informal guidance. Prior to that ruling, HRSA planned […]
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NLRB Gives Employees Right to Use Employers’ Email for Union Organizing and Anti-Employer Communications
In another effort to support unions, the National Labor Relations Board issued a significant and long-awaited decision yesterday that gives most employees the right to use their employers’ email systems to encourage employees to form and support a labor union. In Purple Communications, Inc., 361 NLRB 126 (December 11, 2014), […]
NLRB Finalizes Quickie Election Rules
Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board officially announced its “final rule” amending the current union election procedures. The new procedures will be published in the Federal Register on December 15, and will take effect roughly three months from now, on April 14, 2015. According to the Board, the old […]
Clawback Actions In Bankruptcy: Three Ideas for a Defendant
A bankruptcy case gives rise to certain rights under Chapter 5 of United States Bankruptcy Code. Chapter 5 causes of action are typically pursued by a bankruptcy trustee or a debtor-in-possession, a bankruptcy term for a bankrupt in a reorganization bankruptcy who has not been displaced by a trustee. These […]
OSHA Revises Record-Keeping Requirements
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently announced revised record-keeping requirements that will go into effect on January 1, 2015, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction. Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses […]

