OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

Will Brandt, Class of 2022, Belmont Law On November 5th, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). To summarize the ETS, employers who employ over one hundred employees, or Covered Employers, “must develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with an exception …

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Merck Sued for Allegedly “Monopolistic Practices”

Will Brandt, Class of 2022, Belmont Law Insurance providers Humana and Centene have filed suit against Merck & Co. and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. alleging a monopolistic scheme to delay generic versions of its blockbuster cholesterol drug, Zetia. Merck is an American multinational pharmaceutical company that is headquartered in New Jersey. Merck produces the drug Zetia, …

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Steps in the Right Direction

Maddie Gilmore, Class of 2023, Belmont Law The representation or lack thereof of minority populations in clinical trials for new drugs and medical devices is a well-established issue. The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is the administrative agency tasked with regulating the research required to accompany applications for approval of new drugs or devices as …

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A Primer: The No Surprises Act

Will Brandt, Class of 2022, Belmont Law The following will serve as a primer on the “No Surprises Act” (“The Act”) that Congress passed on December 27, 2020. The Act goes into effect on or after January 1, 2022. At the highest level, The Act seeks to protect patients from surprise medical bills and deter …

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What is the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative?

David Brust, Class of 2022, Belmont Law On September 10, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it settled its twentieth HIPAA Right of Access Initiative investigation. The investigation stemmed from a March 2020 complaint made by a parent alleging that Children’s Hospital …

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The FTC’s New Attitude Toward Mergers and Acquisitions: Showing Us They Are Serious

Maddie Gilmore, Class of 2023, Belmont Law On July 9, 2021 President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order with seventy-two new initiatives for the purpose of promoting competition in the American economy while simultaneously reducing the trend of corporate consolidation and control. Among these initiatives, he called on the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the …

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