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06.25.20

Safety and Soundness in the Age of COVID-19

Manatt shares insight on the recently issued examiner guidance outlining supervisory principles for assessing safety and soundness during the COVID-19 pandemic.


06.24.20

Out of the Penalty Box: The SEC’s Chastened Disgorgement Remedy Survives

The Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Kokesh v. SEC found that, for statute of limitations purposes, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s disgorgement remedy represents a “penalty.”


06.24.20

Comparing Presidential Healthcare Campaign Policy Positions

Healthcare is one of several key issues on voters’ minds in the upcoming presidential election.


06.23.20

Federal Reserve Banks Can Petition for Inter Partes Review

In Bozeman Fin. LLC v. Fed. Reserve Bank of Atlanta,  the Federal Circuit held federal reserve banks can challenge patents under the America Invents Act.


06.23.20

Benefits of Capping Medicare Part D Out-of-Pocket Costs Vary Substantially Across Drugs

Although delayed as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, there are persistent and ongoing efforts to reform the Medicare Part D benefit.


06.23.20

NAD Resolves First Three Fast-Track SWIFT Cases

Within a month of the launch of the National Advertising Division Fast-Track SWIFT challenge process, the NAD has resolved the first three cases.


06.23.20

L’Oreal Modifies Websites to Clarify That Content May Be Advertising

Based on its monitoring program, the National Advertising Division (NAD) raised concerns that three L’Oréal websites—Makeup.com, Skincare.com and Hair.com—failed to sufficiently disclose L’Oréal’s connection with the websites in a clear and conspicuous manner, in order ...


06.23.20

NAD Recommends Discontinuance of Blood Boost Dietary Supplement Claims

In response to a challenge from the Council for Responsible Nutrition, the National Advertising Division (NAD) recommended that Nature’s Boost discontinue health claims concerning the ability of its Blood Boost Formula dietary supplement to cure diabetes and substantially reduce a ...


06.23.20

FTC Sends New Warning Letters to Multilevel Marketers Regarding COVID-19 Health and Earnings Claims

On June 5, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent six warning letters to multilevel marketing companies to stop making claims about their products’ ability to treat or prevent COVID-19 and about the earnings that people who have recently lost income can make.


06.23.20

IRS Income Tax Payment Extension Due to COVID-19 Coming to an End, Cash Flow May Remain a Problem

In April, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided relief regarding certain filing, payment, and other time-sensitive action deadlines in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.