Tag Archives: Takes

Watch Out for Non-disparagement Provisions in Your Consumer Contracts-The FTC Takes Action

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is focusing efforts on enforcing non-disparagement provisions in contracts that restrict reviewers in what they can and cannot say in reviews they post about companies. Businesses should be aware of what these provisions are and … Continue reading

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Brave New Real World: FDA Draft Guidance Takes First Steps to Move RWE from Dystopia

By Larry J. Bauer, Senior Regulatory Drug Expert & James E. Valentine — On May 8, 2019, the FDA published a new draft guidance for industry titled “Submitting Documents Using Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence to FDA for Drugs and … Continue reading

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Two takes on “substantive reasonableness” sentencing review

The Sixth Circuit issued two decisions this week that show both the promise and limits of appellate review of in sentencing decisions.1. The standard outcome.The first decision, United States v. Muchow, shows the usual limits that apply in a sentencing … Continue reading

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Wolters Kluwer Takes Applications Offline After Malware Attack

Legal and business publisher Wolters Kluwer says it has discovered malware in a number of its platforms and applications and has taken them offline in order to reduce the malware’s impact. It has found no evidence that customer data was … Continue reading

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AFM takes national measures to prohibit binary options and to restrict the marketing or sales of CFDs

Further to our earlier blog post, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) has taken national measures mirroring ESMA’s product intervention measures. These measures – included in two separate Decrees, one dealing with binary options … Continue reading

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