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Biotechnology | Healthcare | Life Sciences

An FDA Practice With Insider Expertise

Editor: Ms. Gunawardhana, please tell our readers about your background at the FDA. Gunawardhana: I started my career at the FDA in 2003, as a regulatory counsel in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) in the Division of Bioresearch Monitoring within the Office of...

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Labor & Employment

You're Hired? Balancing The Risks And Benefits Of Criminal Background Checks In Hiring Is More Crucial Than Ever For Government Contractors

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is warning employers against using criminal records to screen employment candidates in ways that disfavor candidates with protected statuses. See Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions under Title VII of the Civil...

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International Trade

The Role Of OFAC In Enforcing Sanctions

Editor: You have had a very interesting background in both government and private industry. When you were in government, you were Deputy Chief Counsel at the U.S. Treasury Department in the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). What was the scope of your duties? Moe: While at OFAC, I was in...

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Aviation | Transportation

Aircraft Tax Audits – A Game Of Tomes

Private aircraft owners and operators are well aware that aircraft are particular targets for federal and state tax audit, but that’s OK. Knowing that the tax audit risk is there, and knowing what tax auditors are looking for, is an opportunity for proper aircraft ownership and operations...

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Is Your Organization Ready For The 2012 Campaign Season?

Editor: Mr. Toner, please tell our readers about your background as chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the work you do in counseling corporations, trade associations, campaign and political party committees and individuals on complying with federal and state election laws....

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Anti-Corruption

Why Good Compliance Programs Are Essential Under The FCPA And UK Bribery Act

Editor: Why has the passage of Dodd-Frank made it incumbent on U.S. companies to be extremely diligent in employing compliance programs to alert employees to the risks of violating the FCPA? Shane: The Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions apply to violations of securities laws by public...

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Contracts

Purposes And Pitfalls Of Letters Of Intent

Letters Of Intent Defined Letters of Intent, sometimes referred to as "memorandums of understanding," are frequently used in media transactions and are pre-contractual documents that set forth certain basic terms upon which parties intend to enter into binding definitive agreements....

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