Join Ropes & Gray’s life sciences and health care attorneys on a four-part podcast series exploring regulatory, compliance and enforcement changes emanating from Washington, D.C. and the potential impact on life sciences companies in 2023. This first episode will focus on key developments from 2022 that we expect to continue to be significant in 2023. Topics discussed include the Inflation Reduction Act, the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA), possible legislative action related to orp...
Feb 21, 2023•13 min
In this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way? , co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen interview their colleague at R&G Insights Lab, Dr. Caitlin Handron, about cultural psychology, her field of study. She discusses how cultural factors influence human behavior and how integrating insights from the social sciences can help companies tackle organizational challenges—from compliance programs to diversity, equity and inclusion—in more effective ways.
Feb 15, 2023•36 min
Over the past few decades, the ITC has become increasingly focused on intellectual property—and specifically patent—disputes between domestic companies. According to some legislators and commentators, this shift has led the application of Section 337 astray from its original intent: adjudicating unfair trade practices in the importation of goods from foreign countries. Thus, over the past decade, there have been a number of proposed tweaks to Section 337, or the ITC more generally, to address is...
Feb 07, 2023•25 min
Welcome back to There Has to Be a Better Way? , a new podcast series from R&G Insights Lab. In part two of our inaugural episode, Insights Lab founder Zach Coseglia interviews co-host and senior advisor at the Insights Lab Hui Chen about her varied career and why she believes that having a data-driven measurement mindset is a better way to assess compliance programs.
Feb 01, 2023•31 min
In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partners Isabel Dische, Vince Ip and Chune Loong Lum discuss how both GPs and LPs are thinking about the GP-LP relationship in light of the current choppy fundraising climate and broader global macro trends. How can GPs lure committed LP capital while preserving flexibility for their longer-term success? How can LPs ensure GPs deploy their capital with appropriate discipline? What are the most meaningful “asks” an LP may want to make as it negot...
Jan 31, 2023•10 min
Tune in to the first episode of Ropes & Gray's new podcast series, The Data Day , brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series will focus on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments in the world of data, and will feature a range of guests, including clients, regulators and colleagues. This edition celebrates World Data Protection Day, which took place on January...
Jan 30, 2023•16 min
Welcome to There Has to Be a Better Way?, a new podcast series from R&G Insights Lab. In this first episode, co-host Hui Chen interviews Lab founder Zach Coseglia about his lifelong hunt for better, smarter ways to solve problems and how this podcast will contribute to that search.
Jan 18, 2023•34 min
The Ropes & Gray Decoding Digital Health podcast series discusses the digital health industry and related legal, business and regulatory issues. In this episode, Digital Health Initiative co-lead and health care partner, Christine Moundas, interviews health care partner and member of the digital health group, David Peloquin. They discuss the legal challenges and potential solutions that health care and life sciences companies face when transferring health data from Europe to the U.S.
Jan 12, 2023•21 min
In this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, energy & infrastructure co-lead Taylor Hart sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss his private equity transactions practice, and shares some insights about the interconnectivity of the data infrastructure ecosystem.
Dec 29, 2022•16 min
In this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, IP transactions and technology associate Josh Jackson sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss his practice and how he provides legal tech support to companies and organizations to help solve their business challenges.
Dec 28, 2022•17 min
In this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, asset management counsel Ed Baer sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss his journey from private practice to in-house counsel (and back again), and shares his thoughts on the future of exchange-traded Bitcoins.
Dec 23, 2022•19 min
In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management and tax attorneys Isabel Dische, Adam Dobson and Dan Kolb discuss some considerations for institutional investors who are contemplating a secondary sale and some steps they can take to facilitate a portfolio rebalancing. Their discussion covers, among other things, a brief explanation of why an investor may want to pursue a secondary sale, typical deal processes and certain considerations LPs will want to keep in mind, how to reduce deal executi...
Dec 20, 2022•11 min
In this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Stephanie Webster and litigation & enforcement partner Jane Willis discuss a recent announcement by the DOJ Antitrust Division and the Office of Inspector General of Health and Human Services that the two enforcement agencies will increase their efforts to collaborate in connection with investigations of health care providers. They address how this announcement is part of a broader effort by the Biden Administration to aggressively enforc...
Dec 19, 2022•9 min
In this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss how she counsels clients on a wide variety of privacy and cybersecurity concerns, including cyberattacks and data breaches, and how it’s helpful that she has a couple FBI agents on speed dial that she can contact whenever needed.
Dec 19, 2022•20 min
In the latest installment of our Ropes & Gray podcast series addressing emerging issues for fiduciaries of 401(k) and 403(b) plans to consider, Josh Lichtenstein, head of the ERISA fiduciary practice, Ellen Benson, benefits consulting group principal, and Sharon Remmer, ERISA and benefits counsel, analyze the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) recently amended regulation governing ERISA investment duties and its application to environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) considerations...
Dec 16, 2022•27 min
In this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, data, privacy & cybersecurity co-lead Ed McNicholas sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss how his time as a litigator on the investigations team in the Clinton White House led him to a career in data privacy, and shares his insights on how the value of data continues to increase as technologies evolve.
Dec 13, 2022•15 min
This episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance examines the regulatory landscape for drug compounding and how it has evolved over the last 10 years since a 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated drugs from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) rocked the industry and led to a legislative overhaul. Listen to FDA regulatory partner Josh Oyster and associate Becca Williams as they discuss the continuing ramifications of the outbreak, the challe...
Dec 05, 2022•13 min
In this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partners Margaux Hall and Stephanie Webster and counsel David Ault explore drug pricing reforms and limits on agency action. In the months leading up to the midterm elections, we saw a flurry of activity around drug pricing, and now, in the wake of midterms, we see heightened bipartisan interest in the topic. Listen in to hear about some of the key recent events and a discussion on the fundamental question of how far agencies can go in regulating dru...
Dec 01, 2022•29 min
In this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, technology and intellectual property transactions partner Regina Sam Penti sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss her practice and how she, as an MIT-trained engineer, leverages her background to counsel clients on technology transactions.
Nov 30, 2022•14 min
In many cases, ITC investigations are not stand-alone proceedings—Section 337 complaints are often accompanied by complaints filed in federal district court. These parallel complaints often are based upon the very same unfair acts underlying the alleged Section 337 violation, such as patent infringement, trademark infringement, or trade secret misappropriation. In this episode of Talkin’ Trade, Ropes & Gray IP litigators Matt Rizzolo, Matt Shapiro, and Brendan McLaughlin explore the issues c...
Nov 29, 2022•21 min
This episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance examines FDA’s final guidance on Clinical Decision Support (“CDS”) software, released in September, and its implications for the life sciences and health care industries. The final guidance represents a substantial change in FDA’s approach to CDS software regulation from the agency’s 2019 draft guidance and may prompt many software developers to reassess their CDS products in light of the new guidance. Join Ropes & Gray F...
Nov 21, 2022•20 min
In this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, Ropes & Gray health care partners Jenn Romig and Christina Bergeron interview Lisa Mango, chief legal officer and general counsel of One Medical, a human-centered, technology-powered U.S. primary care organization on a mission to make quality health care more affordable, accessible, and enjoyable through a seamless combination of in-person, digital, and virtual care services. Lisa talks about the evolution of her career, beginning at a mid-sized law firm...
Nov 17, 2022•31 min
In this Ropes & Gray podcast, partners Ama Adams and Brendan Hanifin, counsel Emerson Siegle, and associate Kurt Fowler discuss FinCEN rulemaking implementing the beneficial ownership reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act. The rule will significantly expand the scope of information that certain legal entities must disclose under U.S. law, and compliance with the rule’s requirements may present particular complexity for traditional tiered holding company structures.
Nov 16, 2022•12 min
In this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Stephanie Webster and litigation & enforcement partner Jane Willis discuss recent rulemakings by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regarding Competition and Transparency in health care. They address how this rule is part of a broader effort by the Biden Administration to aggressively enforce the antitrust laws, and in particular, what hospitals, health care systems, and other health care providers might expect from th...
Nov 15, 2022•18 min
In this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, venture capital & emerging companies co-lead Brad Flint sits down with technology, media & telecommunications co-lead Ed Black to discuss his practice and to share his thoughts on the evolving tech and regulatory landscape impacting the venture community.
Nov 15, 2022•17 min
Following the first action filed by a U.S. federal regulator against a DAO and its members, asset management attorneys Melissa Bender, Jeremy Liabo and Glen Chen discuss the Ooki DAO case and its implications on the potential liability of DAO token holders, DAO legal wrappers and the CFTC’s role in regulating digital assets.
Nov 14, 2022•13 min
The Ropes & Gray Decoding Digital Health podcast series discusses the digital health industry and related legal, business and regulatory issues. On this episode, Digital Health Initiative co-lead and IP transactions partner, Megan Baca, is joined by Verily Life Sciences Lead Product Counsel, John Vaughan, to continue their discussion on Verily’s innovative partnerships in digital health, the challenges Verily has faced as well as the rewarding solutions that Verily and its partnerships have ...
Nov 09, 2022•16 min
Welcome to the R&G Tech Studio, a Ropes & Gray podcast series highlighting the firm’s technology attorneys, their respective practice areas and how the ever-changing tech landscape impacts their clients. On this inaugural episode, private equity partner Scott Abramowitz sits down to discuss his practice and how the fintech industry has evolved with TMT co-lead Ed Black.
Nov 02, 2022•10 min
The Ropes & Gray Decoding Digital Health podcast series discusses the digital health industry and related legal, business and regulatory issues. On this episode, Digital Health Initiative co-lead and IP transactions partner, Megan Baca, is joined by Verily Life Sciences Lead Product Counsel, John Vaughan, for a two-part discussion on digital health dealmaking. Megan and John dive into topics related to partnership strategies between biopharma and tech companies, as well as the key opportunit...
Oct 26, 2022•17 min
In this Ropes & Gray podcast, finance partner Alyson Gal and counsel Patricia Teixeira discuss the use of credit facilities as an important source of liquidity and leverage for registered investment funds. They explore the regulatory landscape applicable to these facilities and review some of their key terms.
Oct 20, 2022•12 min
