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Recently, this blog has touched on how warfare between nations in the digital era includes cyberattacks.

Paul Edelberg was quoted in The News-Times article "Joint Venture Boosts Photronics."

United States

The European Banking Authority published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards under the Capital Requirements Regulation.

The SEC announced that issuers and underwriters of municipal securities may voluntarily report materially inaccurate statements made in offering documents.

The latest swerve in the rollercoaster that is Puerto Rico public finance occurred on April 11 with the release of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court’s ruling striking down as unconstitutional the bulk of the territory’s teacher pension reform legislation.

In October 15, 2013, the first pair of final rules implementing the President’s Export Control Reform (ECR) initiative became effective.

Judge Gideon Tucker, of the New York County Surrogate’s Court, perhaps said it best when he wrote in 1866 that "no man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session."

"Collateral attack is not a substitute for an appeal" reasoned the Second Appellate District Court in "Bowman v. California Coastal Commission".

The 2014‐2015 New York State budget was recently passed and changes to the New York estate and gift tax law became effective April 1, 2014.

Over the past week, the filing period for candidates in state elections closed in North Dakota and Oklahoma.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a notice on March 7 that CSHM, LLC (CSHM), which manages 53 Small Smiles dental clinics in 19 states and the District of Columbia, would be excluded from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs for a minimum of five years.

Major movie studios and record labels are suing Megaupload for copyright infringement.

The recent discovery of the "Heartbleed" online bug has sent shockwaves through the internet, causing companies and individuals alike to question very basic assumptions about cyber security.

Michael Sweet was quoted in The Bond Buyer article "Detroit Judge OKs Swaps Deal But Headwinds Remain."

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a notice on March 7 that CSHM, LLC (CSHM), which manages 53 Small Smiles dental clinics in 19 states and the District of Columbia, would be excluded from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs for a minimum of five years

To advance U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives, the U.S. maintains laws and regulations that impose economic sanctions against certain countries, individuals, and entities.

This Week: CMS releases data on Medicare physician payments... HHS-OIG finds Medicare home health claims often lack necessary documentation.

Last week, the HHS released a new, free, downloadable tool to assist small and medium-size health care provider offices to conduct security risk assessments.

The Original Equipment Suppliers Association recently released its 2013 Annual Report which includes an interesting and positive "State of the Industry."

The ICD-10 implementation date has been delayed once again until October 1, 2015.