Welcome to Vital Signs, a curated compilation of the latest legal and regulatory developments in digital health. Our lead article reports on recent developments in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") regulatory...more
7/22/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Health ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices ,
Personal Data ,
Pharmacies ,
Popular ,
Telemedicine
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS -
The "dog days of summer" certainly provide a welcome, if brief, break in the extremely rapid pace of statutory, regulatory, and various other policy and industry efforts applicable to digital health....more
8/13/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Clinical Trials ,
Connected Items ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Health ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
International Tax Issues ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Medicare ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Popular ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Vaccinations
Investigations & White Collar Defense -
Amendment to Whistleblower Protection Act -
On June 8, 2020, the Japanese Diet passed a bill to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act ("Act"). The bill was introduced amid a...more
8/17/2020
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Compliance ,
Copyright ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Culture ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Ethics ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internal Reporting ,
National Security ,
Personal Information ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Global Disputes -
JCAA Establishes New "Interactive Arbitration Rules"
Effective January 1, 2019, the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association ("JCAA") modified the choices of rules available to the parties to an...more
3/6/2019
/ Arbitrators ,
Commercial Arbitration ,
Corporate Governance ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
International Arbitration ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Labor Laws ,
Japan ,
UNCITRAL ,
Water Supplies
Labor -
Amendment to Immigration Control Act Introduces New Visa Categories -
As of April 1, 2019, most provisions of the "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act," which was amended in part on December 8,...more
2/4/2019
/ BEPS ,
Cybersecurity ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Immigration Procedures ,
International Labor Laws ,
Japan ,
Natural Resources ,
OECD ,
Partnerships ,
Tax Reform ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission Publishes Rules for Handling Personal Data Transferred from EU to Japan -
Following the agreement between Japan and the European Union regarding personal data protection...more