Advanced Communications Services (ACS) that are available in video games, such as instant messaging, enable players to interact with other players and offer an enhanced gaming experience. The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) updated accessibility laws to ensure that persons with disabilities have access to modern technologies used in communications. […]

The Berlin Senate, on 22 October 2019 decided to introduce legislation to stop the rental price development for residential properties (“Properties”) in Berlin for a period of five years. The Act on the limitation of rents (“Gesetz zur Neuregelung gesetzlicher Vorschriften zur Mietenbegrenzung”, the “Act“) is supposed to come in force in January 2020 and […]

A newly approved Bill could significantly increase disclosure requirements for Israelis invested in or operating business in the U.S. The Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 would require that the identities (including addresses and passport information) of the “beneficial owners” of US LLC’s or corporations be reported. Updated information would need to provided annually. While similar […]

By Mark L. Mattioli and Jessica Natali  The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced on Sept. 19, 2019, that it settled a qui tam False Claims Act case in which a private equity firm was a named defendant. See United States ex rel. Medrano and Lopez v. Diabetic Care Rx LLC, d/b/a Patient Care America, et al., No. […]

Since March 2017, physicians in Germany can prescribe cannabis as a medicine for serious illnesses. The demand for medical cannabis products in Germany is still high and at present (September 2019) there are about 40,000 to 50,000 patients receiving medical cannabis in Germany. Despite the growing demand for suitable cannabis therapy, physicians are often reluctant […]