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Collective Corporate Knowledge, The Federal False Claims Act, And The Future Of Federal Health Programs, Sam F. Halabi
Collective Corporate Knowledge, The Federal False Claims Act, And The Future Of Federal Health Programs, Sam F. Halabi
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While recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have drawn focus to whether what corporations “say” is protected by the First Amendment or what they “believe” is protected by the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the more relevant inquiry for a wide range of statutory and regulatory regimes is what corporations “know.” At the core of that question is what guides information relevant for legal compliance (including product safety, employee welfare, and material risks considered by investors) from its source to any given point in the firm, including decision-makers. This Article analyzes the federal False Claims Act as an underexploited resource in …
The Scope Of Preemption Under The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention And Tobacco Control Act, Sam F. Halabi
The Scope Of Preemption Under The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention And Tobacco Control Act, Sam F. Halabi
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The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act endeavored to alter the regulatory regime for tobacco products in the United States by allocating authority to regulate tobacco products to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While the law aims at greater transparency in the constituent components of cigarettes and non-combustible tobacco products, it also includes a provision which will bring FDA’s consumer protection and tobacco control mandates into tension: Section 911’s process for the approval of modified risk tobacco products. That provision allows tobacco manufacturers to submit applications to label products as “reduc[ing] the harm or the risk …