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Adding dispute resolution to your billing flow with a REST API
Disclosure: I'm Greg, COO at Arbitration.Inc. This is about our API, so I'm biased. I'd like feedback from people who build billing and collections features. Many vertical SaaS products (HOA, gym, field service, subscription billing) have customers whose contracts already include arbitration clauses. Those clauses almost never get used. The unpaid balances are too small for collections or small claims to be worth the effort, so the money gets written off.
The administration targets direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising
(October 01, 2025) - Ropes & Gray attorneys Kellie Combs, Greg Levine, Joshua Oyster and Pascale Stain discuss the federal government's push to increase scrutiny of direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising.
The Beltline is increasingly popular, and Atlanta must help it evolve
“Atlanta’s opportunity lies in the Beltline. It is an opportunity that rarely occurs in already built-up cities in which the creation of a great park or any substantial addition to the public realm often requires displacing a myriad of property owners. Almost miraculously, a vacancy exists in Atlanta: a belt of railroad rights-of-way that circles through the city’s inner neighborhoods, two miles from downtown.
Atlanta’s Tree Protection Ordinance update can’t wait
Atlanta’s iconic tree canopy is vanishing at an alarming rate. While Atlantans proudly brag that we are the “City in the Forest,” our canopy is shrinking with nearly half an acre of trees lost each day. Atlanta City Council is working to update its 25-year-old Tree Protection Ordinance with a goal to reverse this tree loss trend and increase coverage to 50% tree canopy.
FDA finalizes guidance on medical device manufacturer cybersecurity responsibilities
(November 9, 2023) - Greg Levine and Beth Weinman of Ropes & Gray discuss a recent Food and Drug Administration final guidance that provides recommendations to medical device industry regarding cybersecurity device design, labeling, and the documentation that the agency recommends be included in premarket submissions for devices with cybersecurity risk.
A step forward: FDA issues 3 draft guidance documents as part of efforts to modernize the 510(k) notification pathway
(September 28, 2023) - Ropes & Gray attorneys Greg Levine, Joshua Oyster and Michael Purcell discuss three draft guidance documents the Food and Drug Administration issued to modernize the medical device marketing authorization pathway under Section 510(k) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. On September 7, 2023, FDA issued three new draft guidance documents intended to strengthen the 510(k) premarket notification pathway for medical devices.
The Environmental Gardner: Consider plant societies for a new year of gardening
If you are one of those people who want to try new things, consider a time warp and join a plant society. Plant societies are clubs focused on sharing and learning about a specific genus or family of plants. Many plant societies were created in the early and middle 20th century. I’m no expert, but they have intrigued me since childhood. Many meet monthly at a local garden or church, and sometimes even in the woods.
The Environmental Gardener: A few holiday gift suggestions for gardeners
With Christmas and Hanukkah just around the corner, our Environmental Gardener columnists Greg Levine and Erica Glasener collaborated on this gift guide for gardeners. We both find that as we get older it can be challenging to buy gifts for friends and family who don’t really need anything. But for our friends that are gardeners or lovers of plants, we have a range of gift suggestions.
The Environmental Gardener: How to grow a kid’s interest in gardening - Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown
Skip to content You have to love August. It is the last really hot month and the kids are headed back to school. While the garden is stable with little for you to do (most of the plants that were going to die have done so), it is still a good place to get your kids connected to nature without even leaving home. Some kids have a natural affiliation for the garden, but others need some enticement. I don’t have kids myself but have no shortage of nephews and nieces.
Ground covers for your garden - Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown
Skip to content In the American Dust Bowl of the 1930’s, we learned the perils associated with soil left bare of vegetation. It’s not a good for the environment, and it really isn’t good for your garden, either. Bare ground can easily be eroded and does not retain moisture for the living plants that we all love. It can become compacted and nearly impervious, causing rainwater to run off quickly and flood streets, sewers, creeks and homes.
FDA Updates Guidance on Cybersecurity Responsibilities for Medical Device Manufacturers
On April 8, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released a draft guidance document titled “Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions.” The draft guidance, if finalized, would replace FDA’s 2014 final guidance document titled, “Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices,” adding significant details to FDA’s existing guidance.
Gardens bursting, nurseries teasing and patience needed - Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown
There are lots of gardeners out there. Our motivations for gardening vary from growing our own food to attracting wildlife to personal artistic expression or creating a place of serenity. Some garden for stress relief, exercise or be connected to the natural world. If you are like me, you check all those boxes. And I am one of those gardeners who lack control when it comes to buying new plants in the spring.
March means it’s time to stop and smell the flowers
It is March and the days are getting warmer. Our gardens are beginning to explode with shades of green that remind us that spring is just around the corner and with fragrances that evoke fond memories of days gone by. I personally don’t get much of a scent from most flowers, but when it’s there I am taken back to my past with unusual clarity. I can tell you the year that I discovered fragrant honeysuckle.
How to plant a tree, and not just on Arbor Day Original
It’s February and the cold weather makes for tough gardening. But getting out there is half the battle. To celebrate Georgia Arbor Day on Feb. 18, consider finding time to plant a tree. There are many canopy trees that can be planted in deep shade, such as beech, northern red oak, and some hickories. These trees can be your garden’s next generation canopy.
Leave Your leaves for a healthier yard
Some of you may need some party conversation material to break the ice this holiday season. Since we are a bit out of practice, consider the subject of leaves. Fall is here: the temperature is delightful, the mosquitoes have finally stopped biting, and the trees are at their most colorful. Winter is just around the corner, and soon those beautiful leaves will carpet the streets and lawns. Gardeners and tree lovers will not curse the trees, as no one should.
The first step to a successful shade garden: Create a design
It’s July in Georgia, which means many of us are looking for ways to beat the heat. For some, that means waking up at 6 a.m., whether to get some gardening work done or just to enjoy a garden without melting. Personally, I prefer gardening strategically and setting a later alarm. I start working in the sunny areas upon waking, and by 10 or so, I definitely am working in the shade.
Creating ecologically mosquito-free gardens
Summer is here and Mother Nature is turning up the heat. With lots of rain in May, there should be plenty of green in the garden. May showers created a major growth spurt in healthy established plants. This also creates more habitat for huge growth of other living things, including mosquitoes. Greg Levine from Trees Atlanta To enjoy your garden during warm months, managing mosquitos is important.
Environmental Gardener: Water matters in the garden
Water is the center of life on Earth. Water covers 61% of our Earth’s surface. I am made of nearly 60% water, and water makes up as much as 95% of some plants. Plants are basically water and a few other things, so H2O deserves quite a bit of a gardener’s attention. As the old expression goes, “April showers bring May flowers.” When to water and how much are the critical details to growing healthy plants. Paying attention to rain and drought is important.
Using native plants means eco-gardens for everyone
Like many gardeners, I have been addicted to gardening since I was a kid. At the early age of 6, while in the baseball outfield, I was more engaged with the ants in the dirt than in the game my father expected me to play. I remember discovering how easy some plants (from peanuts to English Ivy) were to grow. I loved it all. In the ’70s, native plants were not mainstream and gardening focused more on food and the aesthetics of certain plants.
Kisor May Be A New Dawn For Challenges To FDA Actions
Law360 (December 2, 2019, 2:38 PM EST) -- In Kisor v. Wilkie[1] — a closely watched case decided in a closely divided opinion toward the end of the U.S. Supreme Court’s last term — the court upheld the doctrine of Auer deference, much to the surprise of many given the court’s new conservative majority.
A New Dawn for Challenges to FDA Actions? Kisor and the Tenuous Vitality of Administrative Deference | JD Supra
In Kisor v. Wilkie1—a closely watched case decided in a closely divided opinion towards the end of the Supreme Court’s last term—the Court upheld the doctrine of Auer deference, much to the surprise of many given the Court’s new conservative majority. Although technically a win for the government, the decision recast Auer deference in a manner likely to have the practical effect of eroding the ability of administrative agencies to rely upon the doctrine as a complete defense to legal challenges.
Outsourcing Facilities Face Rising Drug Compounding Risks
Law360 (September 18, 2019, 5:42 PM EDT) -- In recent years, the drug compounding industry has expanded significantly, with an estimated U.S. market size of $8.9 billion in 2019 and annualized market size growth of 2.3% over the last five years.[1] Part of this expansion can be attributed to the Drug Quality and Security Act, which Congress enacted in 2013 following a fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated drugs compounded by the New England Compounding Center.
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: Expedited Review Programs for Drugs and Biologics | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
New FDA Draft Guidance on Voluntary Recalls Asks: Are You Prepared? | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
Federal Circuit Affirms ITC’s Non-Institution Decision, Offering Guidance for Future FDCA-Related Section 337 Claims | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
FDA’s Draft Guidances on Medical Device Inspection Transparency: Anything New Here? | JD Supra
Two recent FDA draft guidances respond to directives from Congress to improve transparency with medical device firms regarding inspections, including the process for requesting nonbinding, post-inspection FDA feedback on proposed corrective actions.
Metastatic disease in a dog with a well‐differentiated perianal gland tumor
Fine‐needle aspirates from a perianal mass on an 8‐year‐old, intact male, Miniature Poodle presenting for tenesmus showed a uniform population of well‐differentiated hepatoid cells with no notable criteria of malignancy. The cytologic diagnosis was a perianal gland tumor, with adenoma likely given the cytomorphology. The abdominal ultrasound revealed multiple, markedly enlarged, intra‐abdominal lymph nodes.
Donald Trump Eyes New Orleans Rebuilding
As the terrors of meteorological nature recede and the tussle over human nature ensues, the fate of New Orleans aches in the background of every American's thoughts. And while Donald Trump is no ordinary joe, this is no ordinary event. Naturally, the real-estate magnate weighed in on the recovery of the beloved Gulf city. Being a multimedia creature now--starring in NBC hit The Apprentice is just the tip of his high-profile iceberg--the billionaire, of course, has a blog.
Trump Warns Web Surfers About Scams, Porn
Donald Trump is no puritan. After all, the real estate magnate's name has been linked with casinos, both the landlocked and riverboat varieties. Whiskey Park, New York City's posh spirits-tasters' paradise, is nestled in the Trump Parc building on Central Park West. And the billionaire certainly enjoys the company of showy, nubile young damsels, via the holy bonds of matrimony. But context is everything. Because the office computer, Trump warns, is no nickelodeon peepshow.
U.S. Trade Rep Touts Beefy South Korea Deal
"Nineteen minutes to spare": A dramatic last-minute victory united America and South Korea Monday, as the two countries arrived at a historic economic agreement. Ambassador Susan Schwab, U.S. trade representative, joined CNBC's Erin Burnett to describe the "ambitious outcome." watch now Schwab noted that ironing out America's first free trade deal in northeast Asia was "harder than we thought" -- but don't blame Democratic opposition to the Bush Administration.
Analysts Predict Modest But "Solid" Growth
Researchers from Thomson Financial and Zacks Investment Research agree: earnings growth for 2007 will probably be -- OK. They joined "Closing Bell" to weigh in on the lukewarm year ahead -- and where investors might still find those double-digit treasures. Michael Thompson, managing director of global research at Thomson Financial, said his firm's first-quarter growth prediction of 4.4% -- revised from 8.7% -- "probably" represents a normal reversion to mean.
Analysts Agree: Market Selloff Spells Opportunity
When is a debate not a debate? When the two sides essentially agree -- as did WealthTrust-Arizona's Heath Bray and Putnam New Value Fund's David King when they discussed the economy, the government and the Federal Reserve with CNBC's Bill Griffeth. King, portfolio manager at Putnam, spoke on "Power Lunch" about the stock sell-off that followed the 10 a.m. ET release of housing data.
Investment Guru: "Treasuries Will Perform"
Robert Kessler has some strong opinions about stocks and bonds -- and he's not shy about sharing them. The president of Kessler Companies told CNBC's Erin Burnett that it's a "very exciting period" for Treasuries. Speaking on "Street Signs," Kessler agreed with Burnett's assertion that T-bills can be a "very sexy investment," with the potential for 20% returns. The investment advisor explained that Treasuries "work simply," reacting "almost directly" when rates go up or down.
Housing Bottom? Depends Whom You Ask
Need some advice about where housing is going? Ask the experts -- but don't be surprised if you get very different perspectives. Two senior economists argued over the home-building outlook, on "Power Lunch." Richard Iley, senior North American economist at BNP Paribas, sees "no evidence whatsoever" that the fundamental supply/demand imbalance is being worked off by the market.
General Mills CEO: Reaping Profit Amid Higher Costs
Stephen Sanger, CEO of General Mills, talked about the company's latest earnings, which rose 9% in the third quarter, with CNBC's Erin Brunett, saying increased sales helped offset rising prices for ingredients. Burnett asked the CEO about the so-called corn craze sparked by bio-fuels -- and whether that will further pressure input (raw material and ingredient) pricing.
SEC Chairman: Fix Sarbanes-Oxley -- Don't Trash It
Christopher Cox AP The financial world's "techtonic plates" are colliding, but don't fear earthquakes -- Christopher Cox says America's capital markets are doing just fine. The SEC chairman addressed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wednesday about the dizzying pace of global capital -- and how America can maintain its competitive edge. Cox joined "Morning Call" to share the gist of his Chamber speech: the evolution of centuries-old capital markets via rapid-fire international integration.
Massachusetts Official Links Hedge Funds To Pension, Fuel Woes
Should hedge funds remain a private affair--or is their "anonymity" sinister?
Strategists: Market Pullback Has Created Good Buys
An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty, said Winston Churchill. Investment strategists Steve Folker and Alan Gayle gave "Morning Call" viewers the same advice. Folker, the managing director for growth strategies at Fifth Third Asset Management, said "we've probably seen the worst" of the market pullback.
Analysts Split On Jobs Report: "Reassuring" Vs. "Suspect"
After last week's market turbulence, the impact of Friday's jobs report takes on even more weight. Two analysts joined "Closing Bell" to discuss how investors may have digested the figures.
Economists: Jobs Report Confirms Soft Landing
Ben Bernanke at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. CNBC Mixed messages: analysts decoding Friday's jobs report see a slightly disappointing February, but a stronger December and January. However, the different numbers didn't stop two experts from telling "Morning Call" that the news is good.
OMB's Portman: U.S. In "Steady State of Growth"
You lose some, you win some: Friday's jobs report showed the smallest rise in two years -- 97,000 jobs in February -- but revisions gave December and January unexpected strength. Rob Portman, director of the Office Of Management & Budget, said the report vindicates the Bush Administration's view that the U.S. economy is in a "steady state" of growth.
Investment Strategist: What You Should Do Now
Henry McVey was "not really" surprised by the recent market meltdown. But then, the chief U.S. investment strategist for Morgan Stanley says he'd seen the omens in January. He joined CNBC's Maria Bartiromo to discuss what might come next--and how he's preparing for it. Speaking on "Closing Bell," McVey said that over a month ago, he detected that the market was "overbought"--and noted the high leveraging of hedge funds.
Strategists "Very Cautious" Ahead Of Jobs Report
Occupy protesters make noise clanking pots in front of the main gate to Davos congress center on January 25, 2012 in Davos, Switzerland Getty Images Where is the suddenly turbulent market going? The answer may be up for grabs, but one thing seems certain: all investors should factor in Friday's jobs report.
Collectors Warned: Beware The Wine Con
Counterfeiting money and knocking off handbags are familiar crimes; now, the latest scam is faking rare wines. Ray Isle, senior editor at Food & Wine magazine, joined "Street Signs" to talk about the threat to the high-end market. CNBC's Erin Burnett quoted a Wine Spectator report that suggested some 5% of vintages sold at auction could, in fact, be fake.
Portfolio Manager Lauds "Safety" Stocks
Ted Parrish says investor risk hasn't really increased -- merely the "perception" of it. So the co-portfolio manager at Henssler Equity Fund says the key to profiting from volatility is understanding that risk perception -- and hunting for perceived "stability." Speaking on "Squawk on the Street," Parrish declared that "housing holds the key" to the market-meltdown psychology.
Strategist: Low Rates, Strong M&A Good For Brokerages
Jason Trennert says that people looking at the past week's whipsaw market are looking at the wrong things -- at least, when it comes to the health of big brokerage houses. The chief investment strategist of Strategas Research Partners joined "Closing Bell" to weigh in on the Wall Street giants.
Analysts: Brokerages Unhurt By Tuesday Meltdown
Small investors might have gotten burned by Tuesday's market free-for-all. But what of the big brokerage houses? Two bond and portfolio managers told CNBC's Maria Bartiromo that they're not worried. Mirko Mikelic, bond fund manager at Fifth Third Asset Management, is confident about prospects for the likes of Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, as big brokerages "are so strong" -- and noted that most enjoy "A" and "AA" credit ratings.
Great Opportunity Or Blow Up For Hedge Funds?
What role are hedge funds playing in the market meltdown's aftermath? Three "Power Lunch" guests, who cover the field, weighed in. Trader Monthly Associate Editor Andrew Barber noted that "anecdotally" he's heard that "premium sellers were punished" by Tuesday's market drop. He said that the sustained low volatility in U.S. equities helped "anyone who was long options" reap big benefits as the VIX (Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index) jumped.
Market Shock: Analysts Cite Yen, Naive Investors
Klaus Regling, chief executive officer of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) Nelson Ching | Bloomberg | Getty Images Many of those seeking reasons for Tuesday's market meltdown have turned from China to Japan. Two forex experts told CNBC's Liz Claman why the global shock may have more to do with Tokyo than Shanghai -- or New York.
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