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Jan 3, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Nick Oberheiden
When it comes to raising capital for your business, private placements offer a compelling alternative to traditional methods like bank loans or venture capital. However, navigating the intricate legal landscape of securities regulations can be daunting. This is where a skilled private placement attorney becomes an invaluable asset.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nick Oberheiden
Wegovy and other GLP-1 medications have become extremely popular over the past few years. Novo Nordisk (which makes both Wegovy and Ozempic) and other drug manufacturers have invested heavily in promoting these drugs as effective tools for weight loss and diabetes treatment, and their promotional efforts have proven extremely effective. Unfortunately, it appears that they may not be telling the whole story--whether they know it or not.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Nick Oberheiden
No one wants to pull a notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) out of their mailbox. Whatfew people know, though, is that the IRS’s word is not final. You have the right to appeal whatthey have decided about your tax liability, including any penalties that the agency is trying toimpose on you.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nick Oberheiden
As a U.S. taxpayer, one of the last things that you want to hear is that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has disagreed with your tax assessment and has imposed penalties for noncompliance. The good news is that the IRS abates most of the penalties that it initially imposes: In 2022, the IRS assessed $73.6 billion in civil penalties, but proceeded to abate almost $50.9 billion of them – nearly 70 percent of the original amount.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Tessa Kroll |Stanley Jones |Helen Sloat |Nick Oberheiden
Skip to main content November 07, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 312 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Nick Oberheiden
Recently, Congress strengthened the enforcement of its anti-money laundering (AML) laws by deputizing citizens and encouraging them to become whistleblowers by creating an even more generous whistleblower rewards program.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nick Oberheiden
Anyone who needs insulin to treat diabetes knows that the cost of the drug has skyrocketed in the last few years. The reason for the sharp increase seems to be simple: corporate greed. Recently, though, the high price of insulin has gone too far. Government agencies at both the state and federal levels are investigating the issue and are preparing to take legal action.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nick Oberheiden
The recently revised pre-trial schedule in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Exactech gives new plaintiffs more time to join the litigation before it heads to trial next year. That is, of course, assuming that the litigation doesn’t settle—which appears to be a strong possibility at this stage. By the time the trial date arrives (if it arrives), it will have been more than five years since the issues with Exactech’s medical implant devices were first uncovered.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Nick Oberheiden
Thousands of individual lawsuits have been consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the corporations that make aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), a type of firefighting foam that was filled with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), synthetic chemicals that are now known to be dangerous to human health. Here are 8 things that you should know about the AFFF firefighting foam lawsuits, according to mass tort lawyer Dr. Nick Oberheiden.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Nick Oberheiden
After issuing multiple recalls for its Impella-branded heart pump devices, Abiomed, Inc. is now facing lawsuits from patients and families across the country. As awareness of the issues with Abiomed’s Impella heart pumps continues to grow, the number of lawsuits filed against the company is expected to grow as well. Large-scale multi-district litigation (MDL) appears likely, as tens of thousands of patients and families potentially have claims for substantial economic and non-economic damages.
