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Get the 4-1-1 on your 1099s: 5th and 7th Circuits Permit Paying Volume-Based Compensation to Independent Sales Agents

FDA Law Blog

Two recent cases from the Fifth and Seventh Circuits, however, support the legality of these arrangements in the absence of the government proving certain circumstances. Mallory , 988 F.3d 3d 730 (4th Cir. Sorenson follows the Fifth Circuits decision last year in United States v. Marchetti, 96 F.4th Marchetti, 96 F.4th Medicare or Medicaid).

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. The VSD includes data from a dozen large healthcare networks. In a 2005 article for Rolling Stone that was later retracted, Kennedy claimed government officials had buried data showing a link between vaccines and autism, The Wall Street Journal said.