Drug companies have been required since 1 January to record any payments to doctors with a view to this becoming publicly searchable knowledge from July 2016. Writing in NLJ this week, Leigh Day solicitor Sarah Moore says the new code aims to encourage transparency, but she questions how successful the initiative will be. Doctors can formally opt out, she notes, while neither private hospitals nor medical device companies are covered by the requirement. Most crucially, she says, the code is voluntary.
13 February 2015
Medical transparency?
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor
International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire
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Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist
Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg
Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire
NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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