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Consider this scenario: One of your former students working in the medical devices field for over twenty years has been approached by a medical device manufacturer in Poland who wishes to market its medical devices in the European Union and eventually expand into the United States. You learn that the Polish government is especially interested in pursuing this opportunity as part of its larger outward foreign direct investment strategy. Your student is being considered as the CEO of prospective U.S. operations. Part I is a study of the various issues that will confront the potential Polish exporter in meeting European Union standards which will guarantee compliance with EU Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR). Part II discusses U.S. regulations concerning the importation of medical devices into the United States and the advertising & labeling of such devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the development of regulatory rulings and memoranda with respect to the impact of New Media on the employer-employee relationship since the seminal Quon decision in 2010. It explores employer obligations and employee rights that expand from the Fourth Amendment privacy application to a broader perspective encompassing First Amendment privacy, speech and assembly protections in different workplace contexts.

The article discusses the impact of the Commerce Clause and the 14th amendment of the deregulation of the economy in the U.S. It chronicles the strengthening of the federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce, allowing the Congress could legislate economic and business activities. It also examines the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment that secures citizens and their properties under the due process of law and equal protection regulation.