The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that a laboratory owner’s payments to marketing intermediaries violated the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA)—in its first ...

On July 11, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision clarifying the scope of Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA).

Who will these intermediaries be? My money is on the large public relations firms that already understand how international marketing works. [Thanks to Jim Sterne for the lead.] ...

The micro-environment consists of company employees, suppliers, marketing intermediaries, customers, competition and stakeholders. These are all forces that are unique to your company and its ...

Today, the Business Intelligence Group named One80 Intermediaries (One80), Organization of the Year in the 2022 Sales and Marketing Technology Awards ...

In certain markets, channel partners add value to a transaction. When channel functions are performed by intermediaries, they may increase the value of a product. For example, a channel partner ...

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance. Issues and Practice, Vol. 46, No. 1 (January 2021), pp. 107-129 (23 pages) This paper investigates the role of distribution channels in market discipline for ...

CMS proposed a new rule that would set a flat amount — $632 — that MA plans can pay agents and brokers when they help enroll a person into any MA plan. The proposed rule also addresses ...

BOSTON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--One80 Intermediaries (One80), a specialty insurance broker headquartered in Boston, announced today that it has partnered with the AVMA Trust Professional Liability program.