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07.09.20

A Shared Responsibility: Protecting Consumer Health Privacy in an Increasingly Connected World

As this decade begins, Americans are increasingly apprehensive about the privacy of their personal information.


07.08.20

FAQs: Medical Resident Use of Telehealth During COVID-19

During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized new flexibility for medical residents and teaching physicians to rely on telehealth when caring for Medicare beneficiaries.


07.08.20

LA County Board Moves Toward Imposing Fines, Revoking Licenses for COVID-19 Noncompliance

With COVID-19 quickly spreading in Los Angeles County, on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion to develop a plan for establishing fines and more quickly shutting down businesses that fail to adhere to public Health Orders designed to control the ...


07.07.20

Conveyor Belt Fastener Design Held Not Eligible for Trade Dress Protection

In Flexible Steel Lacing Co. v. Conveyor Accessories Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a conveyor belt fastener’s “beveled center scallop” design was not entitled to trade dress protection because it was utilitarian. 


07.07.20

A Quick Reference Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is real-time or near real-time evaluation of a patient’s clinical status outside of a traditional healthcare setting. RPM leverages wireless devices (e.g., weight scale, blood pressure monitor), often integrated with a software platform, to monitor ...


07.06.20

California May Expand Unpaid Family Leave Requirements for Small Business

Last week, just before adjourning for a COVID-19-shortened summer recess, the California State Senate passed a measure that, if it becomes law, would significantly expand the availability of unpaid family leave in the state.


07.06.20

L.A. City and County COVID-19 Weekly Update (July 6, 2020)

Last week saw a continuation in the rise of cases reported in L.A. County—over 2,000 new cases every day of the week—as well as rising hospitalization rates.


07.06.20

Tuning Out Harmony: The Second Circuit Upholds Regulation Best Interest

Last year, a group of state attorneys general (AGs) filed suit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), challenging the agency’s Regulation BI (Best Interest), enacted in June 2019..


07.01.20

Judge Reverses Prior Dismissal of Copyright Suit on Use of Embedded Instagram Photo

In a major blow to web publishers, Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York reversed her own ruling from just two months ago and revived a photographer’s copyright suit against Mashable, Inc. (Mashable), over Mashable’s use of an embedded Instagram photograph on its website.


07.01.20

CA Indoor Restaurants and Entertainment Re-Closed by Governor’s Order

On Wednesday, July 1, Governor Newsom ordered restaurants and other indoor activities in much of the state to close down for a three-week period, due to concerns about rising COVID-19 metrics.