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05.19.17

One Day of Rest Mandated by California Supreme Court

Resolving a contentious issue of California law, the state’s highest court ruled that one day of rest is guaranteed for each defined workweek, although an employer is not forbidden from allowing an employee, fully apprised of his or her entitlement to rest, to independently choose not to take ...


05.18.17

AHCA Would Affect Medicare, Too

Dual eligibles—Medicare beneficiaries who also are enrolled in Medicaid—account for one-third of all Medicaid spending and could be disproportionately affected by efforts to cut and cap federal Medicaid funding.


05.18.17

FTC Emphasizes Disclosures in Letters to Influencers, Marketers

Influencers and marketers must clearly disclose their relationships, the Federal Trade Commission reiterated in more than 90 letters sent by the agency after it reviewed social media posts by celebrities, athletes and other influencers.


05.16.17

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, May 16, 2017

Governors pen bipartisan letter to Congress urging five-year extension of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); new analyses find Medicaid funding cuts under the AHCA would disproportionately affect women; and a Heritage Foundation fellow is tapped to lead HHS's Center ...


05.12.17

CSBS Sues OCC Over Fintech Charters

An organization of state banking regulators hit the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency with a lawsuit, claiming the federal agency’s plan to issue fintech charters exceeds its authority.


05.12.17

CFPB Updates: Consumer Reporting Supervisory Highlights, Loss Over CID

In news at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights focused on consumer reporting and was handed a major loss from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in an attempt to enforce a civil investigative demand (CID).


05.11.17

What Is a “Workplace”? California Appellate Court Considers

A California appellate panel considered the issue of the location of a “workplace” for purposes of employer liability when an employee got into a car accident.


05.11.17

New in False Ad Suits

The range of products targeted in recent false advertising class actions ran the gamut from baseball bats to a messaging app to soup.


05.11.17

Governor Brown’s May Revise 2017-18 Budget

This morning Governor Jerry Brown released his May Revision to his January budget proposal for the 2017-18 fiscal year.


05.10.17

Public/Private Partnerships

Manatt real estate partner Clayton B. Gantz and Stephen B. Friedman, president of SB Friedman Development Advisors, co-authored an article titled “Public/Private Partnerships,” which appeared in the March/April issue of LandWrites.