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07.14.16

Sneak Peek: The Future of California’s Cap and Trade

Few government pronouncements are as highly guarded or anticipated as details of a California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) Cap and Trade amendment package. It may sound wonky, and Janet Yellen may disagree, but California’s Cap and Trade Regulation is a multibillion-dollar-a-year ...


07.14.16

Denial of Brady's Petition Calls Into Question His Strategy

Fourteen months after Tom Brady was suspended for 4 games by the NFL Commissioner, after several million dollars worth of litigation, Tom Brady remains suspended for 4 games. 


07.13.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, July 13, 2016

The President voices support for a public option; Vermont selects a Medicaid ACO; and Alabama ends enhanced primary care reimbursements.


07.08.16

eSports Recognizes the Value of Ethics

Previously unregulated eSports have established an integrity commission, in part to attract corporate sponsorships.


07.08.16

A Different Approach to Regulatory Relief

Community banks indeed need regulatory relief. Regulators generally agree, but their hands are tied as a decadelong enforcement environment drags on. Meanwhile, financial technology (fintech) firms assert they should not be subject to banking-type regulatory supervision as long as they are not ...


07.07.16

Supreme Court: Status Quo in Cuozzo

On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court decided Cuozzo Speed Technologies v. Lee, where it rejected challenges to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes review (IPR) process and held that (1) PTAB decisions regarding whether to institute IPR proceedings are by statute not subject to ...


07.07.16

Ad Company's Geotargeting Locates a $1M Penalty

InMobi, a Singapore-based mobile advertising company, will pay almost $1 million in civil penalties and implement a comprehensive privacy program to settle charges that the company violated the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by deceptively tracking ...


07.07.16

Will Industry Feel Impact of Supreme Court's Madden Rejection?

In a disappointing move, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied the petition for certiorari by Midland Funding to hear the case Madden v. Midland Funding. But could the inaction by the Supreme Court be much ado about nothing?


07.06.16

A New Focus on Managed Long-Term Services and Supports

On April 25, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule to overhaul the regulations governing Medicaid managed care (MMC).


07.06.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, July 6, 2016

Massachusetts extends coverage of Hepatitis C treatments and New Hampshire extends substance use disorder coverage to more Medicaid enrollees; Alaska’s Medicaid expansion now moves ahead uncontested; and CMS reports HealthCare.gov’s latest enrollment numbers.