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06.23.16

Real-Time Data Analytics in Government Investigations and Reducing Exposure

It is not every day that the words “innovative” and “nimble” are used when referring to an agency of the federal government bureaucracy. Yet, after studying the playbook of sophisticated corporations, the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), run ...


06.23.16

CFPB Releases Proposed Regulation of Payday Loans

In a long anticipated move, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule to regulate so-called "debt traps" by requiring lenders to take additional steps to ensure consumers have the ability to repay certain types of small loans and placing limits on reborrowing or ...


06.23.16

President Signs Legislation Modernizing Federal Chemical Regulation Law

After a decade of negotiation, Congress has overwhelmingly approved legislation that, for the first time in 40 years, would modernize the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—the nation’s premier chemical control law. The TSCA amendments have deep, bipartisan support among ...


06.23.16

FTC Targets Spam, False Claims by Weight Loss Products

Alleging violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the CAN-SPAM Act, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit in Florida federal court against a pair of individuals and their companies in connection with weight loss products they marketed.


06.23.16

Hospital Mergers: Is the FTC’s Winning Streak Over?

Following a winning streak dating back to its 2007 win in Evanston,1 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has suffered two losses over the last month in two of its three pending hospital merger challenges.


06.22.16

Media Update—China

In this newsletter, we examine what's new in media as it relates to the Chinese market with specific emphasis on VR, Hollywood, and the ongoing digital transition.


06.22.16

CMS Revises Process for Determining MMC Payments

In its April 25, 2016 Medicaid managed care final rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides a revised framework for determining how managed care plans should be paid by state Medicaid programs.


06.21.16

Lyft Swerves to Avoid TCPA Claim, But Suit Continues

A Washington federal court issued a mixed decision for Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendant Lyft recently by allowing the suit to move forward on state law claims, but ruling that the ride-sharing company could not be liable under the federal statute for an advertising campaign that allowed ...


06.21.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, June 21, 2016

Massachusetts releases $1.8 billion DSRIP program waiver for public comment; CMS awards $32 million in grants to enroll uninsured children in Medicaid/CHIP; and Wisconsin withdraws proposed changes to Medicaid long-term care.


06.17.16

California Considers Extending Fair Pay Act to Race, Ethnicity

Reflecting the nationwide trend of pay equity, a new bill under consideration by California legislators would extend the state's Fair Pay Act (FPA) to include protections for race and ethnicity.