12.21.22
Though there has been some debate in the courts on this front, the Federal Communications Commission clarified its position in a recent declaratory ruling issued in November 2022, concluding that callers must obtain a consumer’s consent before delivering a so-called “ringless” ...
In a victory for a Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendant, a Florida federal court judge sua sponte found that a plaintiff lacked standing to bring the case.
A California federal court recently rejected a plaintiff’s contention that text messages from a chatbot fell within the provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act prohibiting unsolicited calls made using an “artificial or prerecorded voice.”
12.20.22
Enacted by Congress in November, the Speak Out Act was signed into law by President Joseph Biden on December 7, prohibiting the judicial enforcement of a nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause agreed to before a dispute arises involving sexual assault or sexual harassment in violation of federal, ...
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on release provisions in separation agreements in the context of a head injury.
Reversing summary judgment in favor of an employer in a Family and Medical Leave Act action, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that an employee was not required to provide details each time he requested to use his intermittent leave.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new set of warning letters to companies for illegally selling food and beverage products that contain cannabidiol.
12.19.22
Health and well-being require far more than medical care.
12.16.22
Calling for foundational reforms in every sector of California’s economy, now the fourth largest in the world, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on December 15, 2022, adopted the latest and most sweeping version of the “Scoping Plan.”
12.15.22
The recent waiver approvals in Arizona, Arkansas, Massachusetts and Oregon promise, in varying degrees, to transform coverage and care while signaling to other states the types of waiver policies CMS is prepared to allow.