03.26.19
Caribbean Cruise Line—a frequent subject of this newsletter—sailed away from class certification in another putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action, successfully persuading a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois that the plaintiff was an inadequate ...
In Ramos v. PF Homestead LLC, a Florida federal court refused to send a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case to arbitration, rejecting the defendant’s attempt to rely on the arbitration provision in a canceled gym membership agreement.
Months after the ACA International decision from the D.C. Circuit changed the face of litigation in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) world by striking down the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) 2015 automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) guidance, courts remain split on ...
03.25.19
Telehealth is part of a larger digital transformation in healthcare. Care that used to take place only in brick-and-mortar settings can now occur digitally.
Q: Health Plan A funded a county agency that provides detoxification services to develop a more integrated withdrawal management model for its dually eligible members.
As payers and financial stewards, health plans can influence the behavior of patients and providers around the use of opioids.
The proposed New York Health Act would replace all private and public (including Medicare and Medicaid) health insurance coverage for New York State residents with state-sponsored health coverage funded through new state payroll and other taxes.
The number of healthcare transactions reached a record-smashing 1,738 in 2018.
The key antitrust statute is Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits two types of agreements that unreasonably restrain competition.
For the first time in 15 years, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 23, which governs class actions, has been amended.