07.30.24
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published guidance on the use of artificial intelligence-based tools in patent practice to inform practitioners of important issues when using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in matters before the Patent Office.
During the first half of 2024, nineteen states passed laws entering them into an array of different interstate compacts.
In the second federal district court ruling to date on the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning nearly all noncompete agreements, a Pennsylvania court upheld the FTC rule as a legitimate exercise of the FTC’s substantive rulemaking authority under the FTC Act.
07.29.24
Affirming summary judgment for an employer, a California appellate panel said an employee could not advance claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on her egg retrieval procedures.
Maryland, Minnesota and Vermont join the growing list of states enacting and expanding pay transparency requirements.
A California appellate court ruled that an employer could not compel arbitration based on an agreement between the employee and the staffing agency that placed her.
07.25.24
In July, CMS approved six new Reentry Section 1115 Demonstrations in Illinois, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont.
Safety net hospitals play a vital role in serving marginalized communities, however, their efforts to advance health equity are undermined because in many states Medicaid payment rates do not cover costs.
07.24.24
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the second part of its guidance on implementation of the IRA’s Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (MPPP), known informally as Part D monthly out of-pocket “smoothing”.
On July 12, CMS released a companion guide to the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services final rule (the “Access Final Rule”).