06.26.24
Taking a page from countries across the Atlantic, the California legislature is considering a bill that would give employees the “right to disconnect.”
On June 18, Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced an agreement with employers on reforms to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), with corresponding legislation introduced on June 21.
On Monday, June 24, 2024, the three US major record labels, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, filed copyright infringement claims against two artificial-intelligence (AI) music start-ups, Suno and Udio.
06.25.24
A Pennsylvania federal court has ruled that a lawmaker can be held personally liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for prerecorded robocalls that were intended as government communications to constituents.
Calls and messages encouraging a recipient to sign up for free nutrition counseling services did not constitute telephone solicitations within the meaning of the TCPA, according to a reported decision from a Wisconsin federal court.
An insurance company is on the hook for calls made by its agents after a decision from a federal court in Illinois.
An Arizona federal court determined that opt-in texts could violate the TCPA in a new decision.
In a keenly anticipated decision, Braidwood Management v. Becerra, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled June 21 that the law requiring commercial health plans to cover without cost sharing certain preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
06.24.24
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the landscape of the health care industry. But to date, litigation in this space has largely centered on the use of AI by health care payers in making coverage decisions.
This is an excerpt from a recently published study in AJMP Focus, “State Medicaid Coverage and Reimbursement of Adult Vaccines Administered by Physicians and Pharmacists as of 2022”, which was supported by Merck.