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04.16.24

Could The FTC Regulate Employers?

Employers may face additional enforcement from another federal regulator, with a proposal by a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner to apply Section 5 of the FTC Act to improperly classified independent contractors.


04.16.24

NLRB GC: Employers Cannot Restrict Workers From Moonlighting

In a new memorandum, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) stated that restricting employees from holding outside or secondary employment is a violation of federal labor law.


04.16.24

The Bounds of Silence: Pure Omissions Are Not Actionable Under Rule 10b-5(b)

In the context of a purchase or sale of a security, Rule 10b-5(b) (17 CFR §240.10b-5(b)) makes it unlawful “[t]o make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were ...


04.15.24

State Supreme Court Decisions Severely Restrict Access to Abortion in Arizona and Florida

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, individual states continue to decide the legality of abortion on a state-by-state basis.


04.11.24

A New Proposal for a Federal Privacy Law is Here: What You Should Know about APRA

Earlier this week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released a discussion draft of the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (APRA).


04.09.24

Biden Administration Doubles Down on Investment in Women’s Health

Manatt Health highlights the support for women’s health advances in President Biden’s recent Executive Order.


04.05.24

FTC Regulation Tracker – March 2024

The Final Rules keep rolling in, but with a twist. Each of the two Final Rules released in March were accompanied by Supplemental Notices of Proposed Rulemaking.


04.03.24

AI Issues for Physicians: Highlights from AMA Report

The American Medical Association, in collaboration with Manatt, recently published the Future of Health: The Emerging Landscape of Augmented Intelligence in Health Care.


04.02.24

Strategies to Support Children and Youth Mental Health Needs in New York State

Children and youth managing complex behavioral health needs, particularly those residing in New York State, are in desperate need of targeted support from state leadership.


03.28.24

Understanding CMS’ AHEAD Model: Medicare Hospital Global Budget Design and Implications

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released initial specifications for its Medicare Hospital Global Budget methodology under the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model.