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03.13.24

Specialty Value Based Care: A 2024 Checklist for Survival and Success

2023 was a difficult year for specialty value-based care start-ups. Revenue fell below expectations, engagement lagged and a number of start-ups went under.


03.11.24

New CMMI Innovation Models Support Digitally Enabled Care

With the recent announcements of two new innovation models, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is recognizing the role of digitally enabled care in improving access and outcomes.


03.11.24

Public Use Bar Doesn’t Require Invention to Be Handled or Ready for Human Use/FDA Approval

In Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.,1 the Federal Circuit held that an invention ready for patenting is in public use if it is shown to or used by an individual other than the inventor with no obligation of confidentiality.


03.06.24

April 15, 2024: Deadline for up to 100% Property Tax Abatement—M-CORE Program

In 2023, the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA), in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), introduced a new tax incentive program known as the Manhattan Commercial Revitalization Program (M-CORE).


03.06.24

CMS Approves Montana’s Reentry Services, Contingency Management, and Tenancy Supports 1115 Waiver

On February 26, 2024, Montana received Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approval to provide contingency management, tenancy supports, and Reentry Initiative services under its Section 1115 Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Demonstration.


03.03.24

February 29, 2024: The “Rarest Day of the Year”

Rare Disease Day took place on February 29, 2024. Created in 2008, Rare Disease Day is observed on the “rarest day of the year”—February 29 in leap years (February 28 in non-leap years)—as a way to galvanize the global rare disease community around the goal of achieving ...


02.29.24

Restrictions on Employer Communication Upheld by Ninth Circuit

In an appeal presenting recurring issues facing district courts in managing whether and how prospective parties are brought into wage and hour lawsuits under the collective action procedures of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an order imposing a ...


02.29.24

New Trial for FEHA Plaintiff After Prejudicial Complaints Admitted

Reversing a jury verdict in favor of an employer, a California appellate panel found the trial court erred by allowing the introduction of complaints made by coworkers against the plaintiff.


02.29.24

PAGA Claims Can’t Be Tossed on Manageability Grounds

Do trial courts have the inherent authority to dismiss a claim under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) on the grounds of manageability?


02.29.24

Ninth Circuit Affirms California Supreme Court’s Take on Viking River

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals applied the California Supreme Court’s interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the intersection of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims and arbitration in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana.