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11.06.23

Missouri Jury Finds Realtors Liable for $1.78 Billion in Commission Fees

On October 31, 2023, a federal jury in the Western District of Missouri found that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and multiple other real estate brokerages violated antitrust laws by conspiring to inflate the broker commission costs for residential home sales. 


11.02.23

New California Employment Law Round Up

California employers should begin preparing for a number of changes as a result of new laws enacted during this year’s legislative session that were signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Below are some of the major updates for employers in the state.


11.02.23

DOL, FTC Partner Up on Employment Issues

The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have partnered to fight anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive practices in a new formal collaboration between the agencies.


11.02.23

EEOC Proposes Updated Harassment Guidance

For the first time since 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued guidance on harassment in the workplace.


11.02.23

Issue Spotting Common Policy and Operational Barriers to Ex Parte Renewals: State Assessment Tool

Many states are actively working to make changes to their systems to enable ex parte renewals at the individual level and implement mitigation strategies to ensure eligible Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees retain coverage until those system changes are ...


11.02.23

Takeaways From the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on AI

On October 30, President Biden signed a highly anticipated “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (AI).


11.01.23

Increasing Community Health Workers’ Role in Supporting Medicaid Members

Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who come from and/or have deep roots in the communities they serve.


10.31.23

CMMI Issues Report on Status of Pending Drug Models

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has provided new updates on CMS’ planned initiatives to address prescription drug costs in a blog post from Director Liz Fowler.


10.30.23

Manatt Launches New Music Streaming Royalty Calculator for the United States

The streaming economy has changed the music industry forever, mandating an increased push for transparency for artists and other rights holders who now rely on the streaming platforms as their primary revenue source and connection to consumers.


10.30.23

FTC Regulation Tracker—October

The big regulatory news out of the FTC in October is a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, or as the Commission calls them, “Junk Fees.”