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04.06.23

New AAP Childhood Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines Have Implications for Medicaid

In January 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new clinical practice guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of children with obesity.


04.05.23

District Court Blocks ACA Provision Mandating Coverage of Preventive Services

The Affordable Care Act requirement for commercial coverage of certain preventive services without cost sharing is unenforceable, according to a March 30 decision in Braidwood Management, Inc. v. Becerra by Judge Reed O’Connor in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas.


04.04.23

Invention Related to Geographically Targeted Search Results Held Patent Eligible

In Weisner v. Google LLC, the Federal Circuit held claims directed to mobile device location tracking contained an inventive concept that transformed the abstract idea of creating and using travel histories to improve computerized search results into a patent-eligible invention.


04.04.23

CFPB Issues Final Rule on Small Business Data Collection

On March 30, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its long-awaited final rule to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act.


04.03.23

New York Continues to Work Toward State Budget Agreement

New York State missed its April 1 statutory deadline for an on-time budget, as the Hochul Administration and New York State Senate and Assembly leaders and staff continued to negotiate toward an agreement on the state’s fiscal and policy priorities for 2023–24.


03.30.23

New Montana Medicaid Report Shows Impact of Continuous Enrollment in Medicaid Expansion

In February 2023, the Montana Healthcare Foundation released the third annualMedicaid in Montana report on the state’s Medicaid program and its impact on the state budget, economy and health.


03.28.23

Recent AI Developments And The Practice Of Law—An Update

There have been many recent artificial intelligence (AI) developments over the past several weeks that impact the practice of law.


03.27.23

FAA Preempts AB 51, Ninth Circuit Holds

The battle over arbitration in California continues, with a divided panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts the state’s Assembly Bill 51, a law that prohibits employers from requiring employees to execute an arbitration agreement as a ...


03.27.23

NLRB: Confidentiality, Non-Disparagement Provisions Violate NLRA

Offering an employee a severance agreement that includes confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions runs afoul of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a divided National Labor Relations Bureau (NLRB) recently ruled.


03.27.23

California Appellate Panel Defines ‘Willful’ Wage Nonpayment and ‘Good Faith Dispute’

A California appellate panel has weighed in on premium pay in a decision on remand from the state’s highest court, with an employer-friendly result.