CMS announced in a letter released on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (CMS Letter) that it will ramp up financial oversight of states to detect misuse of federal Medicaid funds “[t]o ensure that federal money is not used to pay for or…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Immigration Law
On May 1, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released a revised draft of its regulations. These modifications, issued in response to public comments on earlier drafts, aim to clarify and simplify key…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 27, 2025, HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report outlining its finding that Medicare payments for evaluation management (E&M) services provided on the same day as eye injections were at risk for…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
On June 3, 2025, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied motions to dismiss antitrust claims in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) against MultiPlan, Inc. and…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Insurance
On May 14, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") issued a favorable opinion on granting a six-month extension to the existing adequacy decisions for the UK, following a formal proposal from the European Commission…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, International Law & Trade
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report determining that there is a nontrivial risk that prior authorization requirements, together with internal coverage criteria, may undermine the Medicare…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. et al. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. et al. (605 U.S. ___ (2025)), holding that personal jurisdiction exists over an enforcement action against…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, International Law & Trade
On May 22, 2025, the House passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Bill), its budget reconciliation legislation that upheld most of the Medicaid-related provisions originally approved by the House Energy and Commerce…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance, Taxation
In response to a record year of personal data breaches in 2024, affecting millions of individuals, the French data protection authority (CNIL) has published a set of security directives for operators of large databases. While…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The development of innovative pharmaceuticals targeting refractory mental health conditions has stagnated for decades. In recent years, however, psychedelics have garnered scientific and public attention for their potential use…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Health
On May 21, 2025, CMS announced that it plans to increase its auditing efforts for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Effective immediately, CMS will audit all eligible MA contracts for each payment year in all newly initiated…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Health, Insurance
CDRH and CBER Release Final Guidance for the Q-Submission Program and Draft Guidance for PreSTAR -
On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center…
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All Wrapped Up: Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, April 2025 -
All Wrapped Up is a newsletter that tracks and analyzes key developments in extended producer responsibility laws for packaging. It is a…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
Last week, CMS published new guidance and issued a Request for Information on the Hospital Price Transparency Rule in response to President Trump’s February 25, 2025 Executive Order titled, “Making America Healthy Again by…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES – WHEN DO THEY HAVE UK EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS?
The question of jurisdiction and application of UK employment rights is a growing problem for employers, as employees increasingly work in multiple locations…
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/ Conflict of Laws, International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law
