01.27.16
In a favorable ruling for employers, the European Union's (EU) highest court concluded that an employee's right to privacy was not breached by an employer who monitored his private communications during working hours.
01.22.16
In a 6-3 decision on January 20, the U.S. Supreme Court provided clarity regarding the impact of Rule 68 offers of judgment and settlement offers in class actions by issuing its eagerly awaited decision in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez.
01.21.16
On December 14, 2015, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas refused to dismiss antitrust claims filed by a telemedicine provider against the state's medical board, alleging that certain board regulations were anticompetitive and imposed to protect state-licensed ...
As we reported in our December 2015 newsletter, both SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney and DOJ Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell gave speeches on November 17, 2015 at the American Conference Institute's 32nd Annual International Conference on the FCPA reviewing their respective ...
01.20.16
Litigation involving out-of-network providers, meaning providers who do not have a negotiated rate agreement with the respective payer, continues to be rampant. Certain issues arise frequently in these lawsuits over whether the payers had properly paid claims. This article discusses several ...
01.19.16
An Illinois federal court judge has allowed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against Yahoo! to move forward, certifying a class of roughly half a million plaintiffs.
01.15.16
The New York City government was busy over the holidays, with an amendment to the Human Rights Law establishing caregivers as a protected class and the Commission on Human Rights issuing guidance on transgender rights, among other developments.
12.22.15
In Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, the U.S. Supreme Court held that claims for a computer-based software method for reducing financial-settlement risk were patent-ineligible "abstract ideas" that were not made patent-eligible merely by requiring the use of a computer for implementation.
12.18.15
On November 13, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School held its inaugural conference, "The New Healthcare Industry: Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act."