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10.21.15

Digital Health Update

In this newsletter, we highlight some of the ways digital technologies are transforming healthcare and the opportunities and challenges they present to individuals and businesses.


10.21.15

Restrictions on Condominium Conversions

Now that the recession is beginning to become a memory of the past, the demand for housing is on the rise, and with it is the explosive interest in the multifamily market.


10.21.15

Standardizing Health Plan Reporting on Access to Care

Regulators in many states are requiring greater standardization of reporting and transparency of data concerning provider networks and access to care. The increased standardization and transparency means more meaningful plan-to-plan comparisons, including between Affordable Care Act (ACA) and ...


10.20.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, October 20, 2015

Arizona seeks Medicaid Waiver to implement new coverage restrictions for Medicaid expansion enrollees and delivery system reform; Tennessee’s uninsured rate continues to drop; and Louisiana gubernatorial candidates line up behind Medicaid expansion.


10.20.15

After FCC Citation for TCPA Violations, Lyft Changes Terms of Service

Less than a week after the Federal Communications Commission cited Lyft for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by requiring customers to provide consent to receive automated text messages, the company changed its terms of service.


10.16.15

Take the Cure: New California Law Permits Corrections of Wage Statement Violations

Employers may want to review their wage statements after Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that permits them to cure potential violations leading to a lawsuit under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).


10.15.15

FTC Removes the Gag, Takes Action Over Marketer's Confidentiality Clauses

The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Roca Labs and Roca Labs Nutraceutical, along with their principals, alleging that they violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by making deceptive claims about weight loss products and by threatening to sue consumers who shared their ...


10.15.15

Get Ready, Get Set: Same-Day ACH Service Mandatory in 2016

Continuing its efforts to modernize the U.S. payments infrastructure, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors announced that effective September 23, 2016, receiving depository financial institutions (RDFIs) who participate in the FedACH network will be required to accept same-day automated clearing ...


10.14.15

Manatt Attorneys Take Center Stage at Leading Industry Events

Linda Goldstein, Chair of Manatt’s Advertising, Marketing and Media practice, has been invited to join an esteemed faculty at ACI’s inaugural Women Leaders in Advertising and Marketing Law Conference.


10.13.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, October 13, 2015

Iowa's largest insurer joins the State's Marketplace for coverage year 2017; carrier changes are announced for Marketplaces in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Wyoming; and South Dakota's Governor convenes the Health Care Solutions Coalition to study ways to pay for Medicaid expansion.