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01.25.19

FAA Proposes New Rules Expanding Drone Operations Over People and at Night

On January 14, 2019, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would be publishing in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to permit the flight of approved unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, over ...


01.24.19

Direct Selling Joins Self-Regulatory Program Neighborhood at CBBB

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) announced the establishment of a new direct selling self-regulatory program that will be administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB).


01.24.19

Florida Court Awards FTC $25M Against Roca Labs

A Florida federal court has ordered Roca Labs to pay more than $25 million in an action filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the weight loss marketer’s efforts to prevent consumers from writing bad reviews, among other violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act.


01.24.19

California AG Seeks Input on CCPA

Stakeholders have the chance to weigh in on the forthcoming regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) at six public forums scheduled for January and February of this year.


01.24.19

Consumer World Challenges GM’s ‘More Reliable’ Claims

Consumer World has called on General Motors to stop running ads claiming that its Chevrolet brand of cars is “more reliable” than 23 other brands based on data from a survey conducted about the attributes of 4-year-old cars.


01.23.19

The Future of Pharmaceuticals in Medicaid

President Trump’s “American Patients First” blueprint outlines several initiatives to lower drug prices and reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs.


01.23.19

Leading-Edge Practices for Ending the Opioid Epidemic

Pennsylvania has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, with prescription opioid-related overdoses growing in the early 2000s—and, more recently, high volumes of heroin and fentanyl coursing through the Commonwealth, given its strategic location as a major transportation hub.


01.23.19

Healthcare Providers Use Sale-Leasebacks to Help Fuel Growth

“The best time to buy real estate is now, and the best time to sell it is never.” Real estate moguls have been preaching and practicing this adage for many years.


01.23.19

Applications of Digital Health to Clinical Research

The clinical research landscape is changing rapidly. The future will be characterized by changes in trial and study design, continued shifts in the funding environment, and new types of data and data collection methods, among other transformational developments.


01.23.19

Now on Demand: ACOs, IPAs, CINs, PHOs: Legal Issues Behind the Acronyms

What’s in a name? There is considerable overlap in the nature and goals of the “alphabet soup” of network structures—Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) and Physician Hospital Organizations ...