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09.22.16

Can Antitrust Prevent Excessive Drug Price Increases?

The antitrust agencies are often asked to intervene in markets where pricing appears to be excessive to help protect consumers and stabilize markets. In the drug arena, healthcare providers, consumers and politicians have been extremely vocal in criticizing some companies, such as Mylan, Valeant ...


09.21.16

California Supreme Court Rejects “New Project” Argument

As land developers and investors know all too well, so-called “fully-entitled” projects in California can command massive premiums. Their high prices reflect both their scarcity and the value placed on avoiding a costly re-entitlement process. But what if the buyer of such a project was ...


09.20.16

SPECIAL FOCUS: Responses to Retail Webinar Attendee Questions

During our hugely successful “Avoiding TCPA Pitfalls: Essential Guidance for Retailers” webinar this summer, we received dozens of questions from attendees, most of which we were not able to address during the closing minutes of the presentation. But, we held on to the questions and ...


09.20.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, September 20, 2016

Study finds that Marketplace premiums are lower than employer-based premiums, even without federal subsidies; New York regulators move to shield insurers from outsized federal risk adjustment payments; and Missouri will seek CMS approval to charge Medicaid enrollees for missed appointments.


09.15.16

OCC, CFPB Charge Bank With Illegal Credit Card Practices

Two regulators have forced one bank to pay $35 million for allegedly improper credit card practices—including fines owed to both the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).


09.15.16

FTC Gives Academic Journals a Failing Grade

The Federal Trade Commission recently filed suit against the publisher of online academic journals that the agency accused of deceiving academics and researchers.


09.15.16

OCC, CFPB Charge Bank With Illegal Credit Card Practices

Two regulators have forced one bank to pay $35 million for allegedly improper credit card practices—including fines owed to both the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).


09.15.16

CFPB Focuses on Bank Accounts, Services Complaints for August

Bank accounts and services were the focus of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) August snapshot of consumer complaints.


09.14.16

The Many Moving Parts of California’s Climate Program

Some storylines are pretty linear and easy to follow—boy meets girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after. The End. But then there are the others. The ones that really capture the imagination of the world.


09.13.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, September 13, 2016

CMS denies Ohio’s Medicaid 1115 waiver request citing the State’s premium proposal; HHS will use 2015 risk corridors collections for remaining 2014 payments; and Alabama closes its Medicaid budget shortfall.