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10.29.15

CFPB Launches New Battle: Proposal to Ban Arbitration Clauses Blocking Group Action

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has picked its next battle: a proposal to limit the terms of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements in contracts involving consumer financial products or services.


10.29.15

Class Action Over “Compare At” Price Claims Moves Forward

A retailer’s motion to dismiss a putative class action challenging price advertising with “compare at” claims was rejected by a California federal court.


10.28.15

New California Employment Laws on Fair Pay, Waiver of Meal Periods

California continues its focus on employment-related legislation.


10.28.15

Are Regulatory Delays Exacerbating Drought Conditions?

As we enter the fall season, substantial portions of California and the Pacific Northwest are experiencing extreme to exceptional drought conditions.


10.27.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, October 27, 2015

HHS announces average premium price increases of 7.5% across HealthCare.gov; Michigan and Illinois launch the country’s first joint cloud-based, real-time Medicaid information management system; and the Marketplace carrier shake-up continues.


10.26.15

Manatt on Medicaid: Medicaid at 50—The Program’s Evolution and Future

Editor’s note: Born as an afterthought to Medicare five decades ago, Medicaid has evolved from an adjunct to state welfare programs into the nation’s largest health insurer.


10.23.15

With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now?

What happens now? That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the Safe Harbor agreement between the United States and the European Union, leaving a wake of uncertainty about the international transfer of ...


10.22.15

"Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" Part III

It is time for another installment in our continuing "Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" coverage into the ongoing constitutional challenges to the SEC's "in-house" administrative proceedings.


10.22.15

Ninth Circuit Rules That "Fair Use" Must First Be Considered Before Sending Takedown Notices

On September 14, 2015, the Ninth Circuit ruled in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. that, prior to sending a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright holder must first evaluate whether the alleged unauthorized performance constituted "fair use."


10.22.15

NHL Commissioner to Keynote Major Sports Conference

The long-time Commissioner of the National Hockey League, Gary Bettman, will keynote the PrimeTime Sports Management Conference in Toronto on November 9 and 10.