04.17.23
On April 12, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services released a notice of proposed rulemaking to address the privacy of protected health information related to reproductive health care services.
We have compiled the below chart of FTC proposed rulemakings and guidance relating to consumer protection currently making their way through the administrative process.
04.14.23
Less than one year after the Supreme Court overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and “returned [the issue of abortion back] to the people and their elected representatives,” access to safe and legal abortion ...
In today’s Axon decision, the Supreme Court concluded that a litigant may directly challenge the constitutionality of the structure of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission in federal court without first lumbering through the administrative process.
04.13.23
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has put hundreds of advertisers on notice that they should avoid misleading consumers with ads that make product claims that cannot be substantiated.
04.11.23
Recent bank failures followed by stresses on other regional banks have resulted in a variety of theories of causes and predictable finger-pointing among various constituencies, followed by proposals for new legislative and regulatory restrictions.
It has been busy at the FCC.
Cellphones are not subject to the protections of the federal DNC Registry, a North Carolina magistrate judge has ruled, recommending that a Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendant’s motion to dismiss the suit be granted.
A plaintiff’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action claims failed in the face of an established business relationship defense, an Illinois federal court has ruled.
Covered entities are used to ensuring that many different facets of their operations comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act rules.