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10.17.22

Data Liberation Day: The Expanded EHI Definition Goes Into Effect

On October 6, the expanded definition of electronic health information under the information blocking rule went into effect, in what the government hailed as “data liberation day.”


10.13.22

IRS Extends Low-Income Housing Deadlines

The IRS released Notice 2022-52 on October 7 in response to ongoing supply chain and labor disruptions.


10.12.22

Three Takeaways From the CFPB’s Fall 2022 Supervisory Highlights Special Edition

Last week, the CFPB released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights focusing on recent examination findings related to practices by student loan servicers and schools and colleges that directly lend to students. Here are three things you should know.  


10.04.22

Health Care Providers’ Role in Energy Conservation and Sustainability: A Guide to Driving Change

Health care leaders are operating in an environment of seismic change.


10.03.22

Student Loan News: California Proposes Updated Licensing and Servicing Regulations

In an effort to clarify the regulatory framework applicable to new education financing methods such as Income Share Agreements (“ISAs”), installment payment plans and other alternative financing methods, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has proposed to ...


10.03.22

SCOTUS on WOTUS: Sackett Court Signals No "Major Question" and "Significant Nexus" Likely Gone

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to replace the "significant nexus" test for whether a wetland is jurisdictional under the federal Clean Water Act, focusing instead on a long-standing and equally long-debated statutory qualifier of "adjacency."


09.29.22

Inter Partes Review: Updated Guidance on Use of Applicant Admitted Prior Art

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued updated guidance on acceptable uses of applicant admitted prior art in inter partes review proceedings under 35 U.S.C. § 311.


09.29.22

California Passes Bills to Protect Abortion Data Privacy

On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills that collectively aim to strengthen privacy safeguards for individuals seeking abortion services.


09.29.22

2023 New York State Legislative Preview: Health Care

While the primary focus over the next two months will be on the fall general election, planning for the next fiscal year and 2023 legislative session is underway.


09.28.22

CMS Reexamines Its Interpretation of the COVID-19 Continuous Enrollment Requirement

On September 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reopened the comment period for a November 2020 interim final rule titled “Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.”