On April 28, the Trump Administration released an executive order (EO), titled "Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens," which explicitly targets "sanctuary" jurisdictions (states and localities)...

Starting on January 1, 2026, California will enforce a new law that limits retention in private construction contracts to 5%, aligning private projects (where retention is typically 10%) with public works...

To help you build an effective AI compliance program, Manatt has developed a packaged solution. This solution draws on extensive research and the cross-disciplinary knowledge of many Manatt professionals.

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to approve issuance of a Final Rule banning nearly all noncompete agreements nationwide.

Family planning services allow women to make their own choices about whether and when to have children. These services, which are critical to ensuring gender and racial equity and reproductive justice

On January 20, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will examine postsecondary schools' "in-house" lending practices (the Announcement).

The inclusion of racial and ethnic groups in clinical trials has been a national priority for decades, but progress toward that end has been limited.

On December 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS) Informational Bulletin (CIB)...

On January 16, CMS released a State Medicaid Director Letter (SMDL) rescinding January 2020 guidance that invited states to apply for Section 1115 "Healthy Adult Opportunity" (HAO) demonstrations.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance on December 9 to answer key questions regarding the expanded flexibilities for HSAs and associated high-deductible health plans...

State leaders seeking to understand the drivers of health care costs and their impact on residents can leverage a growing number of available data sources—with information on state-level health care...

Prenatal vaccines—those administered during a pregnancy—provide crucial protections to pregnant women and/or newborns against communicable diseases such as whooping cough and influenza.

It is increasingly difficult to foresee the endpoint of the current government shutdown. The Senate has voted multiple times to reject the existing proposals...

On April 14, 39 State Attorneys General sent a letter to House and Senate leadership calling on Congress to pass legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)...

On May 27, CMS circulated a Dear Colleague letter to states announcing that it would be "ramping up financial oversight activities" ...

On February 1, the Trump Administration imposed a new ten percent tariff on virtually all products imported from China, following President Trump's earlier announcement that his administration would impose tariffs on Canada.

On December 17, the House Bipartisan Task Force on AI delivered its report to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

In a recent case brought in front of the Civil Resolution Tribunal ("CRT") of British Columbia, Moffatt v. Air Canada, 2024 BCCRT 149...

Prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health and Value Strategies program.

As the United States continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and new variants of the virus that are more transmissible and potentially more likely to result in severe illness or death...