Dr. Keith Bellovich delivered a fast-paced and highly relevant overview of the federal policy and legislative environment impacting kidney care.

On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed sweeping restrictions on Remote Patient Monitoring and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring reimbursement that could fundamentally reshape the telehealth landscape. Will the new direct-employment mandate, initiating visit requirements, and reduced reimbursement rates eliminate existing business models or drive innovation in compliance? Organizations face a critical September 2026 deadline to influence the final rule before January 2027 implementation.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated a key provision of the Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) Final Rule on Demurrage and Detention Billing, finding the FMC's approach...

Notwithstanding significant changes at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – including the removal of two of the five Commissioners, and the new appointment of Commissioner Mark Meador...

On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security.

As of July 1, 2022, amendments to the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance went into effect, requiring employers with at least one employee working within the city's boundaries to update sexual harassment policies...

New York City has expanded its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA), now referred to as the Protected Time Off Law (PTOL), through “final rules,” effective July 23, 2026.

The Renal Healthcare Association advocates for dialysis providers and ESRD patients by shaping policy and engaging lawmakers to address key challenges.

On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ("PFS") Proposed Rule.

On July 17, 2025, US District Court Judge William Alsup approved a class certification against Anthropic for copyright infringement.

On June 6, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken issued a long-awaited final approval of a $2.8 billion settlement in the blockbuster House v. NCAA antitrust case that paves the way...

In Shah v. Capital One Financial Corporation, the Northern District of California handed down a ruling that may shape the trajectory of litigation involving tracking technologies, online privacy policies...

In this era of driver and employee shortages, employers of all kinds - motor - carriers, freight intermediaries and shippers, should be aware of a byzantine array of federal statutes...

The Supreme Court has spoken in its Montgomery v. Caribe Transport decision, and the brokerage sector, and even shipper and motor carriers, are working toward adapting to this “new liability regime.”

State and federal regulators are intensifying enforcement actions against solar companies, with Texas launching a major initiative targeting alleged misrepresentations about energy savings, system performance, and financing terms. As attorneys general nationwide scrutinize marketing claims and sales practices, solar companies face mounting pressure to ensure their projections and disclosures are accurate, substantiated, and compliant with evolving consumer protection standards.

The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Jones v. Starz Entertainment, LLC marks a significant development in the continued rapid evolution of mass arbitration.

The real estate joint venture (JV) is an investment vehicle that marries investment or development competence on one hand with capital on the other to invest in a real estate platform.

A California appellate court is considering whether management services organizations and dental services organizations can maintain contractual rights to replace physician-owners of affiliated professional corporations without violating corporate practice of medicine laws.

Montana's amendments also remove the cure period for alleged violations beginning in October, provide prescriptive methods through which businesses have to provide consumers with targeted advertising opt...