7/2/2025 1:58:24 PM CMS Unveils New Prior Authorization “WISeR Model” for Electrical Nerve Stimulators, Skin and Tissue Substitutes and Knee Arthroscopy By Ramana Rameswaran Joe Lecroy CMS recently announced a new model it will be using to pilot the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in reviewing prior...
6/27/2025 1:07:18 PM FDA Requesting Comments on Proposed Guidance Regarding 510(k) Transfers By Kate Hardey Brandon von Kriegelstein On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued draft guidance (the “510(k) Transfer Guidance”) related to the...
6/26/2025 8:55:55 PM Texas Federal Court Vacates Most of 2024 HIPAA Rule on Reproductive Health Information By Lisa Prather Brandon von Kriegelstein In 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) implemented a new privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability...
6/25/2025 1:24:06 PM 5 Things to Know About Senate Bill 1318: Navigating New Non-Compete Restrictions for Healthcare Practitioners in Texas By Kenya Scott Woodruff Ramana Rameswaran Michelle Apodaca Lisa Prather Taylor Stilwell +2 more... Show less On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1318 (“SB 1318”), which amends Texas Business & Commerce Code...
6/16/2025 4:36:07 PM FDA Reimagined: Faster, Friendlier, and Focused on Cures By Kate Hardey Brandon von Kriegelstein On June 10, 2025, the Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Martin Makary, and Dr. Vinayak Prasad, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics...
5/28/2025 7:27:08 PM Texas Nonprofit Healthcare Organizations May Be Vicariously Liable for Malpractice of Their Employee Physicians By Lisa Prather Joe Lecroy The Texas Supreme Court recently held that nonprofit health organizations could be vicariously liable for the alleged medical malpractice...
5/16/2025 10:35:06 AM Walking the Talk, Ofcom’s Online Safety Act Enforcement By Terry Green Back in March 2025, we published an article highlighting that Ofcom will be turning up the heat to ramp up pressure on platforms in...
5/2/2025 2:01:00 PM Choose your GenAI model providers, models, and use cases wisely By Michael Justus Generative AI (GenAI) vendors, models, and uses cases are not created equal. Model providers must be trusted to handle sensitive data....
4/29/2025 10:21:39 AM Byte-Sized Protection: Keeping Kids Safe Online, One Risk Assessment at a Time By Terry Green The protection of children on the internet has been a huge focus in the media lately, from calls for protection of children online from...
4/17/2025 6:48:01 PM The CFPB Shuts Down Controversial "Regulation Through Guidance" Practices By Ted Huffman Eric Hail The acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to winnow out regulatory tools used by agency staff under...
4/1/2025 6:28:31 PM Winding Back the Clock: CFTC Withdraws Controversial SEF Registration Staff Letter By Carl Kennedy Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Christopher Collins +1 more... Show less The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its previous staff advisory...
3/17/2025 2:55:21 PM Turning Up the Heat - Ofcom Ramps Up Pressure for Platforms under the Online Safety Act By Terry Green From today, online platforms are expected to have risk assessments in place to understand how likely it is for its users to encounter...
3/7/2025 10:36:26 PM CFPB Drops Challenge That Lease-to-Own Agreements Be Regulated As "Credit" By Eric Hail Ted Huffman On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped its high-profile enforcement action against Acima in Utah federal...
11/22/2024 11:15:31 PM Alpine v. FINRA Big News By Susan Light Wayne Aaron On November 22, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted Alpine a preliminary injunction, ruling that the...
9/24/2024 8:47:30 PM FCA Consults on Guidance for UK Trade Repositories’ UK EMIR Reporting Requirements By Carolyn Jackson Ciara McBrien On 4 September, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a website seeking feedback (Consultation) on draft questions and answers...
8/15/2024 6:14:22 PM Crypto Compliance in Focus: FINRA Unveils Key Insights on Member Firms’ Digital Asset Activities By Susan Light James Brady Alex Kim The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released a comprehensive update on its insights into its member firms’ involvement in...