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06.06.16

College Football Does Not Need Another Commissioner

The fact that college football has many commissioners of the various conferences has not stopped suggestions that there should be one commissioner for all of college football. 


06.02.16

EPA Chemical Data Reporting Rule Brings Challenges and Opportunities

Every four years, companies that manufacture or import chemical substances in the U.S. in quantities greater than 25,000 lbs./year by site must submit detailed manufacturing, processing and use information on each of these chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


06.02.16

Chambers USA Ranks Manatt’s Advertising Practice Nationally for Excellence

Manatt's Advertising, Marketing and Media practice was once again recognized as one of the nation's leading practices for both advertising litigation and advisory/transactional work in Chambers USA.


06.02.16

Supreme Court Allows Challenges to Section 404 Jurisdictional Determinations

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously concluded that property owners who are required to obtain Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 permits are entitled to challenge the government’s Jurisdictional Determinations (JD) of the extent of “waters of the United States” on their land when ...


06.02.16

Manatt on Medicaid: Leveraging MMC Contracts to Advance Reforms

In the final Medicaid managed care (MMC) rule published on April 25, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clarifies states’ flexibility to use their contracts with plans for the purpose of advancing federal and state efforts to improve access, quality and efficiency in ...


06.01.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, June 1, 2016

Oregon decides to stick with HealthCare.gov’s enrollment platform; North Dakota begins re-examining Medicaid expansion in light of a 2017 sunset clause; and Vermont establishes a special enrollment period for pregnancy.


05.31.16

Manatt on Medicaid: CMS Introduces Time-Limited MMC Supplemental Payments

On April 25, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its highly anticipated final rule to overhaul the regulations governing Medicaid managed care (MMC) and make conforming changes to state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) regulations.


05.26.16

NAD Vacuums Up Preference Claims

In a challenge brought by a competing vacuum manufacturer, the National Advertising Division recommended that SharkNinja discontinue a claim that "Americans now choose Shark 2-to-1 over Dyson."


05.26.16

Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap, May 2016

The Alaska House of Representatives has filed an appeal to the State Supreme Court seeking reinstatement of its lawsuit against Governor Bill Walker's (I) executive order expanding Medicaid, according to the Alaska Daily News.


05.26.16

Congress Overhauls 1976 Federal Chemical Regulation Law

On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that, for the first time in 40 years, would modernize the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—the nation's premier chemical control law.