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04.15.11

The Buzz Over Privacy Continues with Google FTC Settlement

Marking the first time the Federal Trade Commission has required a company to implement a comprehensive privacy program, the agency entered into a proposed settlement with Google over its Buzz social networking feature.


04.12.11

The Need To Coordinate Physician "Meaningful Use" Payments—Whose Money Is It?

Academic medical centers, integrated entities, hospitals that employ physicians and medical groups may not be taking the needed steps to secure payment of physician “meaningful use” incentives from Medicare and Medicaid.


04.08.11

Manatt to Participate in the ACCA-SoCal Inaugural Entertainment & Sports Law MCLE Seminar

On April 13, 2011, Manatt’s advertising and entertainment litigation partners and their esteemed co-panelists will lead a lively discussion focused on crisis management strategies for corporate counsel, an event hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter.


04.06.11

CMS Releases Proposed Rule Governing Accountable Care Organizations

On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a long-awaited Proposed Rule governing accountable care organizations (“ACOs”).


04.05.11

Medicaid’s Role in the Health Benefits Exchange: A Road Map for States

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sweeping federal legislation designed to bring about near universal coverage and transform how health care is paid for and delivered throughout the United States. 


03.30.11

Implementing National Health Reform in California: Opportunities for Improved Access to Care

Marking the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the federal health reform legislation this month, Manatt Health Solutions and the California HealthCare Foundation have partnered to complete a second report in a series designed to highlight the wide-ranging health care implications for the ...


03.29.11

Risk Retention Rules for Securitization of Mortgages and Other Financial Assets

As the deadline set by the Dodd-Frank Act approaches, six regulatory agencies announced that during the course of this week, all of them would consider a uniform joint regulation to implement Section 941(b) of that Act.


03.29.11

Supreme Court Rules 340B Covered Entities Cannot Sue Drug Manufacturers Over Drug Pricing Disputes

On March 29, 2011, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ruled that safety-net health care providers, such as eligible hospitals and community health centers, enrolled in the federal 340B Drug Discount Program (the “340B Program”) do not have a right ...


03.28.11

CBBB Steps Up Online Enforcement

The Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) announced plans to increase monitoring and enforcement of the advertising industry’s online activities.


03.24.11

California Franchise Tax Board Releases Guidance on New "Economic Nexus" Rules

For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, new "economic nexus" rules came into effect in California.