On June 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas issued its final order in American Hospital Association, et al. v. Becerra, et al. (AHA), granting the plaintiffs’ (the American Hospital Association, two Texas health systems...more
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As noted back in December 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued dramatic guidance (often called the Bulletin) that targets the use of so-called Internet “tracking...more
In a recent opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated an order certifying a class of essentially all Ohio residents claiming contact with some level of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (also...more