On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had taken enforcement action against prescription drug discount company GoodRx, which agreed to injunctive relief and to pay a $1.5 million civil...more
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “bill”) is historic bipartisan legislation that will make available $1.2 trillion in funding for infrastructure programs across the...more
On March 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced that the public comment period for the HIPAA proposed privacy rule would be extended until May 6, 2021. The rulemaking was...more
On January 21, 2020, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was published in the Federal Register. Despite speculation that the publication timeline would be altered when the...more
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Proposed Rules
Today, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was posted for public inspection on the Federal Register website. The rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on...more