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On September 9, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) rescinded its 2021 policy statement which extended the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”) to health apps and connected devices outside the reach of the Health Insurance Po...

Almost two years after Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida became the first federal judge in the country to declare the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) unconstitutional, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated Judge Mizelle’s September 30, 2024,

Bill Gates published an essay this week arguing that the AI transition will be one of the most turbulent periods in modern history. And critically, neither governments nor industry have a plan to manage it. While the essay has far-reaching impli...

On August 12, 2026, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a letter (“Referral Letter”) to HHS Inspector General T. March Bell, targeting more than 250 health care entities providing gender-...

On July 21, 2026, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced (the “July 21 announcement”) that he would be providing to the Centers for Medicare & M...