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CMS Blocks $1.6 Billion in Lab Payments in Aggressive Expansion of AI-Powered Approach to Payment Suspensions and Revocations
On August 28, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that recent enforcement actions have stopped more than $1.6 billion in potentially improper Medicare payments to diagnostic laboratories since the beginning of the current administration….By: Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis
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CMS Blocks $1.6 Billion in Lab Payments in Aggressive Expansion of AI-Powered Approach to Payment Suspensions and Revocations
On August 28, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that recent enforcement actions have stopped more than $1.6 billion in potentially improper Medicare payments to diagnostic laboratories since the beginning of the current administration….By: Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis
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The Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles: DOT Unveils AV 5.0 National Strategy
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or the Department) on The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or the Department) on September 3, 2026, released its latest guidance outlining the Department’s approach to automated vehicles (AVs). The document, titled “America Leads: DOT’s National Strategy for Automated Vehicles, Fiscal Years 2026-2030” (Strategy or AV 5.0), supersedes DOT’s…
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The Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles: DOT Unveils AV 5.0 National Strategy
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or the Department) on The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or the Department) on September 3, 2026, released its latest guidance outlining the Department’s approach to automated vehicles (AVs). The document, titled “America Leads: DOT’s National Strategy for Automated Vehicles, Fiscal Years 2026-2030” (Strategy or AV 5.0), supersedes DOT’s…
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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 9.4.26
On August 3, 2026, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) published Considerations for Conserving Crotch’s Bumble Bee, Franklin’s Bumble Bee, Western Bumble Bee, and Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee (the “2026 Guidance”) — a 44-page guidance document that substantially expands the agency’s prior June 6, 2023, Survey Considerations for CESA Candidate Bumble Bee Species…
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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 9.4.26
On August 3, 2026, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) published Considerations for Conserving Crotch’s Bumble Bee, Franklin’s Bumble Bee, Western Bumble Bee, and Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee (the “2026 Guidance”) — a 44-page guidance document that substantially expands the agency’s prior June 6, 2023, Survey Considerations for CESA Candidate Bumble Bee Species…
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California Legislators Draw the Line on Clinical AI: What Health Care Organizations Need to Know
California’s 2026 legislative session did not simply regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in health care. It drew a bright line through the clinical encounter: licensed professionals remain responsible for clinical judgments, and organizations using AI tools are required to document how those tools are developed, tested, and overseen….By: Quarles & Brady LLP
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Riggs v. NCAA: Indiana Court Rejects Duty of Care Claims in Former Football Player’s CTE Case
I n a significant decision addressing the scope of the NCAA’s legal responsibilities to student-athletes, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently held that the NCAA owed no common-law duty of care to protect a former Texas A&M football player who allegedly developed Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) after years of repetitive head trauma. Originally Published in…
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Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update – September 2026
Lawsuits challenging “zero sugar” representations of products with allulose, “greenwashing” allegations about seafood products, a price-fixing complaint against refined sugar producers, and more….By: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
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Riggs v. NCAA: Indiana Court Rejects Duty of Care Claims in Former Football Player’s CTE Case
I n a significant decision addressing the scope of the NCAA’s legal responsibilities to student-athletes, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently held that the NCAA owed no common-law duty of care to protect a former Texas A&M football player who allegedly developed Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) after years of repetitive head trauma. Originally Published in…