3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (342+ words) On May 21, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order (Order), effective immediately, directing state agencies to prepare workers, small businesses, and communities for economic disruption caused by artificial intelligence (AI). Below, we highlight the Order’s key provisions and their…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (503+ words) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed HB 2382 into law, replacing the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Act with the Tennessee Reverse Mortgage Innovation Act under Chapter 30, Title 47 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. The act took effect immediately on May 19, 2026. The Tennessee…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (431+ words) What Changed? Key Rule Scope Reductions The Final Rule extends the compliance date and materially reduces the universe of covered institutions and transactions and reportable data points: 12 C.F.R. § 1002.114(b) Tiered compliance dates based on origination volume. Single compliance date of January…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (602+ words) All types of healthcare employees can serve as whistleblowers under the federal False Claims Act. The False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions allow employees (and former employees) to report many types of alleged fraud to the federal government—and they…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (490+ words) Georgia Joins Other States in Regulating AI Companions JD Supra Georgia Joins Other States in Regulating AI Companions Georgia has joined the growing list of states with an AI companion law, set to go into effect July 1, 2027. Between now and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (71+ words) On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced six-month nationwide moratoria on new Medicare enrollments for hospices and home health agencies. CMS stated that the moratoria were needed due to observations of significant potential for fraud, waste or…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (622+ words) On April 30, 2026, the White House issued a highly consequential Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting.” This EO fundamentally alters the federal procurement framework by establishing fixed-price and performance-based contracts as the default mechanism for…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (425+ words) The SEC’s climate disclosure rules (adopted in 2024 but mired in legal challenges and uncertainty ever since) now appear headed for formal repeal. According to a recent filing with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and confirmed by an SEC…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (106+ words) The Road to SCOTUS Beginning in February 2025, President Trump imposed new tariffs on imported goods through a series of executive orders, relying on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as the claimed authority for imposing tariffs. In time, the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (142+ words) To address these issues, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury recently issued proposed regulations that would create a new category of “excepted fertility benefits” under the existing HIPAA and ACA excepted benefit framework. Importantly, these regulations…...