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States Target School Cell Phone Use At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do...
Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs Creating Headaches for State Regulators With popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy in short supply, many doctors, pharmacies and other providers have...
In their seminal book on the American health care system, legendary investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele offered a disturbing metaphor for the illogical nature of medical pricing...
PA Lawmakers Pass Bill Regulating PBMs The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill ( HB 1993 ) aimed at increasing oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure...
In a sign of the times, states have begun pursuing bills that require disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence. In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 149 , making the state the first...
President Biden issued a sweeping executive order last that week aimed at managing the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Among other things the order requires AI developers to share safety test results with the U.S. government, directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards for AI systems to meet before being released to the public, and directs the Commerce Department to issue guidance for the labeling and watermarking of AI-generated content. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, WHITEHOUSE.GOV)
A jury found Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, guilty of all seven criminal charges against him. Those charges included wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud against FTX customers, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud against FTX investors, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. (REUTERS, CNBC)
Amazon employed an algorithm that raised prices for U.S. consumers by over $1 billion, according to a court filing from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The FTC filed its lawsuit against Amazon in September but that particular detail was one of many not made public until the new version of the suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle last week. (REUTERS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK