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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...
Massachusetts’ top appellate court upheld a first-in-the-nation rule holding broker-dealers to the same standard as investment advisers, which had been challenged by brokerage app provider Robinhood LLC. The ruling could support efforts by states like Nevada and New Jersey to promulgate regulations that go beyond U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the broker-dealer industry. (LAW360)
Farmers Insurance said it is letting go of about 2,400 employees, roughly 11% of its workforce. The company, one of the nation’s largest providers of auto, home and small business insurance, said it was streamlining its organizational structure to position itself better for profitability long-term, but the layoffs come pullbacks in Florida’s and California’s homeowners insurance markets in recent months. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission erred in refusing to allow cryptocurrency investment firm Grayscale to convert its bitcoin trust into an ETF. The court said: “The Commission failed to adequately explain why it approved the listing of two bitcoin futures ETPs but not Grayscale’s proposed bitcoin ETP.” (CNBC)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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