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Understanding the Federal Reconciliation Bill’s Implications for MCO Tax Structure

New York’s Medicaid financing strategy—particularly its use of a managed care organization (MCO) tax—has come under renewed federal scrutiny amid recent legislative proposals and regulatory developments. The federal reconciliation bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), alongside newly proposed guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), could significantly influence how New York and other states structure he…Read Article

When Is a Car a Character? The Ninth Circuit Revisits Copyrightability in Halicki v. Carroll Shelby Licensing

The Copyright Act does not expressly address the protection of individual characters in expressive works, but courts have long recognized that certain characters, particularly those with strong visual or narrative identities, may be independently copyrightable. The Ninth Circuit crystallized this principle in DC Comics v. Towle, 802 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2015), where it held that the iconic Batmobile, as depicted in both comics and films featuring…San Francisco, California · San Francisco Read Article

NYC Comptroller Report Calls for Overhaul of State Consumer Financial Protections

On June 9, 2025, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released a report urging City and State leaders to modernize consumer financial protections. The report outlines a series of legislative and regulatory recommendations aimed at closing gaps in existing protections and addressing emerging risks in the consumer financial marketplace. The report comes amid a major regulatory pullback in the federal sector, highlighted by the CFPB’s layoffs and …New York State · New York Read Article

GT’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2025 Edition

Greenberg Traurig’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice is recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2025 edition for Media, technology and telecoms> Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection). The group is praised as “a large, highly qualified, geographically-dispersed team” that supports clients across industries including e-commerce, financial services, health care, retail, and entertainment. The group is recognized for its deep…Media · United States Read Article

What to Watch: Potential Increase in Enforcement of “RUO” Diagnostics

Last spring, we wrote about a warning letter the United States Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) issued to Agena Bioscience Inc. (the “Agena Warning Letter”)[1] for allegedly promoting its diagnostic product (which was labeled for research use only “RUO” and therefore, not cleared or approved by FDA) for clinical purposes in violation of the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (the “FDCA”).[2] The Agena Warning Letter – the first…FDA · United States Read Article

May 2025 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: In a Sustain-less Month, a Look Back at May’s Digested Dismissal Decisions

The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a summary of one of the most notable bid protest sustain decisions each month. Below, Crowell Consultant (and former GAO Bid Protest Hearing Officer) Cherie Owen discusses several protest decisions issued in May that provide helpful insights about the GAO protest pr…United States · United States Read Article

P-R-C You Later! GSA Previews Final Transition to Transactional Data Reporting for Schedule Contract Pricing

On June 9, 2025, the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) quietly announced that Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) would be exiting “pilot” status; under Refresh 27 to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), TDR will be mandatory for all eligible Special Item Numbers (SINs), effective beginning in the next sales reporting quarter after each contractor accepts the modification, with remaining SINs to be added in fut…United States · United States Read Article

House Appropriations Committee Releases FY26 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill

On June 10, the House Appropriations Committee released the full committee markup of Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill. A summary of the bill can be found here. The bill puts forth the proposed 2026 budget for several federal agencies including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Currently, the bill provides roughly $6.7 …Agriculture · United States Read Article

SEC Disgorgement Stuck in Circuit Split After Supreme Court Declines to Intervene

On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in Navellier & Associates, Inc. v. SEC, declining to resolve a circuit split regarding the circumstances under which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may obtain disgorgement. The Navellier petition, which arose from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, presented a question that has divided the federal appellate courts: whether the SEC may recove…SEC · United States Read Article

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