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Join us for Digital Forum 2024 in partnership with Taylor Wessing UK, where you'll experience a full day of interactive panels and breakout sessions on key topics such as cyber resilience, the EU AI Act, the Online Safety Act, and more. Register at the link below. #DigitalRegulation #AIAct #DSA #OSA

"Florida recently enacted H1347, revising the state’s criteria for what constitutes usurious consumer loans. The Florida Consumer Finance Act prohibits charging an interest rate of more than 18% per year on a loan of $25,000 or less. The new law revises the current rules for certain exceptions to this 18% cap. The updated exceptions change the maximum interest rates that lenders can charge on different portions of a loan, depending on the amount borrowed." Read more: https://lnkd.in/gFg65AEc Authors: A.J. Dhaliwal, Mehul Madia & Max Earp-Thomas  Subscribe to our Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog: https://lnkd.in/gFHJ_-_G #Florida #consumerfinance #interestrates

Sheppard Mullin is honored to be recognized as a "Significant Player" by India Business Law Journal. IBLJ’s 18th annual report is based on extensive consultations with India-focused corporate counsel worldwide and partners at Indian law firms, as well as submissions received from international law firms and interviews and research conducted by IBLJ’s editorial team. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gbjJnD66 #India #significantplayer #IBLJ

"To address the housing crisis in California, Senate Bill 684 (SB 684), passed in 2023 but effective as of July 1, 2024, aims to simplify the approval process for small-scale for-sale housing projects, facilitate a quicker development process, and help to alleviate the state’s housing shortage." Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQSpiJYD Authors: Lauren Chang, Brooke Miller & Amanda Lee Subscribe to our Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog: https://lnkd.in/dPtAp9Tv #streamlining #realestate #California

"In what may become an annual tradition, Pennsylvania has amended its breach notification law. The new provisions will take effect on September 26, 2024. As a reminder, Pennsylvania changed its law last year to expand the definition of 'personal information' and to create exemptions for HIPAA-regulated entities." Read more: https://lnkd.in/gWAAnj5w Authors: Liisa Thomas, Tracy C. & Kathryn (Katie) Smith Subscribe to Eye On Privacy: https://lnkd.in/geu26st9 #databreach #Pennsylvania #datasecurity

Sheppard Mullin’s DC and New York offices concluded Pride month with exciting and memorable celebrations, while members of our Del Mar and San Diego offices, along with their friends and family, continued our ongoing celebration at San Diego's Annual Pride Parade. Thank you to all who helped plan and joined us in celebrating Pride this summer! Learn more about Out At Sheppard: https://lnkd.in/gxC8MHnN #pride2024 #sandiego #prideparade

"On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule in which it outlined proposed amendments to the suspension provisions and deadlines for reporting and returning Medicare Part A and Part B overpayments, and stated that it is continuing its review and evaluation of previously proposed changes to existing overpayment regulations." Read more: https://lnkd.in/ghcCJR2z Authors: Michael Paddock, Kathleen Stratton & Elicia Grilley Green Subscribe to our Healthcare Law Blog: https://lnkd.in/gjy_N4sv #healthcare #CMS #Medicare

Please join Sheppard Mullin’s Healthy AI team on August 21 for a one-hour CLE webinar on what hospitals, health systems and provider organizations should consider in building an AI governance program. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dicSCqkD Presented by: Lotan Barbaresso Esperance K. Becton Carolyn Metnick #healthyAI #Healthcare #AI

"On March 12, 2024, the Ninth Circuit published a decision in Ortiz v. Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC, holding that the Plaintiff Adan Ortiz qualified as a 'transportation worker' under the Federal Arbitration Act, and was thus exempted from mandatory arbitration under the FAA. The district court rejected the employer’s arguments that Plaintiff was bound by the arbitration mandate under the FAA because he performed duties on a purely local basis." Read more: https://lnkd.in/g6mFC9ts Authors: Kayla K. Malone & Babak Yousefzadeh Subscribe to our Labor and Employment Law Blog: https://lnkd.in/giWkqSNP #laborandemployment #arbitration #ninthcircuit

How does the 21st Century Cures Act impact interplay within the healthcare industry? In this episode of Health-e Law, Gregory Stein, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Shadowbox, Inc., joins us to discuss interoperability as a means of addressing what has become, according to recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, a $950 billion administrative burden. Listen now! Website: https://lnkd.in/gAbGQ2jh Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gDbG_Bh5 Amazon Music: https://lnkd.in/ghPX3Sbh Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g34XA9Zh Hosted by: Phil Kim & Sara Shanti #Curesact #healthcare #USSenate