On December 10, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”), stating that it was “considering initiating a rulemaking…to curb lax security practices, limit privacy abuses, and ensure that algorithmic decision-making does not result in unlawful discrimination.” The effort could lead to “market-wide requirements” […]
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On December 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), led by newly confirmed Director Rohit Chopra, announced it was opening an inquiry into “buy now, pay later” products and 5 providers in particular – Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, PayPal, and Zip. To that end, the CFPB sent an order each of […]
On December 27, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced its intention to soon issue “a final standard that will protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 hazards” in line with its earlier Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (“Healthcare ETS”). Recall that on June 21, 2021, OSHA promulgated the Healthcare ETS […]
Baird Holm Partner Amy Erlbacher-Anderson was featured in the Marketplace Morning Report “Foreign-born nurses may be less likely to walk away from their jobs.” During her interview with Meghan McCarty Carino, Amy discusses the challenges workers are facing getting immigrant visas and the massive backlog for interviews on applications that […]
Congratulations to Baird Holm Partner Michael W. Chase on his selection to serve on the 2022 Executive Committee for the Nebraska State Bar Association’s Health Law Section. View the full list of officers for the NSBA Health Law Section here: https://bit.ly/3qELaTr