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Courts Split Over How to Apply ‘Ordinary Person’ Test in VPPA Cases | Troutman Pepper Locke - JDSupra
2+ day, 1+ hour ago Key point: Courts are split over whether use of the Meta Pixel to share URLs of videos users watch qualifies as disclosure of PII under the VPPA, even when they apply the same "ordinary person" test to nearly identical allegations....
Prepare for More Consent-Based Jurisdiction Laws After Illinois SB 328
1+ week, 6+ day ago The new consent to jurisdiction statute for toxic torts, SB 328, is raising the stakes for life sciences, chemical, and other companies. SB 328 loosens the jurisdictional requirements in Illinois and paves the way for other states to enact similar laws in…...
SCOTUS Considers Pre-Enforcement Challenges to State AG Subpoena: Oral Arguments in First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin
2+ week, 1+ day ago The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin, Docket No. 24-781, on December 2, 2025, concerning the administrative subpoena sent by the New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin to First Choice Women's Resource Centers, a pro-life crisis pregnancy…...
OHCA’s attestation of compliance regarding abortion-related activities stirs up SoonerCare providers
2+ mon, 6+ day ago According to Attorney General Enforcement Guidance, issued on September 12, 2025, abortion is prohibited when the pregnant woman's life is not endangered. The guidance relies on 21 Okla. Stat. 861, which the Attorney General states is the appropriate enforceable abortion statute. It provides: According…...
Presidential Exemptions Offer Temporary Relief for Sterilization Facilities Amid Legal Challenges
3+ mon, 1+ week ago In recent years, ethylene oxide (EtO) has emerged as a focal point in environmental and regulatory discussions due to its dual role as a critical sterilizing agent and a human carcinogen. Widely used in commercial sterilization " particularly for medical devices…...
Fifth Circuit Upholds Enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
4+ mon, 57+ min ago On August 15, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a federal district court's decision to block the enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) against the State of Texas....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Fifth Circuit…...
Axing Abortion Accommodations: Federal Judge Strikes Down the EEOC’s Rule Requiring Employers to Accommodate Elective Abortions Under the PWFA
5+ mon, 5+ day ago In another departure from regulations and guidance issued during the Biden administration, in May, a federal judge in Louisiana found that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had exceeded its statutory authority by requiring employers to reasonably accommodate elective abortions.......
Texas Court Overturns Biden Administration’s Expansion of Abortion Privacy
5+ mon, 2+ week ago On June 18, 2025, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas vacated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the Rule). The court found that the Rule exceeded HHS's authority on…...
Trump Administration Rescinds Biden Administration's EMTALA Preemption Guidance
6+ mon, 2+ week ago On June 3, 2025, the Trump Administration announced that it rescinded the Biden Administration's guidance issued on July 11, 2022. The Biden Administration's guidance advises hospital providers that, under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) they are legally protected to…...
EEOC Ordered to Remove Elective Abortion Accommodation Provision in PWFA Final Rule
6+ mon, 3+ week ago A Louisiana federal judge has ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to remove a portion of its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to the extent that the final rule includes elective abortion as a condition…...