"President Donald J. Trump announced ... agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk to dramatically reduce the prices Americans pay for some of the world's most popular drugs."  MORE >>

"Slated for 2026, President Trump's direct-to-consumer TrumpRx website will offer obesity drugs to Americans for as low as $150 for a month's supply. This announcement marks one of the first major actions to enforce MFN, or Most-Favored-Nation, pricing in an executive order signed in May."  MORE >>

"The Agencies also announced that they intend to propose notice and comment rulemaking to provide additional ways that certain fertility benefits may be offered as a limited excepted benefit if certain conditions are met and are considering whether to modify the standards under which supplemental health insurance coverage provided by a group health plan, including a supplemental benefit for fertility coverage, will be considered to satisfy the conditions for being an excepted benefit."  MORE >>

"[C]overed entities and business associates do not need to update HIPAA policies and procedures, risk assessments, business associate agreements, and training for the 2024 Privacy Rule. Covered entities and business associates who took actions to comply with the 2024 Privacy Rule before the nationwide injunction was issued should consult legal counsel regarding further actions."  MORE >>

"The Earned Sick and Safe Time Act has been expanded to [1] formally codify the paid prenatal leave requirements into the local law, [2] provide for additional unpaid time, and [3] permit more reasons for use of time."  MORE >>

"The ESSTA amendments now require employers to provide a separate bank of at least 32 hours of unpaid leave that must be front-loaded at hire and at the beginning of each calendar year.... Employers must now provide 20 hours of paid prenatal leave during any 52-week calendar period in accordance with the other ESSTA parameters. The effect of this codification is that the ESSTA's strong enforcement actions now include enforcing compliance with paid prenatal leave requirements."  MORE >>

"An analysis of more than 190 employers and over 190,000 members found that overall pharmacy spend has increased by roughly 18% per member per month compared to the prior year. With specialty medications driving up costs and limited transparency from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), employers are increasingly seeking new strategies to manage expenses while ensuring that employees maintain access to essential medications."  MORE >>

"While the list prices of these drugs are $1,000 per month, both Lilly and Novo Nordisk have already been selling them to cash-paying patients at lower prices.... This shows what happens when third-party payers don't distort the market's natural price feedback loop."  MORE >>

"The Sheresky plaintiffs allege that Morgan Stanley improperly lobbied the DOL in an 'ex parte process' for over a year ... They further allege that Morgan Stanley is impermissibly utilizing the Advisory Opinion in the arbitrations to argue that because the DOL's 'official position' is that the Program is not governed by ERISA, the financial advisors' claims are frivolous and must be dropped, and that Morgan Stanley will seek attorneys' fees if the arbitrations proceed." [Sheresky v. Chaves-DeRemer, No. 25-8935 (S.D.N.Y. complaint filed Oct. 28, 2025)]  MORE >>