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Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My!: More Changes to Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rules

Client Alert | 1 min read | 11.30.22

In this episode, hosts Joe Records and Payal Nanavati talk to Michelle Chipetine and Stacie Heller about recent developments regarding the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, including new rules proposed by the Biden Administration and litigation around the issue of discrimination on the basis of sex.

Payers, Providers, and Patients – Oh My! is Crowell & Moring’s health care podcast, discussing legal and regulatory issues that affect health care entities’ in-house counsel, executives, and investors.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.10.26

European Commission Publishes Landmark Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuses by Dominant Companies

On 3 September 2026, the European Commission adopted new Guidelines on the application of Article 102 TFEU to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings. The Guidelines follow a public consultation on a draft published in August 2024 and reflect substantial stakeholder feedback. They replace the Commission's 2008 Guidance on enforcement priorities (which ceases to apply 30 days after publication of the new guidelines in the Official Journal) and represent the most significant reset of the Commission's Article 102 enforcement framework in nearly two decades. The Commission's stated aim is to set out principles and operational guidance, enhance legal certainty, and help companies self-assess their exclusionary-abuse risk....