September 15, 2025
The growing physician shortage in the United States disproportionately affects rural communities’ access to healthcare, which may contribute to geographic inequities in health outcomes.
In a column for Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Secretariat Director Stephanie Khoury, Jonathan M. Leganza, and Alex Masucci discuss new evidence that shows the effectiveness of government-designated Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in attracting physicians to areas of need.
They found that HPSAs, alongside other targeted incentives, can successfully increase the number of primary care physicians (PCPs) in underserved areas and influence the distribution of PCPs across the country.
Justice for Players and Diarra Damages Claims
In this article, Amran Nawaz and Allan Ingraham along with Ben Cisneros and Sam Kasoulis of Morgan Sports Law discuss the JFP class action. They explore whether similar class actions could be brought by players, agents and/or clubs before the English courts, whether claims could be brought before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and how such claims might be quantified.
Tamika Tremaglio Quoted in The Washington Post on WNBA CBA Negotiations
Managing Director Tamika Tremaglio was featured in a recent article in The Washington Post explaining the ongoing WNBA collective bargaining agreement negotiations and the “unprecedented leverage” possessed by the league’s players union to explore new financial structures that go beyond revenue sharing, like equity.
FirstEnergy at the Sixth Circuit Reshapes Securities Class Actions
In its landmark ruling in Owens, et al. v. FirstEnergy Corp., et al. (“FirstEnergy”), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated the district court’s class‑certification order, clarifying a new standard for certifying a class in securities class actions.