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PriceLabs: Inclusion of Forward-Looking Occupancy and Pricing Data, Granular Competitor Benchmarking May Raise Antitrust Concerns

PriceLabs, a revenue management software platform for short-term rentals and hotels previously reported on by The Capitol Forum, offers competitor comparison tools on a granular level that could give rise to allegations the company engages in collusive...

Sep 14, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Lobbying for Clarity Act Erupts Ahead of Senate Vote; Warren Launches Probe Into Private Equity Ties to Insurers; Former Bancorp CFO Fined for Filing Unaudited Annual Report; Small Banks to Get Fewer Inspections; CFPB Ceases Publication of Consumer Complaints; Cannabis Shops Can’t Find a Bank

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • The crypto industry and banking groups are launching a national advertising...

Sep 11, 2026 Read Now >

Aquarian/Brighthouse: Subsidiary Relies on Controversial Tactic to Mask Financial Situation, Relieving Balance Sheet of $539 Million in Liabilities

Aquarian Holdings, which is attempting to acquire life insurer Brighthouse Financial (BHF), has a subsidiary employing a controversial accounting method that relieves its balance sheet of more than half a billion dollars in liabilities, raising questions about its...

Sep 09, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Pharmacists Wary of Data Sharing in CVS Caremark Settlement; FTC Touts Success of OhioHealth Probe; FDA Seeks to Speed Botanical Drug Development; CMS Announces Fraud Crackdown as Comments Close for Home Health, Hospice, DME Rule

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Independent pharmacies are concerned about FTC’s CVS Caremark settlement....

Sep 09, 2026 Read Now >

Insulet: Omnipod Users Report Persistent Leakage, Under-Delivery Problems with Insulin Devices Not Included in Prior Recall

In May, Insulet Corporation (PODD) issued a recall affecting millions of its Omnipod insulin delivery devices after some lots of the popular Omnipod 5 system, as well as the Omnipod DASH and Omnipod Eros, were found to have a small tear in the tubing just above the skin—a defect that...

Sep 08, 2026 Read Now >

Ligado Networks: Court Ruling Puts at Risk Company’s $39 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. Government

A Federal Claims Court judge’s ruling this week will delay—and could even derail—Ligado Networks’ effort to seek $39 billion from the U.S. government for allegedly preventing the company from deploying spectrum for a cell-phone...

Sep 04, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: How a Democratic President Could Boot Life Insurance Companies Out of the Federal Home Loan Bank System; New Republican Bill Targets CFPB Funding; Banks Get Into Stablecoin Business; Last Bastion of Private Listings Opposition Falls to Compass; New Jersey Kicks Kalshi Dispute to SCOTUS

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Democratic momentum for reforming the Federal Home Loan Bank system is...

Sep 04, 2026 Read Now >

The Trade Desk: Platform Offers Audience Segments Targeting Specific Health Conditions, Religious Beliefs, and Political Views

Advertising technology giant The Trade Desk (TTD) helps marketers target millions of consumers through audience data segments uploaded by third-party providers. A Capitol Forum investigation found that hundreds of these segments appear to denote potentially sensitive characteristics—...

Sep 03, 2026 Read Now >

KKR and Kuvare: KKR and Kuvare Life Insurers File Conflicting Sworn Accounts of the Same Reinsurance Deal, $542 Million Apart on the Money Set Aside for Policyholders

Kuvare Holdings-owned Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company and KKR-owned (KKR) Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company are telling their respective state regulators materially different stories about the same $542 million reinsurance deal—and they’ve been doing so for at...

Sep 02, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Florida AG Accuses PBMs of Price-Fixing; Acquisitions of Pending Pharma IP Should Face Antitrust Scrutiny, FTC Says; FDA Targets Online Peptide Sellers; Medicare DME Moratorium Ends; Dialysis Giants Comment on ESRD Proposal; Update on FDA Warnings About Clinical Trial Disclosures

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Prime Therapeutics, Express Scripts engaged in price-fixing, Florida AG says....

Sep 02, 2026 Read Now >

Ligado Networks: Laura Loomer Calls Out Pentagon Official Steve Feinberg Over Alleged Conflict of Interest

President Donald Trump confidante and online provocateur Laura Loomer contends there is self- dealing involved in the government’s settlement talks with Ligado Networks centered around Deputy Defense Secretary Steve...

Aug 28, 2026 Read Now >

Chemed: Vitas Healthcare Misdiagnosed Dementia Patients and ‘Fudged’ Evaluation Scores in Order to Admit Them into Hospice; Expert Who Reviewed Internal Documents Says They Warrant Federal Investigation

An ongoing Capitol Forum investigation of VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed (CHE) and the largest hospice provider in the nation, has found that the company is enrolling patients into hospice that do not meet Medicare guidelines and recording inaccurate diagnoses to avoid scrutiny...

Aug 26, 2026 Read Now >

Super.com: Cash Advance Feature Could Expose Company to Scrutiny, Raise Consumer Protection Concerns, Experts Say

Super.com’s cash advance offering, “Super.com Cash,” resembles Earned Wage Access (EWA) products that have faced private litigation and federal enforcement, as well as scrutiny from California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) for allegedly failing to...

Aug 25, 2026 Read Now >

Maude Monthly: Insulet Omnipod Lots Outside of Recall Appear to Be Showing Same Defects; Medline Reports Thousands of Backlogged Reports; ConvaTec Subsidiary Discloses Hundreds of Deaths but Little Investigation of Their Causes

Adverse-event reports for Insulet Corporation’s (PODD) Omnipod 5 insulin pump that describe the specific defect behind two recalls earlier this spring reached an all-time monthly high in July, according to a Capitol Forum analysis of the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device...

Aug 18, 2026 Read Now >

Capitol Forum Analysis of July MAUDE Data

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Aug 18, 2026 Read Now >

A Closer Look at FDA’s Next Steps Following Advisory Committee’s Recommendation to Legalize Compounding for Wellness Peptides

On July 23 and 24, an advisory committee voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration allow compounding pharmacies to work with six non-FDA-approved peptides— protein building blocks that proponents such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior praise...

Aug 14, 2026 Read Now >

Privacy Policy: Data Brokers Begin Deletion of Over 470,000 Californians’ Personal Information as High Fines, Enforcement Expected

This month, hundreds of data brokers must begin deleting the personal information of more than 470,000 residents who registered with California’s Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP)—a first-of-its-kind online tool that could impose unprecedented fines on noncompliant companies...

Aug 14, 2026 Read Now >

KKR: KKR Life Insurer Would Have Been Taken Over by Iowa Regulators Years Ago but for a Long-Standing Accounting Maneuver Propping It Up

Concerns about the life insurance and annuity industry have focused largely on the riskiness of insurers’ investments as they’ve moved policyholder money into private, illiquid...

Aug 13, 2026 Read Now >

Chemed: Hospice Subsidiary VITAS Healthcare Overutilizing Intensive Services at Medicare’s Expense; Company Has Long History of Improper Billing Practices

As the Trump Administration continues its crackdown on hospice fraud, a Capitol Forum investigation has found that VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed (CHE) and the largest hospice operator in the country, may be systematically overbilling Medicare by tens of millions of dollars...

Aug 13, 2026 Read Now >

As SpeedX Gains Ground Delivering Packages for SHEIN and Temu, Sources Say It’s Cutting Corners on Safety and Pay

Four sources with direct knowledge of the daily operations at the logistics startup SpeedX raised concerns with The Capitol Forum about long hours, a lack of overtime pay, unsafe conditions, and injuries among warehouse...

Aug 12, 2026 Read Now >

Super.com’s Allegedly Deceptive Billing and Subscription Practices Draw Widespread Customer Complaints, May Raise Consumer Protection Concerns

Financial services and travel booking company Super.com may be engaging in deceptive billing and subscription tactics, according to widespread consumer complaints. The alleged practices, which resemble allegations in the federal government’s lawsuit against Uber (UBER) for its Uber One...

Aug 11, 2026 Read Now >

Aquarian/Brighthouse: Spotlight Shines on Accounting Maneuvers at Delaware-Regulated Brighthouse Reinsurer

The proposed sale of Brighthouse Financial (BHF) to Aquarian Holdings has turned the spotlight on a little-understood dynamic in the life and annuity industry, in which certain states have allowed insurers to transfer massive amounts of risk to affiliated reinsurers without any public...

Aug 07, 2026 Read Now >

Despite Strong U.S. Public Support for Banning Kids from Social Media, Big Tech is Fighting Back, Raising Issues About Age Verification and Privacy

As Australia, the UK, Canada and other countries move forward with social media bans or restrictions on users 16 and under, similar efforts in the U.S. are stalled, and Big Tech companies like Meta (META), X, Google (GOOG) and Snap (SNAP) have been lobbying against federal legislation by...

Aug 06, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: New York Sues Kalshi for $36 Billion; Dodd Says Prediction Market Rules Violate Intent of Dodd-Frank; CFPB Nomination Stalls; Community Banks Line Up to Oppose ‘Skinny’ Fed Accounts for Fintechs; Former CFPB Official Tapped to Lead New Jersey Consumer Affairs Division

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • New York brings bombshell Kalshi lawsuit led by fired CFTC enforcers. •...

Jul 31, 2026 Read Now >

Figure Technologies: Balance in Non-Accrual Status Skyrockets as Figure Takes Troubled Loans onto Balance Sheet

Figure Technologies (FIGR), known for its fast-growing home equity line of credit (HELOC) origination business, reported a sharp spike in non-accrual loans on its balance sheet for the first quarter of the year, a signal that the credit quality of the loans originated by the company’s...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

Pave: Compensation Benchmarking Service Provides Customers Access to Sensitive Non-Public Salary Data, Raising Questions About Potential Collusive Effect

Pave, a compensation benchmarking service, gives over 9,000 companies access to sensitive non- public salary and bonus data, a Capitol Forum investigation found. The platform’s features, including monthly data refreshes and the ability to benchmark against custom peer groups, could...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

FDA’s Forthcoming Proposal Could Make Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Ads Prohibitively Long and Expensive to Run; Some Scenarios Could Make Some Current Ads Over Ten Minutes Long

An anticipated proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could make direct-to- consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical ads so lengthy as to be cost-prohibitive, according to The Capitol Forum’s analysis and conversations with sources. In some scenarios, a stringent interpretation of...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

Hims & Hers Health: FTC, Utah, and California Sue Hims & Hers Over Deceptive Billing and Privacy Practices

Today, the FTC, as well as regulators in California and Utah, filed a lawsuit against the telehealth provider Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), alleging that the company enrolled consumers in prescription subscriptions without their consent, obstructed cancellations, and shared sensitive...

Jul 29, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: FDA Compounding Advisory Committee Votes Favorably on Six Peptides; Updates on CMS’ Implementation of SDP, Provider Tax Law; Judge Dismisses NSA Case Against HaloMD in GA; CVS Accused of 340B Spread Pricing; OpenAI Faces Unlicensed Practice of Medicine Suit; FDA 483s

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • FDA opens pathways for compounded peptides. • CMS receives comments on SDP...

Jul 29, 2026 Read Now >

Life and Annuity Industry: KKR- and Apollo-Backed Insurers, Heavily Invested in Private Credit, Have Little Cushion to Stave off Regulatory Action if Investments Take Write-Downs

A Capitol Forum analysis of statutory filings indicates that three life insurers owned by private equity giants KKR (KKR) and Apollo Global Management (APO) have remarkably little room to absorb losses on their most subjectively-valued investments before depleting capital thresholds to...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: New Advertising Policies Raise Privacy, Safety Concerns as Platform Lifts Ban on Ads for Kids Under 13

The embattled online gaming platform Roblox (RBLX) is expanding the ways brands can reach kids on the platform by lifting its self-imposed ban on showing ads to users under 13, likening its offerings to the Saturday morning cartoons of earlier...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Trump’s CFPB Nominee Distances Himself From Staffing Cuts; Swing-Vote Dems Reject Clarity Act as Deadline Looms; Oregon Latest State to License Buy-Now, Pay-Later Firms; Bipartisan Push for FinCEN Reform; Celsius Founders Pay Millions for Misleading Customers Before Collapse

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Background-check questions and call for Carvana investigation arise in...

Jul 24, 2026 Read Now >

Xponential Fitness: SBA Loan Losses Exceed $9 Million

Small Business Administration (SBA) loan losses linked to franchisees of Xponential Fitness (XPOF) now exceed $9 million after more than $1.4 million in new charge-offs were recorded in the second quarter of this year, a Capitol Forum analysis of SBA loan data has...

Jul 24, 2026 Read Now >

Universal Health Services: Lawsuit Alleges Three Minors Were Sexually Assaulted While Patients at Missouri Psychiatric Hospital; One Allegation Relates to 2025 Assault, Potentially After Company Lost Insurance Coverage

A lawsuit filed in Vernon County, Missouri last month alleges that three minors were sexually assaulted during their stay at Heartland Behavioral Health, a psychiatric facility operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) in Nevada, Missouri. Importantly, one of the allegations of assault,...

Jul 23, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: HHS Withholds More Medicaid Funds from CA and MN, Citing Suspected Fraud; House Dems Propose Bill Targeting Commercial Health Insurance Denials; Senate Votes Against Resolution to Scrap WISeR; Eli Lilly Buys Psychedelics-Focused Drugmaker; FDA Issues Letters, Asks for Input on Monitoring Infant Formula Industry; CMS Collects Public Comment on Implementing PBM Laws

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • HHS defers more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Rising Conservative Media Outlet Formed By Political Operatives Doesn’t Disclose Lobbying Ties in Articles About Clients

The Washington Reporter, a conservative media outlet promoted by President Donald Trump, regularly fails to disclose conflicts of interest stemming from Garrett Ventry’s work as a paid lobbyist for companies the outlet covers. In several cases, the site published articles on Ventry’s...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Primo Brands: Customers, Former Employees Report Fee Increases, Declining Water Delivery Services and Cancellation Difficulties

In the wake of the November 2024 merger between BlueTriton Brands and Primo Water that created North America’s largest bottled water and water delivery company, the combined firm’s service quality has deteriorated as its prices continue to rise, a Capitol Forum investigation...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Amazon: Sellers’ Inventory and Fund Access Frozen After ‘Kafkaesque’ Counterfeit Accusations; New Bill Would Ban Holds, Require Transparency and Appeals Process

Amazon (AMZN) third-party sellers say that when accused of trading counterfeit goods by the e- commerce giant, they’ve been left with few ways to plead their case and verify their inventory’s legitimacy. Even when they’re able to prove their products’ chain of custody...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

Buy Now Pay Later, Earned Wage Access, and Student Loan Servicing Industries Face Likely Scrutiny with Rohit Chopra at Helm of California Enforcement Agency

Former CFPB Director and FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra has garnered a reputation as one of the most effective and aggressive enforcers of consumer protection law in the nation. Now, with Chopra overseeing California’s consumer finance law enforcement apparatus, the sector could soon...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

Clarity Act Grants Legal Immunity to Trump-Affiliated Crypto Company; Democrats Say They Were Unaware and Provision Raises Further Ethics Concerns

Congress’s signature cryptocurrency legislation would quietly shield crypto platform Solana, which has financial ties to the Trump family’s crypto empire, from past allegations of offering unregistered...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: State AGs Warn Against Giving Banking Charters to Fintechs; Crypto Bank Asks SCOTUS to Weigh In on Fed Master Account Access; Dems Raise Concern About Fed Jobs Task Force’s Links to AI; Mamdani Proposes Sweeping Junk Fee Rule; Trump’s CFPB Nominee to Appear Before Congress Next Week

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • State AGs warn that lending fintechs are seeking banking charters to dodge...

Jul 17, 2026 Read Now >

As Florida AG Investigates Caremark, Independent Pharmacists and Pharmacy Owners Say CVS Self-Preferences and Targets Independents with Unfair Rates and Audits

Last month, the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to CVS (CVS) to determine whether its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), Caremark, is harming independent pharmacists by steering patients to its own pharmacies, giving higher reimbursements to itself, and subjecting independent...

Jul 17, 2026 Read Now >

Proposed OPPS and ASC Rule May Curb Hospital Consolidation in Imaging Space, Drive Volume to Non-Hospital Settings

A proposed rule from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would disincentivize hospital ownership of outpatient imaging clinics—potentially driving down costs for patients and the government—and may push more services out of the hospital setting into ambulatory surgical...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: HHS OIG Requests Information on Direct-To-Consumer Drug Sales, Anti-Kickback Laws; CMS Seeks to Break AMA Monopoly on Coding and Payments; CMS to Propose Rule Loosening Conditions for Participation in Medicare, Medicaid; FTC Settles With Caremark; FDA to Defend Legal Authority to Publish CRLs; FDA Cracks Down on Online Ketamine Sales; FDA Issues Guidance, Schedules Hearing on Psychedelic Research and Usage

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • HHS OIG may seek to update anti-kickback regulations to accommodate DTC drug...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Capitol Forum Analysis of June MAUDE Data

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Maude Monthly: Abbott CGM Low Reading Problem Continues to Grow as Company Discloses Additional Death; Medline Reports Hundreds of Late Reports in Wake of FDA Scrutiny; MAUDE Data Reveals Additional Issue with Insulet Omnipod

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Vought To Testify Before Senate; Housing Bill To Become Law Tonight, Probably; CFPB Signals Turnaround on Credit Card Fees; Earned Wage Advance Bill Passes Committee But Has No Path Forward; Cash App Pays $45 Million Over Scam Accounts; Fed Unveils Task Force Members

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Vought to testify on Capitol Hill next week. • CFPB reverses course and...

Jul 10, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: VA Suspends Harrow’s Out-of-State Compounding Licenses; CMS Reneges on Bone Growth Stimulator Payment Change; CMS Proposes Bundling Payment for Phosphate Binders into ESRD in 2027; OPPS Rule Includes Site Neutrality Measures, 340B Reimbursement Crackdown; CMS Seeks Stricter Enrollment Oversight for Home Health, DME; FDA 483s

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Virginia suspends Harrow’s compounding licenses. • CMS walks back pricing...

Jul 08, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Supreme Court Lets Texas Age Verification Law Stand—For Now; Tech Firms Push for USMCA Renewal; Senate Commerce to Markup Kids’ Online Safety Bill; Receiver Looks to Sell Jupiter Systems Before Company Runs Out of Cash; New Jersey Goes After Data Brokers

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the Courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...

Jul 07, 2026 Read Now >

SAP: Company’s New API Policy Could Further Vendor Lock-In, Risking Additional Regulatory Scrutiny

A new letter to the European Commission, obtained by The Capitol Forum, highlights the alleged anticompetitive effects of SAP’s (SAP) updated application programming interface (API) policy and calls on the Commission to open an investigation into the...

Jul 07, 2026 Read Now >

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