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The justices said the U.S. government had an obligation to make $12 billion in payments under the so-called "risk corridor" program.
The federal agency has posted a 45-minute webinar responding to a range of inquiries about privacy and disclosure.
The justices will hear arguments next term in a case brought by a coalition of Democratic-led states.
However, the court said the Equal Pay Act "does not prevent employers from considering prior pay for other purposes."
"Financial institutions are absolutely immune from private suits that are based on the filing of a suspicious activity report," lawyers from Jones Day, on behalf of client Fidelity Brokerage Services, told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
"This is late in the session for the court to be taking up cases, but this is a critical one," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said.
Sutter Health also admitted no wrongdoing in agreeing to the settlement
Legal threats loom as worker classification legislation, Assembly Bill 5, could upend how the gig economy is structured.
The clock is ticking for employers to comply with the new law.
Any obligation to make those payments, the DOJ contents, was voided when Congress "expressly prohibited" HHS from continuing to make payments.