As we kick off 2023, we are optimistic that the healthcare private equity (PE) market will be resilient despite various headwinds. As you think ahead, please consider the issues and trends summarized below that may be helpful...more
1/9/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Market ,
Earn-Outs ,
Employee Retention ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Minority Equity Investments ,
New Legislation ,
New Rules ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Ransomware ,
Rollover Equity ,
Section 220 Request
QR (Quick Response) codes, have become ubiquitous – they can be found on billboards, buses, email, snail mail, magazine pages, restaurant menus, company websites, business cards, church bulletins, stadium jumbotrons, and...more
Colorado recently became the latest state to eliminate a statutory ban prohibiting merchants from imposing a surcharge on customers who elect to pay for a transaction via credit or charge card. The Credit Transaction Charge...more
7/16/2021
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Credit Card Surcharges ,
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Criminal Prosecution ,
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Debit Cards ,
Disclosure ,
Governor Polis ,
Merchants ,
State and Local Government ,
Surcharges
The U.S. District Court, District of Kansas recently ruled in CardX, LLC v. Schmidt, that Kansas Statute Annotated § 16a-2-403, which prohibits merchants from imposing a surcharge on customers who elect to pay via credit...more
On May 7, Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee formally introduced the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 (the Act), which would put temporary rules in place regarding the...more
California recently passed and signed into law a privacy bill that provides California consumers with data protections that share key features with the European Union's GDPR. While not nearly as strict or extensive as the...more
8/15/2018
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Rights ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Minors ,
New Legislation ,
Notification Requirements ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Transparency
On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued updates to its interpretive guidance on how public companies should disclose cybersecurity breaches and risks.
There are two core messages at...more
2/22/2018
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Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Guidance Update ,
Insider Trading ,
Investors ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Popular ,
Public Disclosure ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Traders
Last week, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held that New York General Business Law Section 518, which provides that "[n]o seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a holder who...more