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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Update: AB 3129 Passes in California Senate and Nears Finish Line

After its passage in the California Senate on August 31, 2024, Assembly Bill No. 3129 (AB 3129) is now headed to Governor Newsom’s desk. As discussed in depth in our previous blog series on AB 3129, the legislation would...more

BakerHostetler

Whether Buyer or Seller: Heed This WARNing

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One often forgotten consideration in many mergers and acquisitions is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act). Whether you are a buyer or a seller, you should consider whether the WARN Act...more

Allen Matkins

California Caps Legislative Session By Sending A Weird Hedge Fund Bill To The Governor For A Possible Signature

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Last month, I commented on the "weird" definition of "hedge fund" in AB 3129 (Wood).  On the last day of the current session, the legislature passed the bill.  It is now on Governor Newsom's desk....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Massachusetts Senate Passes Bill to Increase Oversight of Private Equity Healthcare Transactions

On July 18, 2024, the Massachusetts Senate passed S. 2871, An Act Enhancing the Health Care Market Review Process (the Bill), to increase oversight of healthcare transactions involving private equity firms, real estate...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Is Now the Right Time For Your Health Care Merger?‎

Health care leaders intent on growing their businesses in the Pacific Northwest through mergers and acquisitions have difficult timing decisions to make. On the one hand, many larger health systems and hospitals have just now...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Indiana Enacts New Law Requiring Notice of Healthcare Transactions

On March 13, 2024, Indiana enacted Senate Bill No. 9, which establishes that the Office of the Indiana Attorney General must receive prior written notice of certain transactions involving Indiana healthcare entities. This new...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC Suing to Block Albertsons/Kroger Merger

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block the proposed $24.6 billion merger between supermarket giants Kroger and ACI, the parent company of Albertsons and Safeway, among other brands. The FTC has initiated two...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Update from California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA): Proposed Regulations re Material Change Transactions and...

As we previewed in our blog article in March on the establishment of California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), OHCA has issued proposed regulations available on the OHCA website, that provide...more

MoFo Life Sciences

New York Enacts Material Healthcare Transactions Notice Requirements: Four Key Takeaways

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On May 3, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York Public Health Law that will require certain healthcare entities to provide the State Department of Health (DOH) with written notice...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Office of Health Care Affordability: Another Regulatory Hurdle for California Healthcare M&A Transactions?

California has a new regulatory review process that could have implications for healthcare mergers and acquisitions and similar transactions in the state. By way of background, after nearly two years of negotiations with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Putting the Brakes on Healthcare M&A and Provider/Payor Contracting: AB 2080 Poised to Dramatically Impact Healthcare Transactions...

Assembly Bill 2080 (“AB 2080”), known as the “Health Care Consolidation and Contracting Fairness Act of 2022,” was approved by the California Assembly on May 26, 2022, and if passed by the Senate and signed into law before...more

Opportune LLP

2021 NAPE Summit: Top 10 Energy Industry Trends

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At the 2021 NAPE Summit, decision-makers, prospect generators, financiers, E&P operators, and service providers will finally return in person in Houston at the George R. Brown Center on August 18-20 (virtually from August...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Bill Pumps the Breaks on Health Care Consolidation in Oregon - Update

On July 27, 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed into law a bill that will make it more difficult for health care entities in Oregon to consummate mergers and similar transactions. HB 2362, which has been dubbed by its sponsors...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Cannabis Capital Markets in New York: M&A Deals and Capital Raises Are Skyrocketing

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When New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational cannabis on March 31, 2021, it opened one of the largest cannabis markets globally. Not surprisingly, the state’s capital raises and M&A activity in the cannabis...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Where’s the Beef? Two Charged with $650 Million Cattle Ponzi Scheme

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Where’s the Beef? Two Charged with $650 Million Cattle Ponzi Scheme - On May 12, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal district court in Colorado unsealed an indictment alleging that two individuals ran...more

McDermott Will & Emery

2020 Health Antitrust Year in Review

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The federal antitrust enforcement agencies brought three hospital merger challenges and three criminal antitrust enforcement actions in healthcare in the past year. Combined with the incoming Democratic administration,...more

BakerHostetler

State Tax in Transactions: Post Closing Issues (Part IV)

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Don't rest on your laurels because the closing ink has dried! In this final episode of the series on state and local tax issues in M&A, Matt Hunsaker addresses some of the issues that arise after closing and how to prepare...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Does the Savings Statute Save My Claim?

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The Bullet Point: Ohio Commercial Law Bulletin Does the Savings Statute Save My Claim? Volume 4, Issue 16 August 26, 2020 Jim Sandy and Stephanie Hand-Cannane Savings Statute Moore v. Mt. Carmel Health Sys., Slip...more

Cozen O'Connor

AGs’ Expanding Focus Due To COVID-19 | New Antitrust Guidelines | AG Sues Timeshare Exit Companies

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2020 AG Elections- Utah Attorney General Fends Off Challenger in Republican Primary- •Incumbent Utah AG Sean Reyes won the July 2, 2020 Republican primary for AG over challenger David Leavitt. •AG Reyes will face...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Antitrust Counseling in the Pandemic Economy: Six Trends to Watch

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The coronavirus pandemic has shocked the global economy, transformed industries, and upended our daily lives. Its effects will be felt for years. So, what do these changes mean for antitrust counseling? This article explains...more

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC)

New California Court Decision Highlights Potential Perils Of Unlimited Vacation. Bonus Concerns: Settling Cases With Releases,...

While the United States and California legal worlds remain (understandably) focused on issues arising out of the COVID-19 global pandemic, California courts continue to issue important, and potentially policy-altering,...more

BCLP

Horizon Scanning 2020 - Key 2020 legal developments for UK companies

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2020 will see companies report against the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code for the first time. Amongst other things, companies will need to explain the methods used for workforce engagement and provide clear explanations...more

Foster Garvey PC

Short-Term Rental Update: Short-term rentals continue to gain market share; partnering early in the multifamily development...

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Short-Term Rentals Continue to Gain Market Share - ("Booking Holdings breaks down private accommodation revenues for first time, now at 20% of total," Phocuswire, Feb 27, 2019) Alternative accommodations, including...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 02-01-2019 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

House Commerce pauses bill to ban non-compete agreements - After hearing limited opposition from the business community to a bill that would ban virtually all non-compete agreements, the House Commerce and Economic...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report Weekly Update December 2018 #1

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Breaking News- Alaska Governor Appoints Kevin Clarkson as Attorney General- Recently elected Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavey, a Republican, appointed Kevin Clarkson as Attorney General, replacing AG Jahna Lindemuth....more

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