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SB 35 was one of the most prominent bills to come out of a package of housing-related laws enacted by the California legislature in 2017. It promised to allow swift approval of developments that were consistent with local zoning and design standards....By: Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) was one of the most promising bills to come out of a package of housing-related laws enacted by the California legislature in 2017. SB 35 authorized a potentially powerful procedure for reviewing proposed housing developments,...By: Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

On April 29, 2020, six Bay Area counties – Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara – as well as the City of Berkeley, each issued substantially similar updates to their extended local shelter-in-place orders, with...By: Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

On March 19, 2020, Governor Newsom issued a “Safer at Home” Order, which generally permits construction, including housing, to continue statewide....By: Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has already proven to have profound social, political and economic effects on the world, impacting nearly every continent, community and business sector. With the growing uncertainty about the extent to which such...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SB 50, Senator Scott Wiener’s bill to boost housing production near transit and job centers, has been defeated. The vote fell three votes short on Wednesday, and Wiener was unsuccessful in his reconsideration request yesterday....By: Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires parties to transactions that meet certain thresholds to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and observe a waiting period prior to closing unless certain exemptions apply....By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

By all accounts, 2019 proved to be another year of significant investment by private equity firms in the physician practice space. Below we discuss 10 trends we observed as counsel on a number of these transactions during 2019 that bear tracking in...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Managing an employee who is struggling with alcoholism or substance use disorder can be challenging for employers. While both conditions could be protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), there are differences in how...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Discover the factors that drove healthcare M&A activity in 2019. Innovation, expansion and continued private equity investment in the industry influenced healthcare transactions last year. 2019 saw continued robust healthcare merger and acquisition...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC