Legal News

On February 2, 2021, the FTC published its annual changes to the thresholds for determining whether certain transactions must be reported to FTC and DOJ under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act before closing can occur....By: Polsinelli

On January 19, 2021, the IRS published guidance in Notice 2021-10, extending critical deadlines and rules relating to investments in qualified opportunity zones. First, any investors facing a deadline between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, to invest their qualified capital gains in a qualified opportunity fund (“QOF”) now have until March 31, 2021, to invest those gains....By: Polsinelli

Policing hospital mergers has become a top enforcement priority among federal antitrust enforcers. In 2020 alone, the FTC sued to block three hospital transactions (Jefferson/Einstein, Methodist Le Bonheur/Tenet and Hackensack Meridian/Englewood) and submitted letters to state regulators opposing two transactions (Community/Hendrick and Community/Shannon), while the DOJ has challenged one transaction (Geisinger/Evangelical)....By: Polsinelli

On September 11, 2020, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released its Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) online for public access.  The CSAL identifies contractors who will be receiving an audit scheduling letter. ...By: Polsinelli

Last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) updated its Manual on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (“June 2020 Guidance”), which is intended to aid prosecutors in making corporate charging decisions.  Initially issued in 2017, and last...By: Polsinelli

The California state legislature is currently considering a new bill that, if passed, would require California Attorney General consent and approval for a potentially broad range of mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations in the health care sector....By: Polsinelli

This white paper analyzes the interplay of those middle market health care business mergers and acquisitions with the four-part, patient-care-centric conceptual framework of ownership, organization, payment and delivery that we described in our...By: Polsinelli

The frank discussion during the roundtable highlighted contractors’ ongoing concerns regarding OFCCP’s approach to the evaluation of the compensation of small groups of specialized employees and smaller AAP groups....By: Polsinelli

The recent outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, has left many employers across the country grappling with how to effectively and lawfully protect their employees....By: Polsinelli

The ‘Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement’ Act (the “SECURE Act”) was signed into law on December 20, 2019 and became effective January 1, 2020....By: Polsinelli