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Actinium Healthcare Holdings has acquired Central Home Health Services of Texas (CHHS), according to a news release....By: McGuireWoods LLP

James Hanson, Managing Director with Opportune Partners LLC, discusses why fairness and solvency opinions are necessary in oil and gas transactions, especially as bankruptcies and restructuring events mount in today's environment....By: Opportune LLP

What can we learn from past contracts, good and bad, and how they played out in the courtroom? In this presentation, seasoned-in-house counsel, trial attorneys, and a jury consultant will examine lessons learned in litigation history related to various contract disputes and principles. By examining several public cases through the lens of in-house counsel, outside counsel, and the jury, we will identify how problems in IP, licensing, royalty, and acquisition agreements play out in litigation,......

Bricker & Eckler attorneys, with special guest Thomas Winston, President & CEO, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, invite you to attend a virtual presentation that will walk you through the process of developing public or privately-owned properties and facilities, including: - Real estate: Acquisition, options for ownership structures, rezoning, preparation for development and revitalization - Economic development: Creative tools available to assist with the project and ensure its long-term...

In hotly anticipated comments on Thursday—and yes, such a designation applies to a speech on monetary policy—Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell “announced a major shift in how the central bank guides the economy, signaling it will make job growth pre-eminent and will not raise interest rates to guard against coming inflation just because the unemployment rate is low.” The new plan forward comes after an almost-2-year review of the Fed’s monetary policy strategy....By: Robins Kaplan LLP

In a recent decision reversing FCC-imposed conditions on Charter Communications’ 2016 acquisition of Time Warner Cable, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals raised significant questions about the FCC’s authority to adopt conditions on mergers governing future business practices. While the court stopped short of finding that the FCC lacks authority to impose such conditions, it did leave that issue open for future challenges, and the two judges in the majority signaled a...B...

Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry have been on the upswing in recent years, and even with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the layoffs, furloughs, and financial losses that have followed in its wake; the market remains surprisingly active. Hospitals and health systems announced 14 transactions during the second quarter of 2020—not significantly lower than the 19 transactions reported in Q2 of 2020....By: K&L Gates LLP

The majority of middle-market M&A has followed a similar structure for quite some time: while ensuring normalized working capital, the seller sweeps “Cash” and pays off all “Debt” at closing. The nuance, of course, lies in the definitions of “Cash” and “Debt.” “Cash” is usually a straightforward definition and excludes restricted cash, as well as checks and wires in transit. On the other hand, the definition of “Debt” usually takes up one-half to three-quarters of a page and, with li...

The SBA has continued its wave of regulations and guidance as PPP borrowers begin to apply for loan forgiveness. New regulations address nuanced, but important, issues such as “owner-employee” compensation and the allowability of “related party” rent payments....By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Le 20 août 2020, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont publié des modifications visant le Règlement 51-102 sur les obligations d’information continue (le « Règlement 51-102 ») et son instruction générale concernant les obligations relatives à la déclaration d’acquisition d’entreprise s'appliquant aux émetteurs assujettis qui ne sont pas des émetteurs émergents....By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP