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As anticipated, following the end of the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule prohibiting employer noncompetes, states have ramped up their efforts toward limiting noncompete agreements, including some states that have...more
On March 4, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law Senate Bill 139, now Act 232 (the “Act”), which amends the state’s non-compete statute to provide that non-compete covenants that “restrict the right...more
On February 12, 2025, Senator Christopher Cabaldon introduced California Senate Bill (SB) 351, which would codify and strengthen California’s existing corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) and corporate practice of dentistry...more
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The California legislature has introduced a bill that would implement some of the same restrictions on private equity health care investments as last year’s AB 3129....more
On January 10, 2025, the Oregon Legislative Counsel introduced Senate Bill (SB) 951, aiming to modernize Oregon’s corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine. If enacted, SB 951would prohibit management services...more
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On December 18, 2024, a bipartisan group of four Senators on the Senate Finance Committee released draft legislation that would expand the total number of Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) full-time equivalent (FTE)...more
On January 6, 2025, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) published its first update on the recent Massachusetts law creating a new licensing pathway for internationally trained and licensed physicians....more