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California Passes Law Requiring Attorney General Approval for Certain Healthcare Investments and Emphasizes Requirements for...

Pre-Closing Notice or Consent: If signed by Governor Newsom, Assembly Bill 3129 (AB 3129) will mandate that, starting January 1, 2025, certain healthcare investors provide a 90-day written notice to, or obtain consent from,...more

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

McDermott Will & Emery

California State Legislature Passes Assembly Bill 3129

The California State Senate and State Assembly passed Assembly Bill (AB) 3129 on August 31, 2024, immediately prior to the end of the state’s legislative session. The bill now heads to the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom as a...more

Allen Matkins

California's Legislature Mulls Weird Definition Of "Hedge Fund"

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As the California legislature approaches its final recess of the current session, it is continuing to move AB 3129 (Wood), a bill that would according to the bill's digest "require a private equity group or a hedge fund, as...more

Allen Matkins

Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Any Grocery Store Purchases Without Prior Written Notice To The Attorney General

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Anyone planning to buy a loaf of bread or head of lettuce next year will need to plan ahead.  Last weekend, Governor Newsom signed AB 853 into law.  This bill provides that "no person shall acquire, directly or indirectly,...more

Allen Matkins

California May Soon Require Notice To The Attorney General Before Buying Anything From A Retail Grocer!

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Last May, I wrote with some incredulity about AB 853 (Maienschein) which is ostensibly directed at mergers and acquisitions of grocery and drug stores.  The bill, however, appears to be progressing toward enactment.   As a...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

Morgan Lewis

California Could See Regulatory Scrutiny of Post-COVID-19 Healthcare Transactions

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If a proposed bill by the California Senate is passed, parties to certain post-pandemic healthcare transactions involving private equity groups, hedge funds, healthcare systems, facilities, and provider groups would need to...more

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