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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

California’s proposed market sourcing reg raises questions

The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has proposed amendments to its regulations that govern how sales of services and intangibles are sourced for income tax purposes. The changes to this income tax apportionment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California’s Privacy Regulator Had a Busy November, Risk Assessment Edition: What Does It Mean for Businesses?

In the third in our series of new CCPA regulations from California, we look at obligations for conducting risk assessments under CCPA. CCPA had called on the California agency to promulgate rules to address such assessments,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q3 2024

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In the healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, while deal volumes varied across different sectors, by and large the sure and steady pace of deal volume in Q2 continued into Q3. Moreover, several positive...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California is Capping Health Care Cost Increases – Starting at 3.5% in 2025

As we previewed last year regarding SB 184 and the establishment of the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), California now has taken a significant regulatory step aimed at restraining growth in health care...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What Do the CPPA’s Draft Regulations on Risk Assessments and Cybersecurity Audits Mean for Companies?

The CPPA, the California regulatory body charged with enforcing CCPA, has now issued draft regulations on risk assessments and cybersecurity audits. The draft was released ahead of a public board meeting to discuss those...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Public Workshop for OHCA’s Proposed Regulations Sparks Lively Discussion Among Industry Stakeholders

As we previewed in our previous blog article, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (“HCAI”) hosted a public workshop on August 15, 2023 for in-person and virtual attendees to make comments and pose...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Update from California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA): Proposed Regulations re Material Change Transactions and...

As we previewed in our blog article in March on the establishment of California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), OHCA has issued proposed regulations available on the OHCA website, that provide...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Potential Impact of Ninth Circuit Decision Holding that EPCA Preempts Prohibition of Natural ‎Gas Infrastructure

In April, the Ninth Circuit held that a city’s ban on new natural gas hookups for new ‎construction was preempted by federal law. This may impact proposed or existing bans in Oregon ‎including in Eugene and Bend, and in...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

How To Handle CPRA Regulations Delay

As many are aware, the CPRA regulations are currently in draft status and may continue in that state until April, despite the law’s January 1 effective date. This could result in regulations being in final form after the July...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Crossing The Line: California Looks to Permit Interstate Transfer and Distribution of Cannabis

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Under current California law, cannabis licensees are not permitted to “transport or distribute, or cause to be transported or distributed, cannabis or cannabis products outside the state, unless authorized by federal law.”...more

Perkins Coie

California Proposes New Cannabis Lab Testing Regulations

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On July 8, California’s Department of Cannabis Control (“DCC”) issued draft regulations looking to standardize cannabis testing across the state. According to a statement, the DCC issued the proposed regulations in reaction...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Approves Commercial Financing Disclosure Regulations

On June 9, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (DFPI) proposed commercial financing disclosure regulations issued pursuant to SB 1235...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Regulator Seeks Comment on Future Crypto Guidance

On June 1, the California DFPI began formally seeking input from the public to assist in developing guidance and regulatory clarity for Blockchain and Crypto companies as directed by Governor Newsom’s Executive Order (which...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Cannabis Farmers May Finally Get Some Relief

Residents of California often complain about high taxes, but no one pays higher taxes than the cannabis industry. In addition to the Federal 280E penalties, the cannabis industry in California is subject to a 15% state-wide...more

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