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06.06.11

The Proposed ACO Program: Issues for the Life Sciences Industry

Accountable care organizations (ACOs), a creation of the controversial Accountable Care Act (ACA), are among the most discussed innovations in healthcare delivery. Now, life science companies are taking a long, hard look at ACOs to determine what effect they may have on sales of existing therapies ...


06.02.11

New Requirements to Consider When Dealing with Fairness Opinions

Volume 18, Number 1 September/October 2008Fairness opinions are frequently used in connection with change of control or other material corporate transactions to opine on the fairness, from a financial perspective, of the proceeds of the transaction. Effective December 8, 2007, the Securities and ...


06.02.11

5-Step Guide to Financing Rooftop Solar

Most businesses acknowledge the inherent benefits of using the sun to generate clean energy while, at the same time, saving on utility bills. However, there remains great uncertainty on how best to finance the initial capital required for the installation, operation and maintenance of integrated ...


06.02.11

Contamination Examination: Tainted Properties May Be Worth the Risk for Savvy Investors

Real estate recessions create terrific investment opportunities—the trick is figuring out which ones are right for you. With banks and loan servicers increasingly swamped by foreclosure properties, environmentally contaminated properties can offer particularly good deals. A fair amount of ...


06.02.11

A Debate Over Large or Small Projects Rages

An ongoing debate exists among those with the power to decide matters about how to reduce greenhouse gases in order to reduce or eliminate global climate change.As utilities struggle to meet their new renewable portfolio standard (RPS) goals--and indeed many appear set to fail--a particular debate ...


06.02.11

Today's Bank Regulatory Enforcement Landscape

Bank News September 2009


06.02.11

Stimulus Programs Aim at Health IT Problems

With a nod toward averting future problems as well as educating the public about current ones, the federal government's campaign to move the health care industry into the digital age spawned a couple of offshoots over the past two months.HHS announced it will award a contract to develop ways to ...


06.02.11

Selling Distressed Assets

Three types of distressed-loan sales are options worth considering for financial institutions seeking to improve their balance sheets.The current economic climate and ongoing attention from regulators have financial institutions under growing pressure to raise capital to improve balance sheets. Not ...


06.02.11

Ninth Circuit Widens Split on Copyright Registration Issue

This article was originally published in the May 28, 2010 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finally has chosen sides in a slowly developing dispute over a technical but important issue—namely, whether a ...


06.02.11

Government Making Progress on Federal Stimulus Provisions

The federal government continues to move ahead with implementing various provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This update summarizes certain significant developments since early March.Health IT On April 6, HHS announced more than $267 million in awards to 28 additional ...