Sheppard Mullin and Jarrard co-presented 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Deal, a webinar discussing the pitfalls that can sabotage a deal and best practices to avoid them. Here’s a link to the webinar: 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Deal | Sheppard Mullin and a summary of the webinar’s takeaways.Continue Reading Sheppard Mullin 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Deal
Healthcare transactions are complicated endeavors and approaching them with your eyes wide open can be the difference between closing the deal and the negotiations falling apart. Failing to consider and navigate common pitfalls is an easy way to wreck a deal.Continue Reading Sheppard Mullin 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Deal
As the nation prepares for the upcoming 2024 elections, the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson continues to be a significant topic of discussion in numerous states. Since that decision and our first and second posts in this series, a number of noteworthy developments* have occurred at both the federal and state levels, including some states passing laws that prohibit or restrict the availability of abortions. Some of the most recent legal developments are summarized below. Continue Reading Part 3: An Update on the Federal and State E-Roe-sion or P-Roe-tection of Abortion Rights
Regulatory enforcement and large litigation relating to the use of third party trackers on companies’ websites and applications have been on the rise. Tracking often occurs without the companies’ knowledge or consent. Third party tracking on hospital and provider websites has specifically garnered notable media attention. Recently, there has been significant activity by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) under the Health Breach Notification Rule for unauthorized sharing of personal information. It has begun to penalize and impose steep corrective actions, including long-impacting future restrictions, for such violations.Continue Reading Web Tracking Creates a Web of Data Privacy Risks