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FTC Announces Proposed Revisions To "Green Guides"

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.06.10

Today the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to the Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, 16 CFR Part 260, commonly referred to as the “Green Guides.”  Information about the proposed changes, including the FTC’s press release, the Federal Register Notice, and a summary of the proposed changes, is available on the FTC’s website here.

The period for submitting comments on the proposed rule ends on December 10, 2010.  For more information about the revised Green Guides or submitting comments to the FTC about the revisions, please contact the professionals listed below or your regular Crowell & Moring contact.

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Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.26.24

California Office of Health Care Affordability Notice Requirement for Material Change Transactions Closing on or After April 1, 2024

Starting next week, on April 1st, health care entities in California closing “material change transactions” will be required to notify California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) and potentially undergo an extensive review process prior to closing. The new review process will impact a broad range of providers, payers, delivery systems, and pharmacy benefit managers with either a current California footprint or a plan to expand into the California market. While health care service plans in California are already subject to an extensive transaction approval process by the Department of Managed Health Care, other health care entities in California have not been required to file notices of transactions historically, and so the notice requirement will have a significant impact on how health care entities need to structure and close deals in California, and the timing on which closing is permitted to occur....