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On March 26, 2004, CMS published the long-awaited Phase II of the Stark II Final Regulations. These regulations affect virtually all relationships involving physicians and health care entities. The following discussion highlights the issues that are likely to be of greatest significance concerning the daily operations of most providers and their efforts to assure compliance with Stark II

Investment firms face an ever-expanding range of legal risks associated with making and managing their portfolio company investments.

The need for infrastructure investment in North Africa is of paramount importance, with commentators earmarking the power and renewable energy sectors as key growth areas.

The Southern District of Texas recently discussed the line between representations that give rise to a securities fraud action and statements that are not actionable.

Urban and suburban development result in two important trends for stormwater.

A discussion on the laws which are intended to protect economic freedom and the opportunity to promote competition in the marketplace.

Valuation disputes can be among the most critical issues addressed during the course of a bankruptcy case, at least in terms of economic impact to various bankruptcy participants.

A discussion concerning the anti-corruption enforcement trends impacting companies subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

Endangered Species Act protections allowed the world’s only self-sustaining, wild Whooping Crane population, known as the "AWB" flock, to increase from 15 birds in the 1940s to around 250 today.

Ordinarily, parties abandon transactions when CFIUS appears ready to recommend that the president issue a blocking order.

Latin America is seeing an upsurge in transactions in the oil and gas industry, including asset purchases, joint ventures and equity acquisitions.

At a recent London conference on low-carbon investment, the head of a private equity fund specializing in renewables chilled his audience with a report on the significant gap between investor expectations on risk and return and what was then being achieved under the United Kingdom regulatory environment.

The increasing number of corporations adopting bylaws or charter provisions mandating that intra-corporate lawsuits be brought exclusively in a particular forum has provoked a preemptive strike by the plaintiffs bar.

On May 1, 2012, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on an issue that is of particular importance to insurers.

A pair of recent Delaware court decisions has shined a spotlight on the role of financial advisors in public M&A. This article summarizes these developments and provides some helpful insight on the impact these cases could have regarding investment banking engagements, proxy statement disclosures, and changes to merger agreements themselves.

Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands has historically been a point of contention involving many states.

The pattern is familiar: A proposed merger or acquisition involving a publicly traded company is announced and almost immediately law firms issue press releases announcing "investigations" into whether the target company and its board of directors breached their fiduciary duties.

China has recently revised its tax policies to encourage energy conservation and the efficient exploration of natural resources.