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Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. A number of stories involving hospitals and health care providers made the news last week. Our headline story includes a summary of health care trends that the consulting firm Sg2 published. The report makes…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. 1. The North Carolina Senate passed a bill that partially repeals its Certificate of Need (“CON”) law for facilities in rural areas and for certain medical specialties. The bill is headed to the House…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Last week, North Carolina legislators proposed a bill that would alter the state’s Certificate of Need (“CON”) program. If passed, the bill would make it easier for certain providers to open new health care…Read More

A recent decision from the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted employers some modest flexibility in conducting and relying on background checks for potential new hires covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The court made two key rulings: Employers have no obligation under the FCRA to provide job applicants with the opportunity…Read More

On May 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that significantly impacts a litigant’s right to compel arbitration and the circumstances that may result in a decision that a litigant has waived its right to compel arbitration. The Case In Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., an hourly employee at a fast food franchise signed…Read More

The Colorado legislature recently passed HB 22-1317, which dramatically revises Colorado’s statute governing covenants not to compete, C.R.S. § 8-2-113. The bill is expected to be signed by Governor Polis in the near future and take effect on August 10, 2022. Roughly half of the text in the noncompete law will be new, and significant…Read More

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Legislators and government agencies are looking for ways to deliver care in new settings. Last week, three U.S. Senators proposed a bill that would create a pilot program that would explore funding the cost…Read More