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Massachusetts shows initiative with recent laws State's colonial tradition, strong academic ties spur legislative innovation; National leader A sampling of Massachusetts firsts: Colonies' first military units established in 1636. First power to control obstructions to air traffic granted to Aeronautics Commission in 1960. First state to have state-funded public housing. Nation's first cancer hospital opened in Pondville in 1926. First trial uses of Thorazine, insulin shock, modified electric shock and hallucinogenic drugs. State opens nation's first school for the retarded, the Walter E. Fernald School, in 1851. First state to establish standards for weight and measures. Massachusetts established State Constabulary in 1865, the first statewide law enforcement agency in the nation. It is now known as the Massachusetts State Police. First retirement system for public employees established in 1912. The first minimum wage law established in 1912.
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The Massachusetts Legislature, which once featured the likes of
John Adams and Calvin Coolidge, is passing innovative laws that
recall its restless past.
The Legislature, which boasts of a long tradition of leading the
nation in governmental initiatives, has in the past six months
approved laws allowing patients to check the backgrounds of their
doctors and requiring tobacco companies to reveal what they put in
cigarettes.
Massachusetts also has made itself the first state to stop doing
business with companies dealing with the repressive military regime
in the Asian nation of Burma.
The ...
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German Law Finally Comes To Terms With Most Favored Customer Clauses.
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; ...request a so-called "Most Favored Customer" or "Most Favored Nation" clause from their service provider. These clauses typically state (a) that...Office as applicable to most favored customer clauses, with...
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Stuart Chesky, DO, JD, Ohio KePRO Medical Director, Appointed to Ohio Joint Legislative Study Commission on Most Favored Nation Clauses in Health Care Contracts.
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"Most favored nation" clauses can create antitrust liability
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Stuart Chesky, DO, JD, Ohio KePRO Medical Director, Appointed to Ohio Joint Legislative Study Commission on Most Favored Nation Clauses in Health Care Contracts
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; ...Study Commission on Most Favored Nation Clauses in Health Care Contracts...health care contracting more fair for everyone...anticompetitive aspects of favored nation clauses, which...the impact that most favored nation clauses have...
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Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...settlement until a "most favored nation" clause favoring Google is removed...said: -- A "most favored nation" clause guarantees...offered. Under the most favored nation clause the registry...prevented from offering more advantageous ...
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Consumer Group Calls on Justice Department to Intervene In Google Book Settlement; 'Orphan Works' Provision and 'Most Favored Nation' Clause Raise Antitrust Concerns.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter
; ...and other Justice officials Consumer Watchdog asked the department to seek a delay of the settlement until a "most favored nation" clause favoring Google is removed and the deal's "orphan works" provision is extended to cover all who might digitize...
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How MFN clauses used in the health care industry unreasonably restrain trade under the Sherman Act.(most favored nations)
Magazine article from: Journal of Law and Health
; ...INTRODUCTION A most favored nations (MFN) clause is a contractual...3) MFN clauses have also...nondiscrimination clauses, (5) usual...and most favored rate requirements...of an MFN clause in consideration...reason is more meritorious...
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Most-favored-nation clause
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
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; ...pundits realize the most-favored lending clause has...covenants, the most-favored lending (MFL...referred to as a most-favored nations clause...most-favored nations" is still utilized...for years the MFL clause was primarily ...
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; ...ago, the term "Most Favored Nation" was a...lawsuits, Most Favored Nation clauses...the concept, MFN clauses are primarily used...Essentially, the clause is a stipulation...Defendant settles for more money with another...concept of Most ...
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