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- Medical malpractice
- Healthcare billing and fraud and abuse issues
- Medical mass torts
- Medical device/pharma business, regulatory, and funding strategy and issues
Where Medicine and Law Converge
Emerging Legal Issues
Nashville, TN There was a flurry of reports and studies about five years ago that found routine price gouging in emergency rooms nationwide, and it was worse for the most vulnerable populations – poor [...]
Garden City, NY “Attorneys have been lobbying many years for the Camp Lejeune Justice Act and now we see an opportunity for justice, an opportunity for victims to file a Camp Lejeune lawsuit,” says at [...]
San Francisco, CA Minor league ballplayers asked a California federal judge last month to approve a $185 million settlement they reached with Major League Baseball over alleged "starvation" [...]
Los Angeles, CA Weighing in on a California labor lawsuit filed by truckers against trucking companies, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said that competing employers’ no-poach agreements are inhe [...]
Chicago, IL Cast your mind back to 2020. We were staying at home, fully masked, wearing blue gloves, bleaching our kitchen counters and very worried about people living in congregate settings, like nu [...]
Dr. Teitel’s Blog Posts
10 New Malpractice Concerns, and How to Avoid Them
This is a good summary of risks to doctors posed by new healthcare paradigms. It outlines risks caused by social media, smart phones, team based medicine hospital based doctors instead of patients’ … [Read More...]
Surviving a Medical Board Investigation
Here is a good article that explains how trying to handle issues with your Medical Board or Credentials Committee without the help of a health care lawyer who understands your rights, empathizes with … [Read More...]
Repeal of medical device tax could spell relief for Houston companies
Some Houston companies may be holding their breath after the Senate voted last week to repeal the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices. The medical device tax went into effect in January and has … [Read More...]
AdvaMed 2010 Conference
Go to "The Changing Face of Medical Technology Innovation." … [Read More...]
Hot Legal Issues
alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower. [...]
California, you may be entitled to overtime wages [...]
alleging hospital overcharging and hidden fees on emergency room bills. [...]
alleging personal injuries caused by defective products. [...]