- Medical staff, privileges, licensing issues
- 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
San Francisco, CA A California Appeals Court ruled that a See’s Candies worker can move forward with a labor lawsuit alleging the company’s lax COVID-19 safety protocols caused her husband’s death. T [...]
Madison, WI On December 15, the District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin agreed that plaintiffs in a lawsuit against UMR, the benefits administrator for employer-sponsored UnitedHealth ins [...]
Sacramento, CA Farmworkers will finally see pay increases in 2022, thanks to winning a California labor lawsuit that will stop the guest farmworkers wage freeze, and also to the USDA’s annual survey r [...]
Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge ruled that Flowers Foods Inc. misclassified its distributor drivers as independent contractors and drivers can go ahead with overtime claims against the seco [...]
Kalamazoo, MI Bronson Healthcare and participants in the Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc. 403(b) Tax Sheltered Matching Plan have agreed in principle to settle a proposed class action ERISA lawsuit. The [...]
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...]