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Hospitals fear medical records claims
THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT is raising new legal fears for health care providers in light of tougher government enforcement and recent court rulings that could trigger private lawsuits. Labor and employment attorneys who represent health care providers are especially concerned about the prospect of private HIPAA litigation because the law does not currently provide a private right of action.RICO Law Expert to Aid Dorsey Prosecutor
R. Robin [email protected] County has called on an expert in anti-racketeering laws to assist in prosecuting former Sheriff Sidney Dorsey. District Attorney J. Tom Morgan has appointed John E. Floyd as a special assistant district attorney. Morgan says he is considering whether to prosecute Dorsey under state organized crime and anti-racketeering laws.UnitedHealth ordered to pay $524M
Two UnitedHealth Group Inc. units must pay $500 million in punitive damages for failing to oversee a doctor blamed for giving colonoscopy patients hepatitis C through shoddy medical practices, a Nevada jury found.Most Ga. probate judges not lawyers
An estimated 375 of about 1,060 judges who sit on the bench in Georgia's probate, magistrate and municipal courts are not lawyers, according to statistics provided to the Daily Report this week by Richard Reaves, executive director of the state Institute of Continuing Judicial Education. They have the authority to adjudicate traffic violations, DUIs and many misdemeanor crimes, among other functions.Bonovitz retires as Duane Morris chief
After 10 years at the helm of Duane Morris, Sheldon Bonovitz has stepped down as chairman and handed over the reins to vice-chairman and litigation department head John J. Soroko. The switch was effective Jan. 3 and will start a new chapter in a firm that has tripled in size since Bonovitz, 70, took over as chairman in the beginning of 1998.View more book results for the query "*"
New domain names may lead to suits
Intellectual property lawyers and industry groups say a global Internet body's decision to allow more generic top-level domain names will boost cybersquatting and related arbitration and litigation.They also criticize the organization's new fees targeted at abusive temporary domain-name registrations, or so-called "domain-name tasting," as inadequate to stop cybersquatters from cashing in on short-term registrations.GM's 'time is very short' for U.S. aid, Altman says
General Motors Corp., hammered by the worst auto market in 25 years, needs U.S. aid because "time is very short" to stop its collapse, says Roger Altman, the former Treasury official advising GM in merger talks with Chrysler LLC. With the government offering a $700 billion rescue for banks, it should have enough to assist GM, Chrysler and Ford Motor Co.'Gadget guy' joins Sutherland as partner
Joel J. Hughey has joined Sutherland as a partner from Premiere Global Services, where he was senior vice president of global corporate development.Hughey spent the last decade acquiring meeting technology companies around the world for Premiere, an Atlanta-based tech company that facilitates virtual conferences.Hughey said he handled 28 acquisitions in Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada, as well as two dispositions for Premiere.Cubans are split on success of free market
There was no colorful bunting to mark the grand opening, and no way to advertise in the local press. There was not even money to hand out fliers in this decaying Havana, Cuba neighborhood of potholed streets and crumbling one-story homes.So when the freshly-painted front window of the tiny pizzeria swung open on the most important afternoon in Julio Cesar Hidalgo's life, nobody noticed at first.Trending Stories
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