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Texas Lawyer

Texas Attorney Allegedly Stole Millions From Clients in 'Madoff-Like Ponzi Scheme'

Most former clients lost life savings or assets valued in six or seven figures, court filings allege. Law firms from across Texas have been drawn in to represent them.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

District Court Says Yale New Haven Hospital Must Hand Over Doctors' Names to EEOC in Age Discrimination Lawsuit

A Connecticut district court judge rejected Yale New Haven Hospital's arguments against turning over additional documents to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding medical practitioners over age 70 who were allegedly "directed to submit" to neuropsychological and ophthalmological testing.
5 minute read

Law.com

Attorney Suspended for at Least Six Months for 'Negligent Misappropriation' While Serving as Conservator

A Washington, D.C., attorney who admitted to negligently misappropriating an elderly client's funds while serving as a court-appointed conservator has received a reciprocal seven-month suspension in Maryland and Virginia.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Guardianship Diversity Initiative

More than lofty goals, the GDI has produced concrete steps to try to ensure that subjects of guardianship proceedings are being represented by attorneys who mirror their experience.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cognitive Awareness as a Prerequisite for Damages Under PHL 2801-d

New York Public Health Law §2801-d provides a private cause of action for nursing home residents injured as a result of any deprivation of their rights that cause an injury. This article addresses the question of whether a PHL 2801-d claimant must demonstrate some level of cognitive awareness that he or she was deprived of the right as a prerequisite to recover noneconomic damages. The First and Third Departments of the Appellate Division split on this issue in decisions handed down in 2021. The First Department answered "yes," and the Third Department "no."
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Appeals Court Guts State Policy Denying Medicaid to Nursing Home Residents

In attorney Jacob Hale's brief to the Third District, he ably skewered the agency's arguments.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Reed Smith, Michael Best Launch Leadership Council to Support Growing Alzheimer's Population

The firms and the Alzheimer's Association invite law firms across the country to join the Legal Industry Leadership Council, which aims to help families and businesses plan for legal issues that follow an Alzheimer's diagnosis and raise money for Alzheimer's research.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Netflix Faces Defamation Suit for Documentary on Alleged Guardianship Abuse

The episode reported on the guardianship system in general and on two cases in particular.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Does Having Dementia Mean Your Loved One Is Incompetent?

"Sometimes children need not only to care for their parents, they also need to know when to take them to a doctor for a neurological assessment," say two family law attorneys.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hall Booth Defending Med-Mal Suit Alleging Elder Abuse Led to COVID-19 Infection

This lawsuit was surfaced on Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

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