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New York Law Journal

Medical Marijuana and Employment Discrimination

In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli discusses a recent Massachusetts case involving a claim of handicap discrimination by a woman whose employment was terminated for using medical marijuana. Unlike some state court decisions that have relied on the federal law criminalizing the possession or use of marijuana of any kind to dismiss employment discrimination cases, the Massachusetts decision held that an employer must at least make an effort to accommodate an employee's use of medical marijuana that is legal under state law.
21 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-WellCare GC Gets 6 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud

Thaddeus Bereday, the former general counsel at Tampa-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc., was sentenced on Nov. 22 to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to one count of making a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Boca Raton Hospital Liable for Leg Amputation

A patient sues the West Boca Medical Center after a partial leg amputation.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY High Court Gives OK for 9/11 Cleanup Crews to Sue Over Asbestos Exposure

The state's Court of Appeals ruled that the Battery Park City Authority is a government entity and didn't have legal standing to challenge Jimmy Nolan's Law, a 2009 state law that gave workers who toiled in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, an extra year to file claims against the authority.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals: State Did Not Violate Constitution by Cutting Judges' Health Insurance

The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state did not violate the compensation clause of the New York Constitution by reducing its contributions to judges' health insurance premiums, thereby reversing a lower court's decision.
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Nursing Home Tells Congress Irma Deaths Not Staff's Fault

Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills attorney Geoffrey D. Smith told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that employees followed proper procedures between the air conditioner losing power on Sept. 10 and when the deaths began Sept. 13.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Partner Pair Returns to Pepper Hamilton From Hogan Lovells

After less than two years away, two partners have rejoined Pepper Hamilton's heath sciences group from Hogan Lovells.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lawyers Say New Digital Pill Raises Consent, Data Security Issues

While acknowledging the possible medical and financial benefits of a pill embedded with a sensor that can tell doctors if and when patients take their prescribed medication, health care and data privacy lawyers warned about consent and data security issues associated with the new technology.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Huff Powell Notches Back-to-Back Med-Mal Defense Wins

Huff, Powell & Bailey partner led a defense victory in an Albany medical malpractice trial, then returned to assist a firm partner who another med-mal trial in Fulton County.
15 minute read

Daily Business Review

Medication Delay Leads to $15.9M Medical Malpractice Verdict

A young woman needed fingers and toes amputated due to a South Florida doctor's medical malpractice, a jury found.
4 minute read

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