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New York Law Journal

Equitable Estoppel and Public Hospitals

When notice of a medical malpractice claim is not filed timely and the statute of limitations to bring a motion for permission to serve a late notice of claim expires, a court is not required to grant relief. The only avenue for a claimant who failed to file timely may be to argue the municipal defendant should be equitably estopped from seeking dismissal. The application of this doctrine to notices of claim and municipal hospitals is the subject of this article.
16 minute read

The American Lawyer

Greenberg Traurig Expands Health Care Practice With Brownstein Hyatt Team

While Erin Eiselein and Anna-Liisa Mullis are joining aboard as shareholders after over six years at Brownstein Hyatt, Ishra Solieman is joining as counsel. The team expands the firm's health care and FDA practice out of Denver and Phoenix.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Receipt of Medicare/Medicaid Funding Means Employer Can't Escape Whistleblower Claim, Pa. Judge Rules

Plaintiff Michael Smith brought claims arising under the PWL, the False Claims Act, and common law wrongful discharge against his former employer Ideal Concepts Inc., alleging he was fired for reporting fraudulent company behavior.
6 minute read

Law.com

Law Firm Did Not Breach Client Confidentiality With Press Release About Med Mal Verdict, State High Court Rules

"We find that Doe waived his claims of confidentiality under the Act by voluntarily and publicly disclosing his private health information in a public trial, and the qualified protective order under HIPAA did not preclude such waiver," Justice P. Scott Neville Jr., wrote.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Considers Arguments Over $26M Jury Verdict Against Valley Hospital

"I would just ask the court to take a step back, and look at what happened in this case, not as allegations, but what the jury heard and obviously agreed with," Peter G. Verniero of Sills Cummis & Gross said. "This is a semipublic institution that treated these doctors in a way that is unfair. That is clear from the jury's finding. And if this court were to reverse an unpublished opinion to somehow make a point on some technicality, it would be sending an awful message to all the parties in this case, to jurors, and to trial courts."
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Weight Watchers Slims Down Executive Ranks as Longtime GC Departs

Michael Colosi is departing the company as it dramatically retools itself, in part by purchasing a telehealth service that can prescribe Ozempic.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Patient Brokering Act Gets First Ruling on Appeal

"This is clearly a case of first impression," said appellee attorney Bruce A. Zimet.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

UnitedHealth Targeted in New Lawsuit Alleging Underpayment of Out-of-Network ER Doctors

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Indefinite Medicaid Vendor Audits? Texas Supreme Court Expresses Doubts

A Medicaid administrative services vendor for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission contested the timeliness of an audit it contends took place four years past a statutory deadline.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Not 'Much Else We Could Do': Payout From $40M Bibb County Verdict Uncertain as Judge Mulls Apportionment

If that judgment doesn't fall in the plaintiff's favor, it will create a possible avenue for them to appeal.
4 minute read

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