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Florida Medical Record Disclosure Law Preempted by HIPAA

by Jennifer S. Geetter, James Saling, Heather Egan Sussman | McDermott Will & Emery on 5/20/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit recently ruled that a Florida law requiring nursing homes to disclose patient records of deceased patients was preempted by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

HIPAA Preemption Case – Opis Management Resources, LLC v. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

by William Dillon | Messer & Caparello, P.A. on 4/15/2013

On April 9, 2013 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion regarding HIPAA preemption in the case of Opis Management Resources, LLC v. Florida Agency for Care Administration. Opis...more

ERISA Does Not Preempt State Court Order Requiring Beneficiary to Renounce Right to Employee’s Plan Benefits, Fourth Circuit Rules

by Katherine Lange | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 3/20/2013

The scenario is not difficult to imagine: An employee designates her spouse as the primary beneficiary under her employer’s life insurance and retirement benefit plans. Years later, the couple divorces, and in the marital...more

Erbrecht - Herabsetzungsklage - Verjährungsfrist - Schweizerisches Bundesgericht, Urteil vom 22. März 2012, BGer 4A_458/2011, BGE...

by Oliver Arter on 3/5/2013

Erbrecht – Niederlassungs- und Konsularvertrag vom 22. Juli 1868 zwischen der Schweiz und Italien. Professio iuris. Herabsetzungsklage. Verjährungsfrist. Bundesgericht, I. Zivilabteilung, Urteil vom 22. März 2012 i.S. A. SA...more