Health Law, Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law

Constant Email Access Increases Employee Stress

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 11/8/2012

Five days away from email equals less stress. This may sound obvious, but that was the conclusion of a recent study that took away email from thirteen civilian workers at an Army facility outside Boston, according to a...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - September 2012

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/17/2012

In This Issue: - Editor's Overview - ERISA Preemption in Provider Misrepresentation Claims: An Overview of the Jurisprudence Leading Up to the Fifth Circuit's En Banc Review of Access Mediquip and What Lies...more

TPA is a Fiduciary Under ERISA

by Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 9/7/2012

A recent Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision considered whether a third party administrator of a self-funded medical plan was a fiduciary under ERISA. Under ERISA, fiduciaries owe strict duties of loyalty and prudence to...more

Healthcare Law Results In Refunds To California Employers

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 8/31/2012

The Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama in 2010, has various provisions that kick in starting this year. One provision requires that insurance companies spend a certain percentage of health insurance...more

Healthcare Law Results In Refunds To California Employers

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 7/25/2012

The Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama in 2010, has various provisions that kick in starting this year. One provision requires that insurance companies spend a certain percentage of health insurance...more

ERISA Legal News - 2nd Quarter, 2012 • Volume 3, Number 2

by Dickinson Wright on 7/24/2012

In This Issue: IN THIS ISSUE: - Supreme Court’s Decision on Healthcare Reform – What Does This Mean To ERISA Welfare Benefit Plans? ....1 - SELECT CASE SUMMARIES....2 - DICKINSON WRIGHT ERISA...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - May 2012

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/17/2012

In This Issue: - Editor’s Overview ...1 - Health Care Reform Remains Alive and Well as DOL Enforces ACA through Plan Audits ...2 - Class Warfare — ERISA Class Litigation in Light of Wal-Mart v....more

New York Court Finds Clinic Not Liable for Employee's Disclosure of PHI

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 2/28/2012

A federal district court dismissed an action against an employer alleging vicarious liability for an employee’s dissemination of a patient’s protected health information (PHI) related to treatment for a sexually transmitted...more

Health Law Alert - April 2011

by Ruskin Moscou Faltischek on 5/6/2011

Insurance companies have been using computer technology to target providers with greater effect, but not always with the correct result. If you are a specialist who utilizes a set of medical codes more than any other codes,...more

“Whistleblowing Under the Dodd-Frank Act”

by Michael E. Clark on 9/14/2010

The Dodd-Frank Act includes new and expanded whistleblower protections as well as bounty hunter provisions that are designed to increase the referrals of larger fraud actions by incentivizing employees, contractors, and many...more

Asset Protection 101 for Financial and Legal Advisors

by IKE DEVJI on 7/15/2010

Honored and rresented by the Financial Planning Association of America (FPA) at their annual meeting last fall, this article was written at the request of ADVISOR TODAY - the Journal of the National Association of Insurance...more

Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court Polinet Decision and Reaffirms Broad Immunity for Hospitals and Physicians in Peer Review Cases

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/1/2008

In a case that has been closely watched around the nation for several years, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed hospitals? and physician peer reviewers? broad immunities from damages claims under the 1986...more