Value-based health care: provider integration
Do You Need A Lawyer for a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena?
Predictive Coding’s ROI Outpaces Other Processes Even As Technology Costs Rise
LPOs Stealing Deal Work from Law Firms
A Better 2012 for BigLaw (With Big Asterisks)
How Corporations Are Using Technology to Manage Costs of Discovery
Proportionality: Why Considering Value of Case Is Important in Discovery—Judge Baylson
Law Prof: Schools May Close if 2-Year Program Adopted
Healthcare Summit Reveals Industry Movement Independent of the Supreme Court Decision
In December 2023, the United Kingdom's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ("DESNZ") launched two consultations to garner views on the efficient operation of the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme ("ETS")....more
The cost of construction materials has risen like never before. This, in turn, creates pressure for parties to use cost estimates and budgets rather than "fixed price" contracts. Providing cost estimates can therefore be...more
Cost growth benchmarking programs allow states to see a complete picture of total health care spending in their markets, and pinpoint cost drivers. They empower states with the information to exercise appropriate regulatory...more
In the waning days of Donald Trump’s administration, the federal government passed the “No Surprises Act,” which becomes effective January 1, 2022. Like many recent state laws, the legislation is aimed at protecting patients...more
This week, all is quiet in the Senate as stakeholders await the release of the highly anticipated cost-containment package that is being developed by the HELP and Finance committees. While the details are not yet public – a...more
In a previous blog post, we began to dissect the new Massachusetts State Senate bill, “An Act Furthering Health Empowerment and Affordability by Leveraging Transformative Health Care,” and focused on a provision that would...more
Large-scale solar development is big business, and solar EPC Contracts are big business by association. In Q2 2017, the U.S. solar market installed 2,387 MWdc, an 8% increase year-over-year, and the largest second quarter...more
On February 2, 2017, the Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (“OIRA”) issued a guidance document (the “Interim Guidance”) intended to help clarify President Trump’s January 30, 2017...more
This final segment in this “Cost Containment Strategies” Blog series addresses strategies for the end of the worker’s compensation claim. The considerations at this point in the claim are typically whether to keep the claim...more
While the Court’s decision marks a symbolic defeat for EPA, it may not significantly alter power plant operators’ compliance efforts. In a much anticipated decision delivered on the last day of the term, the Supreme...more
There is no doubt that health care costs in the United States are rising. According to a recent study published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, personal health care expenditures in the United States...more
Our Secret Weapon and Our Biggest Disappointment - In our last column, we highlighted the Rio Grande Valley Health Alliance, an accountable care organization in McAllen, Tex., composed of 14 independent primary care...more
Last week’s auction of CO2 allowances by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the 23rd in the program’s history, but the first auction under the new RGGI rules and reduced cap. The new rules undoubtedly explain...more
Arbitration clauses are routinely added to commercial contracts, but often with very little reflection on the many strategic and tactical issues that should be considered. Further, there is a great deal of misunderstanding of...more
The emergence of mid-size firms outside the major metropolitan areas as players in the Ediscovery market is coming. Clients who are tired of soaring document hosting and review costs associated with Big Data will appreciate...more
Clearing up the Rumors around Health Reform Delays: What Really Happened, What Won’t and Steps Employers and Insurers Can Take Now - Rumors are flying in health policy circles that the Obama Administration might delay...more
Welcome to the Spring edition of In Site. This edition covers the following topics: - A brief overview of the “Jackson cost reforms” to civil litigation which came into force on 1 April 2013 - A note of the...more
Earlier this week, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending published an analysis of the recent slowdown in health care spending. The study asserts that macroeconomic...more
One of the things that I learned from the television series M*A*S*H was the need for triage. In the hospital setting, triage is the process of determining the priority of patients’ treatments based on the severity of their...more
When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration? - Benjamin Franklin As a general rule, I am almost convinced that all disputes in the construction context should be settled by...more
The costs associated with discovery, and particularly electronic document discovery, in patent litigation can be effectively controlled with upfront planning, preparation, and coordination between in-house and outside...more
Predictive coding, also known as automated review, represents an evolving technology that provides litigants with a computer-assisted alternative to manual review of large document sets. Although numerous implementations of...more
Regardless of the outcome of the anticipated June 28, 2012, Supreme Court decision on healthcare reform, leaders in the industry say that they are already focused on cost containment. Panelists at a recent healthcare summit...more
Bexis attended the annual spring meeting last week. PLAC meetings are almost always good for at least one blog post. This is it. In the high-tech morass that is ediscovery, parties have tried various ways to do...more
In a recent opinion Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, 11-CV-1279 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 25, 2012), Magistrate Judge Peck recognized the use of predictive coding technology, also referred to as computer-assisted review,...more