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Post on Jun. 09, 2014
A federal district court in Florida holds that a hospital providing medical services to deaf patients could use video relay interpretation, passed written notes, and gestures to meet the hospital’s obligation under......
Post on Jun. 09, 2014
As we approach July 4th and Labor Day, employers are often asked about how Company approved holidays interact with FMLA......
Post on May 16, 2014
Verizon has released its latest Data Breach Investigations Report, and its 2014 edition is better than ever! Verizon studied 1,367 confirmed data breaches, and 63,437 security incidents in 95 countries. A breach is......
Post on Apr. 07, 2014
As litigators in long-term care cases, we often prepare for all aspects of the trial, focusing on the important witnesses, medical proof, opening and/or closing arguments, evidentiary issues, exhibits, jury charges,......
Post on Apr. 01, 2014
Although the Workers' Compensation Act requires an injured employee to give his employer timely notice of his injury, mounting a successful defense based on the lack of notice is usually more difficult than it sounds.......
Post on Apr. 01, 2014
On March 13 the Ponemon Institute issued its Fourth Annual Study on patient privacy & data security. This study has come to be a respected and well received assessment of the privacy and security of patient information......
Post on Mar. 19, 2014
In technology years, the HIPAA Security Rule is a dinosaur. HIPAA was a brainchild of the enacted in 1996, largely to address health care access, "portability", and privacy. The final rule on security standards was......
Post on Mar. 03, 2014
I recently evaluated a claim with facts somewhat similar to the following: The claimant sustained a right knee injury in January of 2003, which was accepted as compensable. The claimant received medical benefits and was......
Post on Feb. 25, 2014
Three recent Court of Appeals of Georgia opinions discuss the impact of the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., on disputes in Georgia. These cases further demonstrate that disputes arising from......
Post on Feb. 18, 2014
On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued Executive Order 13636, "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security", which called for a set of industry standards and best practices to help organizations manage cyber......
