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Franchises Now Focus on Health Care Reform's Practical Effect

Kevin Adler

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has given a green light to implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, franchisors and franchisees are assessing how the law will affect their businesses.

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<i>Hadden</i> and Medicare's 'Full Reimbursement' Rule Image

<i>Hadden</i> and Medicare's 'Full Reimbursement' Rule

David Axelrad & Robert Wright

By adopting a construction of the Act that allows the government to obtain full reimbursement of Medicare payments from a discounted settlement, even if the reimbursement exhausts the settlement, the Sixth Circuit's opinion chills settlement and undermines the efficient use of judicial resources.

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Physician Migration and Hospital Captives

Nicholas S. Gaudiosi

Modifications to health care delivery are changing at a pace that far exceeds anyone's expectations ' and perhaps exceeds our ability to react and respond in a fashion that protects both provider and patient.

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Using Social Media to Your Advantage in Litigation

Monica M. Moore

Social networking sites are not just for social networking. As individuals become more and more comfortable with presenting "private" information to the "public," information posted on social networking sites can provide a rich source of discovery and can be a game-changer in litigation.

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Increased Fraud Penalties Are on the Horizon

David Debold & Matthew Benjamin

The guidelines governing the sentencing of fraud offenses ' long criticized as irrational, unduly severe, and the product of overt political pressure ' require wholesale reform.

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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law Image

<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law

Marcia Coyle

In a stunning victory for the Obama administration, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 upheld the centerpiece of the nation's new health care law ' the so-called individual mandate to buy insurance ' as a constitutional exercise of Congress' taxing authority.

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Litigation Support Information Governance

Alice E. Burns

The treatment of personal identifiable information (PII) is quickly becoming a critical issue and should be on litigation support's risk and information governance agenda.

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Quarterly State Compliance Review

Sandra Feldman

This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect between May 1 and July 1, 2012, as well as some recent cases of interest. It includes two rulings from Delaware's courts, and decisions from California and New York on whether corporate officers may sue for wrongful termination.

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Conducting a Privacy Audit

Michael L. Whitener

With the proper tools, support from corporate management, a motivated audit team and a few guidelines, a privacy audit can be conducted using primarily internal resources and with little or no business disruption.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> A Big Win for Pharma Companies in Overtime Case Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> A Big Win for Pharma Companies in Overtime Case

Marcia Coyle

Pharmaceutical companies scored a major victory on June 18 when a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the industry's sales representatives are not eligible for overtime pay.

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