Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers' Cost-Containment Claims a Shell Game?
In today's political climate, one of the hottest topics is the rising cost of healthcare and drugs. Following the last election, all industries should anticipate change, especially in healthcare. While much of the focus is currently on whether the Affordable Care Act will be repealed, one of the areas the government continues to scrutinize is costs.
Institutional Deliberate Indifference
<b><i>When a Prisoner's Health Care Is Botched, the Providers' Employer May Be on the Hook</b></i><p>Prisoner Eighth Amendment allegations of cruel and unusual punishment due to deliberate indifference to their medical needs are common; most of them go nowhere. Once in a while, though, the care provided to a prisoner is so substandard that the case actually hurdles the defendants' motion for summary judgment and makes it to trial.
Deferred Compensation and Safe Harbor Plans
The Department of the Treasury has issued final regulations addressing deferred compensation and safe harbor planning utilizing §§ 409A(d)(1), 457(e)11 and 31.3121(v)(2). These regulations set forth how plan sponsors can provide death benefits on a permissibly selective basis.
Protecting Your Clients from Their Own Social Media
Postings of comments or photographs become part of the permanent record on the Internet. There is no such thing as deleting a post or erasing the past. Because of the potentially adverse consequences, trial lawyers are now duty bound to run a thorough social media search of their clients, adversaries, and witnesses in every case. To the extent an attorney fails to conduct such a search, not only will she be at a severe disadvantage in the case but her competence as a trial lawyer can be called into question.
