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CMS "Packages" Clinical Laboratory Tests Into Outpatient Prospective Payment System

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Hospitals Lose Right to Bill Separately for Laboratory Tests for Outpatients - As part of its calendar year 2014 hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) policy changes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted a...

New York's Highest Court Does Not Recognize Claims for Medical Monitoring – For Now: Using "Phobia" Claims as a Backdoor to "Medical Monitoring?"

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

In Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., 2013 N.Y. LEXIS 3476, 2013 N.Y. Slip. Op. 8372 (December 17, 2013), the New York Court of Appeals, in a 4-21 decision with sharp and barbed contrasts between majority and dissent, ruled that New York does not...

Cap on Bankers’ Bonuses: More Guidance Issued

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

European Banking Authority publishes regulatory technical standards for the identification of “material risk takers”, reducing the potential impact of the new rules on bonus caps....
By: Morgan Lewis

Delaware Chancery Reviews Privilege for Mixed Business and Legal Advice

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently affirmed that communications in which legal advice predominates and cannot be segregated from business advice may be withheld under the attorney-client privilege....

On the 12th Day of Privacy, ISO gave to me….

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

No, not this ISO – THIS ISO The question is not whether a company will be the target of a data breach, but when. Verizon’s most recent Data Breach Investigation Report states that, in 2012, there were over 47,000 reported security incidents,...

It's The Relationships, Stupid - 2013 Wrap Up (Part 2 of 2)

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

It is this time every year, as I am wrapping things up over at “social media and employment law blog” central, that I am reminded of that election campaign more than twenty years ago when Bill Clinton coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid”....

Trademark Review - Hana Bank, Kraft, eGrain, And Nestle (December 2013)

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

The Defendant Is Saved by the Narrow Doctrine of “Tacking” - Hana Financial (“HFI”) sued Hana Bank for trademark infringement. Both parties provide financial services....
By: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

When Bankruptcy Might Not Be the Best Option

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Bankruptcy is not appropriate for every financial situation. Moreover, not every type of bankruptcy works for every type of debt....
By: Jeff Field & Associates

Four Railroad Workers Injured, Three Trains Collided, Two Critically Injured, One Way to Compensation

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

A recent three-train collision in Texas left four crew members injured. A BNSF Railway train slammed into the back of a stopped train ahead before a third train collided with the two, totaling about 20 to 30 derailed cars. While there was no risk of...

The Dangers of Negligent Security

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

If you have been the victim of an assault, rape, robbery or other criminal activity at a hotel, shopping mall, nightclub, parking garage or ATM kiosk, filing criminal charges is not your only option. You may also have a negligent security claim...

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