Background - As we reported earlier this week, Rep. Jim McDermott, the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee in the House of Representatives, received a response to his August 6 letter to Secretary of Health and Human...
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing received 19,839 employment discrimination complaints in 2012. According to federal and California law, every employment discrimination action is either a case of disparate treatment or...
Going through a divorce can be a difficult time. However, the best way you can minimize the impact of divorce is to prepare in advance.... By: Smith & Doran, P.C.
It is a crime to leave the scene of an accident. A driver is required to stop when a wreck occurs to determine if anyone is injured and to exchange identification and insurance information. Unfortunately, hit and run accidents happen all too often in...
What should you do if regulators knock on the door to your healthcare facility to execute a search warrant or administrative warrant? Healthcare executives need to understand that law enforcement is increasingly relying on raids because they have...
Ohio has assault laws that cover almost every conceivable scenario where one person hurts or tries to hurt another. Although titled “assault”, Ohio’s laws prohibit not only simple assault and battery in their traditional sense, but expand on the...
Philosophers argue endlessly about “Truth” with a capital “T,” but most people will likely never comprehend that kind of “truth.” Rather, we all view and interpret the world and our experiences through a complex set of lenses that we spend a lifetime...
The information presented here is not intended to discourage you from filing a personal injury lawsuit. If someone else’s negligence has caused you harm, you should absolutely take steps to protect your rights and get the compensation you deserve....
We Energies may shut down its Presque Isle Power Plant in Marquette after losing more than 80 percent of its energy demand when two mines switched to alternative energy suppliers. The mines, who paid $120 million in electricity costs last year,...
In a recent Tax Court case, a decedent had sold properties to trusts in exchange for fixed annuity payments. The decedent died during the term of the annuities, and the IRS sought to include the value of the transferred properties in the decedent’s...
