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Chris Raybeck Speaks to the Nashville Business Journal on Managing Growth
Bone McAllester Norton attorney Chris Raybeck was interviewed by the Nashville Business Journal last week on managing growth and was asked when he knows it is time to add staff. “If the value of opportunities that your instinct tells you are missed, or if the cost of unfilled demand is greater than the cost of [...]
read more »James Crumlin Discusses How to Keep Employees’ Smartphone Use Out of Legal Jeopardy
Bone McAllester Norton attorney James A. Crumlin recently spoke with Visage Mobile on the relationship employers have with their employees’ smartphones. Because of the rise in court cases involving companies being sued when employees misbehave on mobile devices, attention on the topic is hot. As James explains, “. . .it might be your [the employee’s] [...]
read more »Special Fraud Alert on Physician-Owned Distributorships
On March 24, 2013, the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a Special Fraud Alert addressing its concern about the proliferation of physician-owned distributorships (PODS). PODs are physician-owned entities that derive revenue from selling, or arranging for the sale of, implantable medical devices ordered by their physician-owners for use in procedures the physician-owners perform [...]
read more »District Court Rejects Physician’s Whistleblower Suit Against Hospital
By Anne Sumpter Arney It will be no surprise to the healthcare community that the relationship between doctors and hospitals is not always a friendly one. Nonetheless, physicians and hospitals seldom seek to resolve their disputes in the court room. This reluctance of physicians to resort to litigation to resolve their disputes is one of [...]
read more »New HIPPA Rule Requires Changes to Privacy Practices
By Anne Sumpter Arney Since 2002, HIPAA has required physician’s offices as well as other healthcare providers to provide their patients with a Notice of Privacy Practices. These notices are now familiar to everyone who is part of the healthcare industry, including patients. Although they may differ slightly, they are substantially the same because the form and [...]
read more »Financial Capability of Communities to be considered for Clean Water Act Obligations
By Sheri Jacobs Last week, in a memorandum, “Assessing Financial Capability for Municipal Clean Water Act Requirements” sent to the Regional Offices, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new dialogue with local governments to clarify how the financial capability of a community will be considered when developing schedules for municipal projects necessary to [...]
read more »James Crumlin Discusses Employee Termination
Bone McAllester Norton labor and employment attorney James Crumlin spoke with staffing and consulting firm Borrowman Baker, LLC about handling employee termination. His interview appeared in their quarterly newsletter this week. To see what James had to say about avoiding pitfalls in the termination process, click here.
read more »Stephen Zralek Quoted in The City Paper on Copyright Infringement Lawsuits
Bone McAllester Norton attorney Stephen Zralek was quoted in a January 29 article in Nashville’s The City Paper regarding copyright infringement lawsuits. “It was only a matter of time before copyright trolls filed a bit-torrent lawsuit in Tennessee,” he said. “By law, the [Internet Service Providers] are required to reach out to the John Does [...]
read more »James Mackler Quoted in The Tennessean Regarding 1860s Trial of Mary Surratt
Bone McAllester Norton attorney James Mackler served on a panel discussion that re-examined the 1860s trial of Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by the federal government. The Tennessean covered that discussion and quoted James. “We were in war,” he said. “Although this was a civilian, this was a civilian being tried for war crimes. [...]
read more »Will Cheek Talks about Blogging with Nashville Business Journal
“I try to have fun with it,” Bone McAllester Norton Will Cheek told the Nashville Business Journal in a January 11 article. The article notes that blogging is worth the effort if you are willing to put in the time. Read more from Will and this topic here.
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