By Mani Dabiri | Published February 13, 2019 | Posted in Civil Business Litigation and Investigations, White-Collar and Regulatory Defense | Tagged Tags: administrativehearings, breachofcontract, businessandcommerce, dueprocess, healthandhumanservices, healthcare |
You Can’t Revoke a Doctor’s Hospital Privileges Without Due Process
This ain’t your grandfather’s medical practice anymore, is it? The modern doctor must deal with a dizzying array of rules and regulations like the one we covered last week. At the same time, California law affords you certain protections that can’t be bargained around or contracted away, as a hospital found out when it tried Read More
Read MorePrivacy Across the Pond
We’re fresh off a conference on how privacy laws in Europe affect life and business in the United States. So we tip our hat to the law firm that spotted this case about just that. The background is that one business had sued another in England and won. Then it had sued again here to collect on the Read More
Read MoreSCOTUS Curbs Employment Class Actions
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers may use arbitration agreements to make employees waive their right to sue as a class. The case pitted two federal laws against each other. On one hand, the Federal Arbitration Act tells courts to enforce arbitration agreements. On the other hand, the National Labor Relations Act gives Read More
Read MoreSecurities Fraud: But Was It Even A Security?
What is a security, anyway? The California Court of Appeal tackled that question recently in a case about a loan between friends. A good starting point is that the law considers a security to be an investment contract, but there’s more to it than that. You may be familiar with common examples like publicly-traded stocks and bonds, but Read More
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