Medicine & the Law

By Julie Rovner Even if you’re trying, it’s tough to keep score on what’s happening with various lawsuits challenging some state abortion laws. States led by ...

By Justin C. Linder, Esq. Recent New Jersey federal court rulings warn that providers may lose their legal rights to recover reimbursements under the Employee ...

By Alan Lyndon A New Jersey court has ruled that a woman about to give birth has control of the delivery room and can choose ...

By Randi W. Kochman and Lauren M. Manduke[1] Restrictive covenants have been, and are becoming even more, important in physician and dental practices.  Like other ...

By Brad Broker “I’m sorry.” Those are very powerful words, particularly when used by a doctor.  They can provide the slightest bit of comfort to ...

By Alan Lyndon While many states are making it harder — and in more conservative areas, criminal — to get an abortion, California has enacted ...

The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously invalidated patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in response to a lawsuit filed by ...

By Brad Broker This is an unfortunate and real case study of medical ethics and basic morality.  Crystal Kelley was hired by a couple to ...

By Lucia Francesca Bruno, J.D., LL.M., M.B.A. For a long time, third-party reimbursement allowed most private practice physicians to go it alone and earn a ...

By Lauren A. DeWitt, Esq. and Catherine J. Flynn, Esq. The recent Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has left health care ...