Pharmaceutical Company Held Liable for Lawyer’s Suicide
4/27/17
By: Kristian N. Smith
A federal jury in Illinois recently held GlaxoSmithKline liable for the death of a Reed Smith LLP partner, Stewart Dolin. The jury found that the generic version of GSK’s Paxil caused Mr. Dolin to take his …
Implementation of Pennsylvania’s Fair Share Act Continues to Snag Courts and Defendants Alike
4/27/17
By: Erin E. Lamb
From the common law period through 2011, the Commonwealth operated under a system of joint and several liability. Joint and several liability meant that any and all defendants were “in for a penny, in for a …
Failing to Examine Risks Leads to Data Breach and Hefty Settlement Payout
4/24/17
By: Melissa Santalone
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a $400,000 settlement with Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN), a Federally Qualified Health Center providing primary medical care and other health-related services …
Ethical Code Does Not Prevent Expert Testimony
4/24/17
By: Shaun Daugherty
In a recent, factually interesting decision by an Illinois Court of Appeal, a defense verdict in a dental malpractice case was overturned for a variety of reasons related primarily to the defendant’s expert’s use of skulls during …
Federal Government Announces Changes to its Green Cards
4/19/17
By: Layli Eskandari Deal
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a redesign to the Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card”) and the Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project. USCIS will begin issuing …
ARE CHANGES COMING TO THE H-1B VISA?
4/19/17
By: Kenneth S. Levine
On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Buy American and Hire American.” In the “Hire American” portion of the order, the administration has directed USDOL, USDOJ, USCIS, and USDOS to review the …
The SEC’s Authority Does Not End at the Border
4/18/17
By: Ze’eva R. Kushner
Companies with significant operations in the United States but offering securities in other countries should beware. After almost seven years of uncertainty, it finally has been determined by one court that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s …
Is Your Project On The List?
4/12/17
By: Scott C. Hofer
In a change to the Pennsylvania Mechanic’s Lien Law of 1963 the Pennsylvania Department of General Services has opened the State Construction Notices Directory, which is now online and ready to accept lien-related notices. Pennsylvania has …
FAQs: Medical Marijuana in Florida and Accommodations Under the ADA
4/10/17
By: Melissa A. Santalone
In this past election cycle, Floridians voted to approve Amendment 2 by a landslide, officially amending the State Constitution to allow the medicinal use of marijuana by those with “debilitating conditions,” free from criminal or civil …
Increased Scrutiny Measures to Detect H-1B Visa Fraud and Abuse
4/7/17
By: Agne Krutules
As thousands of the H-1B visa program application were filed on April 3, 2017, for the lottery for fiscal year 2018, the USCIS announced that it is implementing multiple measures to deter and detect H-1B visa fraud …
Taser Offers Free Body Cameras to Every Agency in the United States
4/6/17
By: Wes Jackson
In an “electrifying” announcement on Wednesday, Taser changed its name to Axon Enterprise, Inc. and offered every law enforcement agency in the United States free body cameras for a year. Per the terms of the offer, each …
Cyber Criminals Target FTP Servers of Healthcare Providers
4/5/17
By: Agne Krutules
The FBI has issued an alert warning medical care providers that cybercriminals are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol (“FTP”) servers of medical facilities. FTP is a common protocol used to transfer data between network hosts. The alert …