Regularly Getting it Wrong
Written by: David S. Dix, Esq. For many employers in Georgia, Workers’ Compensation is simply fact of life and a cost of doing business. However, for smaller businesses with fewer employees, Workers’ Compensation may not be a foregone con
Data Protection Weekly
Compiled by Richard Sheinis, Esq. Top 4 Healthcare Data Breaches Stem from Hacking Incident HealthITSecurity.com While 2016 is not yet complete, there have already been approximately 250 reported cases of potential healthcare data breaches affe
Recent 7th Circuit Case Illustrates the Two Different Approaches to Deliberate Indifference
Written by: Jennifer Herzog, Esq. & Nick Kinsley The 7th Circuit, sitting en banc, recently decided a case involving the issue of deliberate indifference and the Eighth Amendment in regard to correctional healthcare in which the majority a
Matt Towery Named to Stetson University Law School Hall of Fame
Hall Booth Smith would like to congratulate Matt Towery, Of Counsel, in the HBS Atlanta office who was inducted into the Stetson University College of Law’s Hall of Fame at a campus ceremony. “We are proud that Matt’s contributions to la
2016 Correctional Health Care Industry Attendance
Written by: Beth Boone, Esq. Hall Booth Smith, PC (HBS) proudly participated in several national correctional and correctional health care conferences in 2016, including exhibiting at the American Correctional Association’s Annual Conference
W. Scott Henwood Reappointed to the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants
W. Scott Henwood was reappointed October 13, 2016, by the Supreme Court of Georgia, to another five year term on the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants. This reappointment if effective November 1, 2016, and is reflective of Mr. Henw
U.S. Government Seeks to Impose Lower Speeds on Heavy Vehicles
Written by: Ashley Gowder Mitchell, Esq. The Transportation Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are seeking to forcibly limit how fast commercial vehicles can travel
HBS Welcomes Rhett Owens to the Birmingham Office
Hall Booth Smith is pleased to welcome attorney R. Rhett Owens to the Birmingham office. In addition to his general commercial litigation practice, Mr. Owens has specific expertise in securities-related litigation, the preservation and product
Data Protection Weekly
Compiled by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Exclusive: J&J warns patients of insulin pump cyber bug, low hacking risk Reuters Johnson & Johnson is telling patients that it has learned of a cyber security bug in one of its insulin pumps that a
Breakthrough Trademark Decision on Free Speech from United States Court of Appeals
Written by: Sam Crochet, Esq. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently reviewed the constitutionality of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) holding that a mark was unregistrable due to its “disparaging” nature. “