Considering Buying or Selling your Practice?
Selling or buying a dental practice is a time consuming process with many seen and unseen pitfalls that need to be addressed through careful drafting of contract language and contingencies provisions. Have you considered: • The tax treatment
FIRST ROUND TO EMPLOYER IN CASE OF ALLEGED DATA THEFT BY EMPLOYEE
At the end of 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion allowing an employer in Connecticut to bring suit in Connecticut against its employee for electronic data theft, even though the employee actually lived and worked in Cana
Just the Facts:The Any Evidence Standard and New Theories on Appeal
We wanted to update you on a recent decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals regarding the proper role of the superior courts on review and the difference between a fictional new injury and a cumulative trauma. In JMJ Plumbing, et. al. vs. Cudih
Supreme Court of Georgia REVERSES the McRae Decision
On November 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed the Court of Appeals holding in Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. et al. v. McRae.At the trial level, McRae had been directly ordered by the State Board to sign a medical release “expres
“LPNs held to be Supervisors in Union Campaign”
On October 2, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit held that licensed practical nurses (LPNs) employed at a long-term health care facility were not supervisors under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This rejection of the National Labor Relations
“Time Off to Vote: Georgia”
Employers are required to give employees up to two hours unpaid time off to vote in Georgia. The employee must be registered and qualified to vote. The employer can insist that the time off be taken before or after regular work hours if the poll
“EEOC FOCUSES ON PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION”
The EEOC announced on September 4, 2012, a draft StrategicEnforcement Plan targeting enforcement of pregnancy anti-discrimination laws. Charges of Discrimination raising pregnancy discrimination would receive increased investigatory attenti
“WHEN PATIENTS APPLY FOR JOBS AND VIOLATING THE ADA”
Many health care and dental organizations actually treat their employees. Often former patients also apply for work. The EEOC recently filed a lawsuit against Aurora Health Care, Inc. accusing the hospital system of rescinding two job offers b