The Inevitable Showdown to Control the Data from Your Fitness App
By now, most of us have heard about the health tracking capabilities of HealthKit, part of Apple’s latest iPhone operating system, iOS 8. HealthKit offers the ability of users to track and share personal health and medical data such as diet, e
The Ingress/Egress Rule and the Recent Bonner-Hill v. Southland Waste Systems Case
The general rule is that an injury that occurs when an employee is traveling to or from work is not compensable because the injury does not arise out of or in the course of employment. Mayor & Aldermen of Savannah v. Stevens, 278 Ga. App. 1
Immigration Update
The latest update on Immigration The Immediate (and Not So Immediate) Impact of Obama’s Immigration Announcement ABCnews.com
Adding Value to Companies’ International Strategic Choices.
HBS international attorney John Parkerson was guest lecturer on November 11, 2014 at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business. He spoke to Professor Dr. John McIntyre’s “International Business Environment and Strategy
CAP-Subject H-1B Petitions for FY 2016 Will Be Accepted By USCIS as of Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Employers are encouraged to begin planning now for future H-1B hires, as cap-subject H-1B petitions will be accepted by USCIS as of Wednesday, April 1, 2015 for an employment start date of October 1, 2015, or later. Typically, individuals who ar
The National Visa Center Is No Longer Collecting Original Civil Documents
The National Visa Center (NVC), the U.S. Department of State agency responsible for pre-processing approved immigrant visas, has changed its policy on collecting originals of certain supporting documents. As of Nov. 12, 2014, the NVC will cease
The Form I-9 and False Representations of U.S. Citizenship
The Completion of the Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) is used by employers to verify a new hire’s identity and to establish that the worker is authorized to accept employment in the United States. A section of the Form I-9 asks
The Other Wyndham Hotel Case
Most of us are aware of the litigation between the FTC and Wyndham Hotels arising out of the data breaches experienced by Wyndham between 2008 and 2010, resulting in hackers stealing the personal information of over 600,000 customers. In a less
Defending Medical Malpractice Claims in the Correctional Healthcare Setting
Any health care practitioner in the correctional healthcare setting can see what appears to be either a more recent upswing in actual claims and lawsuits, or at least what appears to be more frequent news media accounts of the same. http://www.
The Personal Aspect of Being Sued
As a defense lawyer to health care providers that often find themselves in a completely foreign and alien universe called a LAWSUIT, it is my usual practice to run through an initial laundry list of topics, including procedural and substantive r