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Administrative – Stark Law Violations – False Claims Act – Constitutional – Jury Trial – Hospital
U.S. ex rel. Michael K. Drakeford MD v. Tuomey Healthcare System Inc. A federal appeals court vacates a $45 million judgment against a Sumter, S.C., health care system for Stark Law violations and sends the case back, saying the district court’s handling of the case violated the defendant’s Seventh Amendment right to a jury.
Does $5.9M verdict show bench trials are best for heart balms?
The latest large heart-balm award - a bench verdict this time - has North Carolina practitioners debating whether judges or juries are more advantageous for plaintiffs. Pitt County Superior Court Judge W. Russell Duke awarded a jilted spouse $5,896,943, plus $865,150 in prejudgment interest, in a July verdict. Greenville attorney Cynthia A. Mills (pictured) said the facts made it the best heart-ba[...]
Labor & Employment – Long-Term Disability – ERISA § 502(a)(1)(B) – Jury Trial
Gardner v. TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-03-0853, 7 pp.) (Wallace W. Dixon, USMJ). M.D.N.C. Holdings: (1) Because ERISA supersedes any and all state laws insofar as […]
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- State constitutional claims over student vaccination reinstated
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Commentary
- We tore out our own backup generator
- When is a PIP an adverse employment action?
- Legally Speaking: What spring can teach us about active listening
- A useful patent management government notice
- Opinion: NC judges have enormous power. Be sure to vote in November
- The third option: Why your best employees are quietly losing their edge
- AI divorce is real, but family law can still save itself
- ‘AI won’t take your job’ and other things CEOs say before the layoffs
- When not to believe (your lyin’ eyes)
- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation
- Content Marketing: Where law firms lose referrals and how to prevent it
