Legislation that prohibits a health care provider or debt collector from reporting medical debt to credit reporting agencies has become law in Washington, D.C.
The legislation became law without the signature of Mayor Muriel Bowser, who said she supported the
Court admits portions of neurosurgeon’s apology note but dismisses medical negligence claim
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently issued Dear Administrator Letter DRS 26-05 announcing the release of an updated Nursing Home Incident Reporting Manual. Nursing home operators should review the updated manual to confirm that their incident
As a legal analyst and host of The Legal Lens on KBLA Talk 1580, my mission is simple: to “Bring Light to Law”. Each week, I moderate timely conversations on the legal and policy shifts impacting our daily lives, striving
In previous posts in this series, I discussed the impact on the occurrence of vaccine adverse events of giving multiple different vaccines to a pet at the same visit or different visits, We also need to consider the impact
Zvicer v Hunter New England Local Health District [2026] NSWSC 1241 (Link to Caselaw).
The plaintiffs’ claims in this matter (for personal injury and mental harm) were ultimately dismissed, as outlined below.
Ms Zvicer claimed that the failure to
On October 1, 2026, the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ” or the “Department”) new National Fraud Enforcement Division (“NFED” or the …
Hot off the press, yesterday evening, 29 September 2026, the German Government’s expert committee presented the eagerly awaited proposal for a new “location clause” (Standortklausel) to incentivize pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing in Germany. Under this proposal, pharmaceutical companies can apply
Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Boston biotech giant Biogen, believes that greater Boston has the premier gathering of scientists in medicine in the world. Addressing today’s gathering of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, he claimed that nations contend commercially based on
On September 29, 2026, in LifeLink Foundation, Inc. v. Kennedy, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (the “Court”) upheld the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) 2020 rule governing Organ Procurement Organization (“OPO”) performance
