Healthcare

Healthcare

Thomas Quaadman, Katie Mahoney | U.S. Chamber of Commerce

In 2009 and 2010, Congress passed two laws – the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – that will have major financial and legal ramifications for businesses for years to come. In...

Healthcare

Joel Cohn, John Koerner | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Within the past few years, the dramatic increase in wage and hour litigation has enveloped the hospital industry. Hospitals have been the target of wage and hour lawsuits challenging policies that automatically deduct meal periods from compensable time. Such suits are now the predominant wage and...

Healthcare

Barry Liss | Gibbons P.C.

Editor: Why is it important for law firms to develop their healthcare practices at this point in time? Liss: Healthcare expenditures will soon account for close to 20 percent of GDP. The government, private sector and consumers are all faced with these dramatically increasing expenditures on a...