Privileged Communications

Federal health care law does not preempt an amendment to state law guaranteeing a medical malpractice plaintiff's right to know about prior adverse medical incidents, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in affirming...

Phillips & Cohen Forever Disqualified from Lawsuits Involving IASIS FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- IASIS Healthcare[R] LLC ("IASIS") today announced it has won another important victory in a six-year qui tam lawsuit brought by former...

Accounting Bedard Kurowieki & Co., in Flemington, has hired Robert Kenific Jr. as an audit manager and member of the firm's litigation-support team. He brings more than 20 years of public accounting and...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * In its examinations of the returns of small business taxpayers, the IRS is increasingly requesting electronic files of accounting programs such as QuickBooks and Peachtree. While taxpayers and their CPA...

HEADNOTE This is the inside story of how a handful of volunteers with no budget generated 4 million hits, 400,000 unique visitors, and 365 posts. Amid the sea change that libraries and information...

This article originally appeared in the November 2011 Insurance and Reinsurance Committee Newsletter. I. The Invariable Discovery Dispute in Reinsurance Litigation One area where the discoverability of insurance is particularly contentious is in...

THE CONCEPT of privileged attorney-client communications has been a long standing tenet in legal communities for decades. However, the scope and justification for privilege vary by jurisdiction. This article compares current trends concerning...

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- First To File[R], a provider of secure IP management services, announced today that it has successfully completed a SOC 1 SSAE 16 examination. First To File passed the audit...

Company Further Strengthens Its Leadership Position with the Addition of Assurex Global President and CEO AUSTIN, Texas -- ProspX, Inc., developer of the first on-demand search and sales collaboration solution for the commercial...

Sanctions Motion Still Pending Against Relator's Counsel FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- IASIS Healthcare[R] LLC ("IASIS") today announced that it has successfully brought an end to the six-year qui tam lawsuit brought by former employee,...

Student Design Competition Honors Creativity and Celebrates Teaching Excellence; New Interactive Social Media Element Added Through ADAA Facebook Fan Page SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the call for...

HEADNOTE Abstract There is an exciting natural match between social network analysis methods and the growth of data sources produced by social interactions via information technologies, from online communities to corporate information systems....

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Bermuda's Ministry of Finance has announced the signing of a bilateral tax information exchange agreement with the Republic of Malta. The agreement, which took place in London, was signed by...

In a case of deja vu, an aircraft carrying Mexico's interior secretary crashed near Mexico City, leaving no survivors. On Nov. 4, 2008, an airplane crashed carrying then interior secretary Juan Camilo Mourino...

The Kansas Court of Appeals held that a trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding one-third of a common settlement fund to class counsel. The failure of class counsel to provide...

The physician-patient privilege does not bar an HMO sued for malpractice from examining the complete electronic record of the plaintiff's medical history in preparing its defense, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled in...

GateKeeper Available DoD-Wide to Protect Military Commands Against Insider Threats HERNDON, Va. -- Xceedium Inc., the leader in Zero Trust Privileged Access Management, today announced that its GateKeeper access control solution has been...

Company to Discuss Details of Recently Released Whitepaper Focused on Addressing NIST 800-53 Controls and FISMA Compliance, Including Establishing Controls Over Shared, Privileged Accounts BALTIMORE -- Cyber-Ark[R] Software, the leading global information security...

Finishing companies and owners who are buying or selling commercial property -- or trying to comply with environmental health and safety laws -- may need to retain a qualified consultant, because he or...