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Litigation
Recent rulings of interest to your practice.
Index
An in-depth listing of all the cases discussed in this issue.
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Development
Recent cases of importance to you and your practice.
Tax Foreclosure Sales: What Notice Is Due?
To what extent does the increasing availability of information change statutory or constitutional obligations to provide notice of tax foreclosure proceedings?
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Real Property Law
Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
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In The Spotlight
On March 28, 2003, Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced the publication of a proposed draft guidance to protect human-research subjects from the risks of harm possibly arising from researchers' financial conflicts of interests.
Cases in Court
Guilty pleas have been entered for the first time under new Sarbanes-Oxley Provisions. On April 5, 2003, <i>The New York Times</i> reported that Richard Scrushy, former Chief Executive Officer for HealthSouth Corporation, the largest provider of diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery, and rehabilitation services with locations in 50 states and abroad, has been targeted by regulators for allegedly helping to overstate the company's earnings by more than $2 billion during the past 6 years.
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Regulatory Developments
All the latest on what you need to know.
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ASC Joint Venture Causes Concern for the OIG
The Office of the Inspector General, in OIG Advisory Opinion Number 03-5, recently ruled whether an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) could be jointly owned by a hospital and a multi-specialty group practice that had a substantial number of physician members who would not personally use the ASC (the "Proposed Arrangement"). More specifically, the OIG was asked to provide an opinion about whether or not the Proposed Arrangement would constitute a violation of the anti-kickback statute.
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