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Important rulings you should know.

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Tax Foreclosure Sales: What Notice Is Due?

Stewart E. Sterk, Esq.

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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Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

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In The Spotlight

Michael E. Clark

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Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced the publication of a proposed draft guidance to protect human-research subjects from the risks of harm possibly arising from researchers' financial conflicts of interests.

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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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ASC Joint Venture Causes Concern for the OIG

Reed Tinsley

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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The <i>Chandler</i> Decision: What It Means

John T. Boese & Beth C. McClain

In March, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in a False Claims Act case that has been closely watched by public and private entities alike. <i>See Cook County v. United States ex rel.</i> Chandler, 123 S. Ct. 1239 (2003). This article is intended to put that decision in perspective, to help readers understand what Chandler actually holds, and to reflect upon the future of False Claims Act litigation in the wake of Chandler and other recent Supreme Court decisions on punitive damages.

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