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This post was written by George Thomas. Persons looking to buy or sell businesses or real estate are often stymied by suspected environmental liabilities, but overlook environmental insurance as [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made any disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) not governed by a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) an enforcement priority. HHS [...]

On November 21, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Dittman vs. UPMC, holding that an employer can be liable under a negligence theory for failing to adequately safeguard electronically [...]

Metz Lewis strongly recommends that if any parent has children age 18 or older who are not married, they should get their children to sign a Medical Power of Attorney (POA) so that a healthcare [...]

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increased the basic exclusion amount (BEA) for estate and gift tax purposes from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 which, after allowing for inflation adjustments, [...]

 A little-known planning technique may provide assistance to individuals with disabilities (the onset of disability must have occurred before turning age 26). In 2018, total contributions up to [...]

Like non-convertible, double-dip participating preferred stock, convertible, double-dip participating preferred stock has a fixed, accruing dividend and a senior liquidation preference pursuant [...]

Recent legal trends raised the likelihood that merchants will pass on their credit card transaction fees – that is, the fee that credit card providers charge merchants to process a credit card [...]

Convertible, conventional participating preferred stock entitles the preferred shareholder to receive the greater of (a) the senior liquidation preference pursuant to which the preferred [...]

This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules changing the standard used for claim construction in AIA proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPR), [...]