Maryland Regulatory News Spring 2006

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Fraud-Busting 'MEDICs'

In the past, if you heard the word MEDIC, you likely thought of Radar O'Reilly or Klinger from M*A*S*H.

Did You Know? Spring 2006

Duty to an HIV-Positive Employee's Spouse: Did you know that Maryland's highest appellate court recently decided that an employer had no duty to an employee's spouse either to test

Back to the Future - Are Tax-Exempt Hospitals Headed for 1968?

By virtue of their charitable status, almost every hospital in Maryland enjoys exemptions from federal, state and local taxes.

Deferred Compensation Arrangements: What To Do Before 12/31/06

To combat abusive compensation practices such as those perpetrated in recent years by high-profile companies and their executives, Congress added a new Section 409A to the Internal Revenue Code.

U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Medimmune v. Genetech (Reverse Licensing Payments)

George Ritchie presented on the webcast entitled, "U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Medimmune v. Genetech (Reverse Licensing Payments)."

Should You Stop Collecting Odd-Days and Per-Diem Interest at Closing? One Federal Appellate Court Says Yes

Contributing Editor - Mary Murphy Powers, Esq., AllRegs

SEC Imposes New Disclosure Requirements for 10-K and 10-Q Filings

Effective December 1, 2005, the SEC now requires that public companies filing Annual Reports on Form 10-K discuss their most significant risk factors in a new item of the Form 10-K and that these r

Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Adopt Post-Termination Employment Restrictions for Their Senior Examiners

Effective December 17, 2005, the federal bank regulatory agencies finalized rules prohibiting their officers and employees from accepting compensation as an officer, an employee, a director or a co

Wisconsin Court Strikes Down Medical Malpractice Cap

Opponents of medical malpractice tort reform won a victory earlier this year when Wisconsin's highest court struck down that state's statutory cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cas