UPDATE: The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that Maryland's Wage Payment & Collection Act (the "Act") prohibits an employer from conditioning payment of a commission upon a
The International Association of Corporate Administrators made a minor revision to the form Financing Statement, the form Financing Statement Addendum and the form Financing Statement Amendment whi
In an unusual plurality decision, the Court of Appeals extended the wrongful discharge exception to the at-will doctrine to protect witnesses who report suspected crimes to law enforcement authorit
Employers are increasingly considering offering health benefits to their employees' domestic partners. Employers who offer such benefits must make plan design decisions.
Tired of paying exorbitant fees to temporary nursing agencies to fill the nursing shortage, many health care employers are recruiting and hiring foreign nurses.
The federal law generally known as "Stark" prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to receive certain services from entities with which the physician has a financial relationship.
In February of 2002, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided not to challenge a physician group's plan to operate as a clinically integrated joint venture and jointly to negotiate contracts with
Two recent Maryland appellate decisions, Witte v. Azarian and Wrobleski v. de Lara, affect doctors who testify in medical malpractice and personal injury cases.
Corporate responsibilities have increased dramatically since the recent passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the modifications to the corporate governance standards adopted by the New York Stock Exch
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that equipment which the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund ("IWIF") used to monitor and record incoming and outgoing calls did not qualify as "telephone equipment
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has revised its policies concerning employers who submit reports containing erroneous or "mismatched" information, i.e., where employees' names and social s
It is okay to file now and swear later. The Supreme Court said as much recently in the decision Edelman v. Lynchburg College, 2002 U.S. LEXIS 1935, 122 S.Ct. 1145 (2002).
On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Act"), which significantly increases federal regulation of accounting firms and corporate governance of compani
In order to file a discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a plaintiff must first file a timely administrative charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio
Employees over the age of 40 may sue under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and claim they received less-favorable treatment than older workers, the U.S.
The Americans with Disability Act of 1990 (the "ADA") prohibits employers from using qualification standards that screen out or that have a tendency to screen out an individual with a disability or
