The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) regulates employer sponsored benefit plans, including health plans, and generally preempts, or overrules, state laws that relate to such
A federal district court in Maryland has recently indicated that Maryland would follow a growing number of jurisdictions in recognizing that a hospital may be sued for negligently credentialing a d
HITECH, which is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, establishes a program of incentive payments to eligible professionals and eligible hospitals that (1) participate in the
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as federal Health Care Reform, contains a myriad of new programs and rules that affect employers, employees, health insuranc
Building green is now mandatory in Baltimore City, with requirements that are some of the most sweeping of any American city. Failure to comply is punishable by significant civil penalties.
Baltimore, Maryland – Gordon Feinblatt, LLC is proud to announce that 20 of our lawyers have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2011. The lawyers are:
A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o
Late spring, early summer is always a busy season at Maryland's Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC), and that was especially the case this year.
IRS Refunds to Teaching Hospitals: Did you know that the Internal Revenue Service recently notified hundreds of teaching hospitals that it would honor the hospitals' claims for refunds related to F
A recent ruling from the Court of Appeals of Indiana reminds employers of the importance of precise drafting of noncompetition covenants, because courts will strictly construe the covenants against
Maryland's Health Care Whistleblower Protection Act (the Act) protects a heath care employee from personnel actions taken as a reprisal to the protest of wrongful acts.
