On January 15, Marc Ullman will be speaking at the New York State Bar Association’s “Hot Topics in Cannabis Law 2019: What Lawyers Need to Know.” He will be speaking on the topic of “CBD: What is it and What it Can Be.” 1. 0 CLE credit in the Areas of Professional Practice being offered. …
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Jeffrey Rust was quoted in Relias Media’s Healthcare Risk Management, discussing when and why it might be appropriate for healthcare organizations to use outside counsel. Rust notes that it is especially important to retain outside counsel in response to a significant event, such as pending litigation or a major transaction. He added that outside counsel …
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Marc Ullman was interviewed for a January 2, 2019, article in Life Science Leader magazine entitled “The Unique Challenges Facing Cannabis-based Pharma.” The story covers the lengthy process to get Epidiolex, the first ever pharmaceutical derived from cannabis, approved for medical use. Marc noted that GW Pharmaceuticals, which developed Epidiolex, was successful because it is …
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Eric Fader was quoted in a January 1, 2019, Law360 story entitled “Health Care Policy Moves To Watch In 2019.” The article details the health policy developments that attorneys should continue to monitor in 2019. Eric discusses how U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which oversees patient privacy safeguards …
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Eric Fader was quoted in an article in Bloomberg Law’s Health Law & Business, “Here’s Why Your Tax Dollars Are Overpaying for Medicaid.” The article discussed the Medicaid program’s difficulty in recovering inappropriate payments made by states to doctors. Eric told Bloomberg Law that the failure to collect the overpayments may be due in part …
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Eric Fader was quoted in a Managed Healthcare Executive article, “Midterm election results: 6 ways healthcare could change in 2019.” Click here to read the article. …
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ALBANY, NY – Rivkin Radler is proud to announce that Robert Iseman was chosen as a winner of the 2019 International Advisory Experts (IAE) Award. The annual awards pay tribute to firms and attorneys who have been successful over the past 12 months and have received exceptional praise from their peers. Winners are chosen by …
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Eric Fader was quoted in an article in Bloomberg Law’s Health Law & Business, “Florida Physicians Group Exposed 9,000 Patients’ Data to Web.” Eric pointed out that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has focused on the importance of risk analysis in several recent HIPAA settlements. The lack of risk analysis was a key component …
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On December 14, Marc Ullman will be participating in the Hemp CBD Legal Roundtable at the Governor’s Office in NYC. The roundtable will be facilitated by Axel Bernabe, Assistant Counsel to the Governor, Scott Wyner, General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture and Markets, and Brian Malkin, Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s …
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In the article, “Key Considerations When Selling Your Dental Practice,” Jeffrey Rust discusses the steps involved in selling. He also relates how the sale of a practice can have both emotional and financial impacts. To read the article, click here. …
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