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In mid-June, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta E. Lynch, announced four separate indictments charging 17 individuals for their participation in an alleged health care fraud scheme. In addition, federal agents searched offices of 12 durable medical equipment retail companies located in South Brooklyn that were operated by the defendants

No Coverage Where Injured Party Was Employee Of Another Insured

In this declaratory judgment action, the owner and tenant of an accident site sought coverage for a personal injury suit brought by an employee of another insured. The owner, tenant and claimant’s employer were all insureds under the policy. The Appellate Division, First Department,

The plaintiff in this case brought a lawsuit under ERISA against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston after the insurer denied her claim for partial disability benefits. After the parties filed motions for summary judgment, the district court remanded the matter to the insurer for further administrative review of her claim. The district court instructed

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On May 24, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking[1] to effectuate the establishment of a statutorily mandated, publicly available, searchable online database containing consumer product safety information. The database is required by Section 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which created a new Section 6A

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is further delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule through December 31, 2010, while Congress considers legislation that would affect the scope of entities covered by the Rule. The Rule currently requires medical practices to develop and implement policies that would help prevent identity theft, arguably a burdensome requirement for

On March 16, 2010, Gov. Paterson signed into law the Family Health Care Decisions Act, which allows family members, domestic partners or close friends to make medical care decisions for loved ones who are incapacitated. This replaces a law that forced many physicians to provide aggressive life-sustaining treatment to patients who had not signed a

With budget cuts and the increasing administrative and regulatory complexities, hospitals are facing unprecedented challenges. This is especially true now with the passage of Health Reform legislation which promotes new payment models that are designed to reduce health care spending by rewarding providers who collaborate across of broad spectrum of disciplines and who achieve “value”

Top New York Court Finds Construction Manager Is An Additional Insured Where Named Insured’s Employee Claimed Injury

Regal Construction Corp. contracted with URS Corp., the construction manager, to work on a project at New York City’s Rikers Island. The commercial general liability (“CGL”) insurance policy obtained by Regal covered URS as an additional insured

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The plaintiffs in this case were employees of Xerox Corporation who left the company in the 1980s, received lump sum distributions of retirement benefits they had earned up to that point, and later were rehired. To account for the plaintiffs’ past distributions when calculating the present benefits to which they were entitled (i.e., to avoid