Frier Levitt recently assisted a New York-based Physician in challenging and resolving an improperly implemented Focused Professional Peer Evaluation (“FPPE”) by a New York Hospital. A FPPE is a process used by hospitals and other healthcare... Read More
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While the survival and enforceability of noncompete agreements remain uncertain, those that exist are still being challenged, and courts are scrutinizing the language contained therein. Courts have routinely enforced noncompete agreements that were... Read More
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Worldwide there are fewer than 500,000 people with hemophilia, a genetic disease that inhibits a patient’s blood clotting ability. Hemophilia is caused by genetic mutations in a patient and is hereditary, meaning that the condition is often passed... Read More
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Over the last 10 years the percentage of physicians that are directly employed by hospitals or by hospital owned medical practices has continued to grow. Physicians encounter obstacles in their attempts to preserve independence. One major obstacle... Read More
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A proposed piece of legislation, entitled “Employee Security Act” (HB 3530 and SB 2332) is working its way though Illinois’ congress. If passed, it would make it only the second state in the country to prohibit at-will employment outright—a... Read More
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In what may be the first of many lawsuits, a New Mexico county prison guard has filed a lawsuit challenging a directive requiring all first responders to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of continued employment. The lawsuit is particularly... Read More
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New Jersey businesses are governed by some of the most comprehensive employment laws in the country. Employers in regulated sectors must pay even more attention to their actions to avoid allegations of wrongdoing by their employees.  Employers must... Read More
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