Capehart Scatchard Attorney Interviewed on Podcast

Capehart Scatchard Shareholder, Thomas D. Begley III, was recently interviewed by Bob Mason, a nationally known elder law attorney from North Carolina, who has created a podcast known as the Trust Hacker.  In these podcasts, Mr. Mason interviews attorneys from all over the country reg...

It’s Not Just About HIPAA: Patient Communications and a Lesson from the FTC

In a one-count complaint, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleges that Practice Fusion, the country’s largest cloud-based electronic health records company, engaged in deceptive acts or practices under Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act.  Specifically, the FTC alleges...

Court Upholds Withholding of Teacher’s Increment

Advancements on the salary guide and annual increments for teachers must be earned – they are not automatic. In a recent opinion issued on May 20, 2016, Administrative Law Judge Evelyn J. Marose affirmed the Jersey City Board of Education’s decision to withhold teacher John Baran’s sa...

Rotator Cuff Tear May Be A Covered Disability Under ADA

Michael Cannon applied for a job with Jacobs Field Services (hereinafter JFS) as a field engineer for a Colorado mining site. The company made him a job offer conditioned on his passing a post-offer medical examination.  During the post-offer exam, Cannon revealed to the doctor that h...

Capehart Scatchard Associate to Write Column for National Claims Publication

Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Nicholas A. Dibble, Esq. will be writing a recurring column for WC Magazine.  The magazine is published six times a year and covers the trends and topics of interest to professionals responsible for the cost-effective resolution of worker...

Health Equity Rule Issued under the Affordable Care Act

On May 13, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights issued a Final Rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain he...

Litigation Implications of the New “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016”

On May 11, 2016, Congress signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) into law, creating the first private cause of action for civil trade secret misappropriation (theft or unauthorized use) under federal law.  Federal law already provided a private civil cause of action for 3...
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