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The scope of HIPAA preemption in Florida: more questions than answers

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 1 2013

On April 9, 2013, the Eleventh Circuit held that HIPAA preempts a Florida statute that requires nursing homes to release medical records of deceased

Big sky beat down

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 9 2013

We read rulings under the Federal Tort Claim Act about as often as we read bench trial rulings or rulings from the District of Montana. Or rulings

Breaking news - opinion reversing $6.5 million Actos verdict

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 2 2013

We saw this morning that the boxcar California verdict that was being ballyhooed the last couple of days was reversed by the trial judge granting a

New plaintiff argument against generic drug preemption rejected

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 2 2013

And it's from Pennsylvania. Judge Stanton Wettick, from Allegheny County (who is certainly in the running for most respected CP judge in the

Loose lips sink... providers?

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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April 30 2013

Can a medical corporation be directly liable under New York law for breaching its common law fiduciary duty of confidentiality when a non-physician

A PMA device and a sales representative in the operating room - the breadth of Riegel preemption

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 30 2008

A recent Virginia federal court decision demonstrates the powerful effect of the Riegel v. Medtronic precedent in product liability cases where PMA devices are subject to claims-sounding in negligence or breach of duty related to the design, manufacturing, and labeling of the device