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Age-based testing of physicians: best practices or blatant age discrimination?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 18 2013

Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Stanford, California recently implemented its "Late Career Practitioner Policy," requiring physicians over the age

Anti-poaching agreements under attack

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 20 2012

Healthcare employers need to be mindful of a recent focus by federal antitrust regulators on agreements with competitors limiting solicitation and hiring

Massachusetts bans mandatory overtime for nurses

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 3 2012

Recently, on August 6, 2012, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law Senate Bill 2400

Congressional Update: Healthcare immigration Citizens United transportation cybersecurity "future of video"

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 29 2012

In the most widely anticipated Supreme Court Decision since Bush v. Gore in 2000, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature legislative achievement, was upheld in a narrow 5 to 4 decision

Supreme Court rejects Department of Labor’s definition of “outside salesman:” drug reps lose FLSA case demanding overtime pay

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 21 2012

Pharmaceutical companies scored a major victory this week when a divided Supreme Court held that the industry’s sales representatives are not eligible for overtime pay

First Circuit affirms that hospital employees in Massachusetts are exempt from overtime pay

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 11 2012

Recently, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in Cavallaro v. UMass Memorial Healthcare, Inc. (2012) that a putative class of hospital employees was not permitted to pursue state law claims for overtime pay because hospitals in Massachusetts are exempt from paying their employees overtime under the Minimum Fair Wage Law, Mass. Gen. Laws c. 151, 1, et seq. (“Minimum Wage Law”

Congressional update - second session of the 112th Congress begins

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 31 2012

After a month-long recess, the House of Representatives returned to session last week (the Senate returns today

New York limits provider spending for executive compensation and administrative costs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 23 2012

On January 18, 2012, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed an Executive Order limiting spending by state-funded healthcare service providers for executive compensation and administrative costs

Final GINA regulations published in Federal Register

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 24 2010

On November 9, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the "EEOC") published final regulations (the "Regulations") implementing the employment provisions (Title II) of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA"

EEOC publishes final regulations implementing Title II of GINA

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 18 2010

Thanks to the decoding of the human genome, many genetic tests now exist that can help determine whether individuals may be at risk of developing specific diseases or disorders