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Are Medicare Set-asides Required in Cases Other than Workers’ Compensation?
by Melisa Zwilling & Bennett Pugh, Carr, Allison,et. al, Birmingham, AL
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The HIPAA Privacy Rule Contains Estate Planning Considerations
by Joseph Bonventre and Frederick Hoops, Clark Hill, PLC, Detroit, MI
The article describes the impact of the recently released regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") on estate planning. Readers are encouraged to review their estate planning documents and other legal documents to assure that protected health care information will be provided when necessary. In particular, each person should consider signing a separate authorization giving someone the ability to obtain and redisclose protected health care information.
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California Legislature Makes Confidentiality Provisions Difficult in Elder Abuse Cases
by Michelle Hancock, Murchison & Cumming, Los Angeles, CA
Beginning January 1, 2004, defendants will have to make an affirmative showing that a Confidentiality provision is necessary before such a provision can be included in a settlement agreement. Also, it will be a sanctionable offense if it is shown that evidence was destroyed or altered.
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Same-Sex Marriages: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Ruling Enables Gay Couples to Marry
Recent Case Law may Affect Gay Couple’s Estate Planning
by Cory Schaurer, Neil Schauer, Donovan Hatem LLP, Boston, MA
On November 18, 2003 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held in Goodrich v. Department of Public Health that same-sex couples cannot be excluded from the benefits and obligations that marriage provides for heterosexual couples. The ruling extends many of the same rights that married couples in the Commonwealth enjoy to same-sex couples. However, the ruling does have its limits.
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Are Medicare Set-asides Required in Cases Other than Workers’ Compensation?
Same-Sex Marriages: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Ruling Enables Gay Couples to Marry
California Legislature Makes Confidentiality Provisions Difficult in Elder Abuse Cases
The HIPAA Privacy Rule Contains Estate Planning Considerations
USLAW Environmental/Toxic/Mass Tort Practice Group Fly In Meeting
July 23, 2004
Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Rosemont, Illinois
USLAW Midwest Region Meeting
July 29, 2004
Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Rosemont, Illinois
USLAW Business/Commercial/Class Action & Products Practice Group Fly In Meeting
July 30, 2004
Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Rosemont, Illinois
USLAW Southeast Region Meeting
August 19-20, 2004
Memphis, Tennessee
USLAW Retail Practice Group Fly In Meeting
August 30-31, 2004
Firestone Country Club
Akron, Ohio
USLAW Transportation Seminar
August 5 - 7, 2004
Omni Interlocken Hotel
Broomfield, Colorado
2004 USLAW Member Meeting
September 16 - 18, 2004
Westin Savannah Resort
Savannah, Georgia
USLAW West Region Meeting
November 12, 2004
Las Vegas, Nevada
USLAW Quail Hunt
November 18 - 20, 2004
Mexico
2005 USLAW Client Conference
March 10 - 12, 2005
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Nw Orleans, Louisiana
Birmingham, AL
Carr Allison Pugh Howard Oliver & Sisson, P.A.
Phoenix, AZ
Jones Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.
Tucson, AZ
Chandler & Udall, LLP
Little Rock, AR
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow
Los Angeles, CA
Murchison & Cumming
Santa Barbara, CA
Snyder Law, P.C.
San Diego, CA
KLINEDINST, P.C.
San Francisco, CA
Dillingham and Murphy, L.L.P.
Jacksonville, FL
Marks Gray, P.A.
Miami, FL
Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy Graham & Ford, P.A.
Tallahassee, FL
McFarlain & Cassedy, P.A.
Atlanta, GA
Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C.
Chicago, IL
O'Hagan Smith & Amundsen, L.L.C.
Louisville, KY
Greenebaum Doll and McDonald, P.L.L.C.
New Orleans, LA
McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy Maxwell & McDaniel, P.C.
Boston, MA
Donovan Hatem, L.L.P.
Detroit, MI
Clark Hill, P.L.C.
St. Paul, MN
Larson King, L.L.P.
Gulfport, MS
Carr Allison Pugh Howard Oliver & Sisson, P.A.
Ridgeland, MS
Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A.
St. Louis, MO
Lashly & Baer, P.C.
Las Vegas, NV
Jones Vargas
Albuquerque, NM
Modrall Sperling
Alberston, NY
Ahmuty, Demers & McManus
Hawthorne, NY
Traub, Eglin, Lieberman & Straus
Dickinson, ND
Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm
Akron, OH
Roetzel & Andress, LPA
Oklahoma City, OK
Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P.
Portland, OR
Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC
Pittsburgh, PA
Pietragallo Bosick & Gordon
Philadelphia, PA
Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Columbia, SC
Sweeny Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
Charleston, SC
Buist Moore Smythe & McGee, P.A.
Pierre, SD
Riter, Rogers, Wattier & Brown, L.L.P.
Memphis, TN
Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C.
Beaumont, TX
Orgain, Bell & Tucker, L.L.P.
San Antonio, TX
Cox & Smith Incorporated
Richmond, VA
LeClair Ryan, P.C.
Seattle, WA
Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC
Huntington, WV
Huddleston Bolen, LLP
Milwaukee, WI
O'Hagan Smith & Amundsen, L.L.C.
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