June 11, 2015
Christine Bunting, Director of Deputyships at Hyphen Law, the specialist Court of Protection deputyships services firm, recently played a key role in relation to Court of Protection costs in the landmark Robshaw v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2015 clinical negligence case which achieved a record quantum of at least £14.6 million, litigation conducted by…
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March 13, 2015
The recent legislative moves have presented a huge opportunity for private and foreign investors to enter into the senior care market in China, which has long been dominated by publicly-run institutions, yet is significantly underfunded and has shown an urgent demand for viable business model and well-trained senior care professionals[1]. To address the issue of…
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January 13, 2015
In mid-December, President Obama signed into law a $1.1 trillion spending bill known as the “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015” or “Cromnibus.”1 This post explores provisions that relate to the health sector and Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation. Health IT The spending package allocates just over $60 million to the Office of the…
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January 13, 2015
On December 23, 2014, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania logged another frustrating mile down the confused and confusing road of property tax exemption for purely public charities. In Fayette Resources, Inc. v. Fayette County Board of Assessment Appeals, the Court overturned a lower court finding that an operator of group homes for intellectually disabled adults…
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November 18, 2014
On November 13, 2014, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida approved and entered a permanent injunction and settlement between the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Florida Attorney General (the “AG”), on the one hand, and Woldwide Info Services, Inc. (“Worldwide”), on the other. The settlement effectively ends the medical…
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