HEALTHCARE LAW

What is a Viatical Settlement Contract? A Viatical Settlement Contract is the sale and transfer of the legal right to the death benefits of a life insurance policy through an irrevocable beneficiary designation. This is done by a terminally ill individual, or viator, with a third party investor prior to the viator’s demise. The death […]

Dec. 19, 2000 – President Clinton is issuing sweeping new rules to protect the privacy of medical records by requiring doctors and hospitals to get consent from patients before disclosing health information, the White House said today. The new rules, completing four years of work, will affect virtually every doctor, patient, hospital, pharmacy and health […]

Since it was identified in the mid-1980s in Britain, mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), has resulted in the slaughter of millions of cattle – and the deaths of dozens of people from the related brain-wasting disease known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD). Mad cow scares have since spread across Europe as governments try […]

What does it mean when a lawyer is hired under a contingency fee? Do all lawyers operate this way? A contingency fee is an arrangement between a lawyer and a client where the lawyer is paid a percentage of the recovery (i.e. money) the lawyer obtains for the client. Most lawyers do not accept contingency […]

I am paying for medical insurance at work, but when I went to use it, the company said they have never heard of me. What action can I take? You should try to straighten out the situation with your employer and see if there is any explanation; if there is none, you should consider legal […]

We have all heard stories of spectacular environmental disasters, like major oil spills and nuclear reactor accidents that have complex legal ramifications. But environmental law problems can also affect our day-to-day lives. You might find contamination in your own backyard and cleaning it up could be costly and have far-reaching consequences. Or a community group […]