Month: March 2020
Call for Nominations 2020 Richard C. Field Civility Award – Due Apr. 13
The Idaho State Bar Professionalism & Ethics Section and Concordia University School of Law present the Richard C. Fields Civility Award each year. Dick Fields was consistently recognized for his service, professionalism, and leadership within the Idaho State Bar and was known…
Read Full ArticleIdaho Court Filing Deadlines Extended Due to System Outage
A statewide, intermittent outage of the Idaho courts e-filing system may have prevented filers from completing their electronic submissions to the courts between 7:00 am. - 11:30 a.m. (Mountain time). If the filer did not receive an error message, no…
Read Full ArticleChristian Slater Makes Everything More Interesting: Cyberhackers in the Age of Telehealth
By Keely E. Duke and Elizabeth D. Sonnichsen The Wolf, a brilliant four-part advertising campaign by Hewlett-Packard, depicts Christian Slater hacking into a business by targeting an unsuspecting employee who is enticed to print a counterfeit spa gift card on…
Read Full ArticleBeware Laws Affecting Healthcare Transactions
By Kim C. Stanger Attorneys risk substantial fines, malpractice claims, and even jail time for violating any of several laws implicated in even simple healthcare transactions. Federal and state healthcare laws potentially affect any financial transaction involving healthcare providers, including…
Read Full ArticleUpdate on Corporate Practice of Medicine Under Idaho Law
By Gabriel Hamilton In 2016, the Idaho Board of Medicine abandoned its position that Idaho law prohibits physicians from being employed by non-physicians. The Board’s new position removes obstacles to non-physician investments in medical practices and other transactions that previously…
Read Full ArticleHIPAA: What All Attorneys Need to Know
By Lisa M. Carlson Having a laptop or smartphone stolen makes for a very bad day. Now imagine having to pay the federal government a seven-figure fine because that device contained protected health information (“PHI”) and was not encrypted. If…
Read Full ArticleAn Overview of Involuntary Mental Health Holds in Idaho
By Marvin K. Smith and Austin T. Strobel Struggles with serious mental illness can present challenging circumstances for an individual and those around them. When that challenge rises to the level of a grave disability, or rises to the level…
Read Full ArticleCommissioner’s Message: The Amazing Telephone
By Kurt D. Holzer “Colleagues are a wonderful thing – but mentors, that’s where the real work gets done.” — Junot Diaz As I stride toward the well of the court to face the jury and prepare to speak of…
Read Full ArticleTheranos and the Tale of the Disappearing Board of Directors
By Brent T. Wilson Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, speaks with Jonathan Krim, global technology editor at the Wall Street Journal, at the Wall Street Journal Digital Live (WSJDLive) conference at the Montage hotel in Laguna Beach, California,…
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