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Beware 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,…
Read Full ArticleOrganization Meeting of the new Agricultural Law Section -May 28
The ISB Board of Commissioners has approved the formation of an Agricultural Law Section. The organizational meeting will take place on May 28, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. (MT) via virtually and via teleconference call, dial 888-706-6468, and enter the participant…
Read Full ArticlePublic Service and Volunteering: Values to Live By
By Anne-Marie Fulfer Public service is emphasized throughout a lawyer’s career through a variety of communications, including CLEs, meetings, columns, and rules. Here are two excerpts from the Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct: PREAMBLE: A LAWYER'S RESPONSIBILITIES [6] … As…
Read Full ArticleMilitary Justice is Not Perfect But It Deserves Our Respect
By Hon. Jim Jones The grant of executive clemency to three U.S. servicemen charged with war crimes has raised concerns about the integrity of the military justice system. On November 16, 2019, the President pardoned an Army Lieutenant who had…
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