Healthcare fraud and abuse is skyrocketing, and much of it is slipping by undetected.  Timothy Cornell and William Hurlock, of Seiger, Gfeller and Laurie in New York, published the attached article on the problem, and how third party payors can deal with it.  Detecting Waste and Abuse

I’ll be an expert at Mass Innovation Night tonight.  We’ll be talking about Percussion CM1 Content Management, which helps users manage their social media content directly, Arch Angels Children’s Comfort Insoles, which offers easy inserts for children’s feet, Terametric Optimizer for Twitter, which offers a device that advises users on when, what…

E-discovery has been called the bane of modern litigation.  Document requests can easily dig out terabytes of information, and the review requirements for both sides can be backbreaking.  Patent cases are particularly prone to enormous discovery.
To winnow the demands of discovery down, the Advisory Council of the Federal Circuit released a model e-discovery Order…

When the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower provision was enacted earlier this year, many corporations complained that the law created a fat incentive for insiders to run to the SEC first instead of reporting problem to the company so it could solve the problem.
Now a federal court has ruled that to enjoy the shelter of Dodd-Frank’s retaliation umbrella,…

If someone poses as a medalled hero, does the First Amendment protect them from prosecution? 
Surprisingly, the answer may be mixed.  If the phony only brags about winning a medal, free speech rights may prevail.  But if the phony sports an undeserved medal, it becomes a different story.
I have an article on the subject…

I have had people produce text messages to me that they think will make their case open-and-shut because they show the other side admitting to their acts.
But a case decided in Pennsylvania last week points up the caution the courts will use when they consider text messages and emails.  Even though it is a…

You may have heard about the process server who served child support papers on Boston Red Sox pitcher Erik Bedard just before a game last week at Fenway Park.  Wearing a Yankees shirt.
“Erik Bedard Served!” he later bragged on his Facebook.
The episode brought up much discussion of professionalism for process servers.  For me,…