Dr. Gerald Koocher, President of the American Psychological Association, presented the law firm of Bernabei & Katz, PLLC, including Lynne Bernabei and Alan Kabat, now of the Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC, with a Presidential Citation for their work in representing Dr. Susan Lerner. Ms. Bernabei served as lead counsel for Dr. Lerner who was John [...]
Continue Reading →In employment cases, knowing how and when to release medical records keeps irrelevant information out of court and protects your client’s privacy. Read More…
Continue Reading →This chapter surveys whistleblower litigation, which is an increasingly significant limitation to the employment-at-will doctrine, under which an employer can otherwise fire an employee for any reason, or no reason. The issues covered are: (1) state common-law tort claims
based on wrongful discharge in violation of public policy; (2) federal whistleblower statutes; and (3) [...]
A cutting-edge issue in employment and health care law is the employment status of physicians in private practice who participate in managed care programs, as opposed to hospital staff physicians or residents. Are these private practice physicians employees or independent contractors? If they are employees, then the next issue is whether these physicians can unionize [...]
Continue Reading →A cutting-edge issue in employment discrimination law is the effect — on a plaintiff’s legal claims and remedies — of stock options that form part of an employee’s compensation package. Stock options (“call options”) allow an employee to buy the employer’s stock at a specified future date at a price (the “strike price”) fixed on [...]
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