Effective July 27, 2025 Washington State has enacted the "Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act" (ESSB 5525), creating state-level protections that go beyond federal requirements for businesses conducting mass layoffs or closings. This new law takes effect…
Read MoreAs the FDA has announced that the national supply of GLP-1 medications is stabilizing and removing them from the shortage list, 503A compounding pharmacies have adopted a new strategy to continue offering these popular medications. Medical providers offering weight management…
Read MoreLuke Campbell's chapter in the Washington Health Law Manual provides a valuable resource to those looking to understand the application of the corporate practice of medicine.
Read MoreLast year, we published a new website with an updated firm logo and clean, modern design. Since then, we’ve modernized our firm name, updated our email addresses and signatures, and updated our formal letterhead. Why did the name change? The…
Read MoreIn recent months, a flurry of news articles have pointed to a strategy whereby certain highly paid professionals (such a doctors, lawyers, and accountants) can form worker-owned cooperatives in order to avoid the limits placed on the new tax law’s…
Read MoreEffective July 23, 2017, a new law (Substitute Senate Bill 5322) resolves many long-running conflicts between licensed dentists and dental support organizations, which are typically not owned by licensed dentists. The bill brings clarity to a number of issues, though…
Read MoreIn Emerick v. Cardiac Study Center, Inc., P.S., the Washington court of appeals held a physician noncompete does not automatically violate public policy, and will be upheld when reasonable. The case involved a cardiology practice with four office locations in…
Read MoreA recent article in The Washington Post highlighted that Yelp is adding government information on hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis clinics to its popular review site. Patients can now look up an emergency room’s average wait time, fines paid by…
Read MoreMost physicians probably recognize that a hospital must report certain professional review actions adversely affecting a physician’s clinical privileges to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), which can have serious career consequences for a physician. Physicians may not, however, realize…
Read MoreIn Fergen v. Sestero, Washington’s Supreme Court recently handed an important victory to physicians defending medical malpractice actions. The ruling involved the exercise of judgment instruction, which reminds juries that if a physician exercises the reasonable care and skill generally…
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