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2003 Publications
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"What's New is Old Again: Deepening Insolvency Re-Packages Familiar Concepts"
11/17/2003
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The bankruptcy seminar circuits are abuzz these days.
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"New Rules On Disclosing Client Confidential Information: Are the ABA and SEC Turning Litigators Into Stool Pigeons?"
10/15/2003
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Following two days of spirited debate at its August 2003 Annual Meeting, a sharply divided American Bar Association House of Delegates amended the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to permit lawyers to reveal confidential information in order to prevent or rectify a client's crime or fraud and to require lawyers to report evidence of wrongdoing “up the corporate ladder” to the organization's highest authorities.
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Brochures
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Women's Initiative Brochure
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Health Care Fraud and Abuse Brochure
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Interviews
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"What does the SEC look for? Games against time"
11/11/2003
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One of the weaknesses of GAAP is that, by itself, it can't necessarily differentiate between fraud and "aggressive accounting."
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Presentations and Speeches
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"The National Practitioner Data Bank: The Providers' Perspective"
05/01/2003
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Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 ("HCQIA"), 42 U.S.C. § 11111 et seq.
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"Legal Developments in Access, Newsgathering, and Subpoenas"
02/13/2003
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At the recent ABA Forum on Communications Law, Tom Leatherbury, a partner in the firm's media-litigation group, was the lead facilitator in discussions about public access to information, newsgathering, and the reporter's privilege.
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V&E; E-Communications
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"Wage Index Classification"
12/22/2003
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Section 508 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act ("DIMA") authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") to grant hospitals one-time wage reclassification to another area within the same or a contiguous state if the applying hospital does not otherwise qualify for wage reclassification.
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"The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act"
12/16/2003
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President Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (“DIMA”) into law on December 8, 2003.
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V&E
Newsletters
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Benefits Bulletin
Periodic bulletins designed to educate clients about matters of interest in the employee benefit plans and executive compensation areas.
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Corporate Governance and Compliance Bulletins
A series of bulletins on issues raised by the Sabarnes-Oxley Act of 2002, SEC regulations, stock exchange and other self-regulatory organization requirements and corporate governance initiatives.
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Energy Currents
These bulletins are intended to afford immediate notice to our clients and friends of certain developments within the energy industry.
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Health Briefs
V&E; tracks on a weekly basis new Federal and Texas regulations of interest in the health industry.
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Health Headlines
These bulletins are intended to afford immediate notice to our clients and friends of certain events in health law.
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Healthcare Legal Update
A newsletter with feature length articles distributed on an "alert" basis.
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HIPAA Headlines
The HIPAA Headlines discuss developments and the effects of the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule, and the Standard Transactions Rule.
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Litigation News
Quarterly newsletter designed to highlight the activities of the firm's litigation and appellate sections and educate clients about current litigation trends.
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TCEQ Regulatory Watch
These monthly bulletins are intended to afford immediate notice to our clients and friends of certain events in environmental law.
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Telecommunications E-Lert
These newsletters are intended to afford immediate notice to our clients and friends of certain developments in telecommunications law.
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