By: Jennifer L. Strange, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP The Indiana Attorney General’s Office is responsible for investigating and prosecuting complaints against health care practitioners. In Indiana, there are 20 boards and committees that regulate health care practitioners, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, nursing home administrators,… Read More >
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Health Professionals: What To Do (And What Not To Do) When A Complaint Has Been Filed Against Your License
Employers: Are Your Workers Misclassified?
By: Shelbie J. Luna, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP There’s no shortage of recent legal headlines of cases claiming worker misclassification. We have seen FedEx, Uber, Lyft and Lowe’s, to name a few, all hit with worker misclassification. Often, employers do not even know how… Read More >
DRI – Nursing Home/ALF Litigation Seminar
By: Albert Barclay Wong, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP One of the ways that the attorneys in DSV’s Health Care Services Group stay at the forefront of health care law is by attending continuing legal education seminars. The attorneys in DSV’s Health Care Services Group… Read More >
Standing Down to Save Lives: The 2017 National Safety Stand-Down
By: Thaddeus J. Schurter, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP As the busy summer construction season approaches, so, too, does the Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. Originally conceived as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) Fall Prevention Campaign, this… Read More >
New Indiana Supreme Court Construction Jobsite Safety Case
By: Sean T. Devenney, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP If you read our year end summary of Top 10 cases in Indiana for 2016, the Indiana Court of Appeals’ case of Ryan v. TCI Architects/Engineers/Contractors, Inc. et. al. was discussed. Recently, the Indiana Supreme Court vacated… Read More >
OSHA Delays Enforcement of New Silica Standards Until September 23, 2017
By: Sean T. Devenney, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP OSHA has issued a decision to delay the enforcement of new silica exposure rules that have a significant impact on employers and employees that work around silica dust (for instance masonry contractors and those that work… Read More >
WOTUS, We Hardly Knew Ye
By: Erik S. Mroz, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP In previous blog posts, I tried to explain the government’s rulemaking efforts to define (or redefine) “Waters of the United States” (or “WOTUS”) under the federal Clean Water Act. The WOTUS Rule came out last year… Read More >