By: Lloyd Chapman – Small business advocate | The Huffington Post Today, under various federal laws, the term “small business” can define a range of companies, from businesses with less than 50 employees, to publicly traded corporations as large as Lockheed Martin — the federal government’s largest prime contractor. This question of how big a “small business” is, is of critical importance to our national economy. For example, when the House approved the Republican-sponsored “Small Business Tax Cut Act (H.R.9)” last week, legislators neglected to mention that under the bill many hedge funds, investment firms, C-corporations and pass-throughs worth billions [ Read More ]
Archive for May 1st, 2012
Medical negligence and breach of duty claims can be separated by the courts Lessons to be learned from a case in which a surgeon had a resident perform part of surgery. By: B. Sonny Bal, MD, JD, MBA; Lawrence H. Brenner, JD | Orthopedics Today Informed consent constitutes a complex inquiry. We continue to examine this doctrine in this column through the review of a case from Maryland that addresses specific physician duties that arise under this doctrine. In this legal action filed in Baltimore, a patient alleged that her surgeon had failed to perform surgery in the manner they [ Read More ]
