This series of articles is designed especially for healthcare organizations.  If you have specific legal questions concerning your healthcare organization, please contact health law attorney Thomas Taylor at (608) 784-5678.

• Client Alert:  U.S. Supreme Court makes it easier for employees to sue employers for retaliation (June 26, 2006)

• Client Alert:  Employers that use outside vendors for pre- and post-employment screening should be aware of Fair Credit Reporting Act requirements (June 6, 2005)

• Client Alert:  Federal government advisory to hospitals concerning purported JCAHO surveyors, government agents and other imposters (May 24, 2005)

• Client Alert:  Schiavo case underscores need for Wisconsin healthcare organizations to encourage greater use of advanced directives and health care powers of attorney (March 23, 2005)

• Office of Inspector General issues new supplemental compliance program guidance for hospitals (March 2, 2005)

• Wisconsin's Safe Place for Newborns Law (February 15, 2005)

• National Labor Relations Board reverses decision in Epilepsy Foundation case (February 15, 2005)

• New federal regulations require shredding and disposal of certain consumer and employee information (February 8, 2005)

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