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(April 5, 2012): Your business may often enter into contracts for services, or a lease contract for machinery or for space. These contracts are usually for a certain term or length of time. Halfway through the term, you decide that you are not receiving what you were promised when you initially entered into the contract. […]
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(February 8, 2012): While we all know that many Medicare post-payment audits are often generated as a result of sophisticated data mining analyses, the particular elements of concern which may give rise to a specific provider audit are not always so clear. Health care providers interested in compliance can use data mining assessment tools to
Data Mining Tools Can Help Identify Possible Problems Read More »
(February 6, 2012): You consult with an attorney, do all the necessary due diligence, start a company or corporation, and finally begin doing business. You execute many contracts for services or supplies, signing as the “president” or “manager’ of your corporation. You assume that each contract is between the corporation and the service provider. Later
Beware of Small Print – It Can be Bad for Your Wallet Read More »
(February 3, 2012): Many folks or businesses agree to manage another person’s interests, money or business. When this happens there is a fiduciary duty that attaches to the person or entity managing the other person’s interests, money or business matters. The acceptance of a fiduciary duty can occur, for example, by being a General Partner
“There is a Fiduciary Duty Here. It’s Really Inconceivable to Us.” Read More »
(November 21, 2011): After twenty years of practicing law, I still receive many calls from folks who have had a deal gone bad, money taken, partnerships that defrauded them, et cetera; of course, the first thing I ask is what did the contract say? The response I most often hear is, “there is no written
“A Verbal Contract Isn’t Worth the Paper on Which it is Written.” Read More »
(September 6, 2011): When is the last time you examined the contractual provisions set out in contracts entered into by your city or municipality? Arbitration provisions can be very problematic and a city or municipality should think twice before voluntarily agreeing to arbitration or including such provisions in a contract with an outside party. Why
Arbitration Provisions in City Contracts Read More »
(June 9, 2011): After 20 years of practicing law I can say that most phone calls I receive from a potential client are after a contract has been signed. Unfortunately, today’s physician employment agreements are multiple pages long with small print and certainly not written for easy reading or common sense applicability. Contracts are certainly
What You Need to Know Before Signing a Physician Employment Agreement. Read More »
(March 30, 2011): In Part I, the Hotel Occupancy Tax (“HOT”) was defined and examples of how it can be used were given. Part II examined the two-part test to determine if a proposed expenditure of HOT funds meets the purpose of the HOT tax. Many cities will hire a third-party firm or organization to
Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds – Management and Duty – Part III of III Read More »
(March 22, 2011): In Part I the term Hotel Occupancy Tax was defined, and examples of how it can be used were given. Hotel Occupancy Tax funds (in Texas) are to be spent on authorized uses if the HOT funds are spent in a manner directly enhancing and promoting tourism and the convention and hotel
Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds and Proper Use – Part II of III Read More »
(March 21, 2011): Many states have passed laws that allow a city to authorize Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to be collected. Hotel Occupancy Tax funds are essentially taxes that are charged to individuals who stay at hotels within a city or its extra-territorial jurisdiction. Cities are normally allowed to institute this tax pursuant to a
Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds (HOT Funds): What are They? Part I of III. Read More »