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A new rule issued on Wednesday prohibits long-term care facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds (i.e., the vast majority of facilities) from forcing residents to agree to mandatory arbitration as the price of admission. The regulation – issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – will ...
Bird Marella principal Ekwan Rhow has been named among the 2016 Most Influential Minority Lawyers by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Mr. Rhow is among only 40 minority attorneys in the Los Angeles area recognized for their outstanding legal work, stellar record of success, and extraordinary leadership. Click here to ...
This weekend’s WSJ has an interesting proposal: stop printing large denomination cash bills. It is an idea worth considering not only for the reasons discussed in the article, but also because right now the government seems to view with suspicion almost any business accepting large amounts of cash as payment ...
That’s what whistleblower and former Deutsche Bank risk officer Eric Ben Artzi announced he is going to do. Ben Artzi went to the SEC after criticizing certain accounting practices at the bank. The SEC settled its claims with the bank for $55m. But Ben Artzi believes that the fine unfairly ...
Bird Marella principal Mark Drooks has been featured in Law360’s Rainmaker Q&A Series, detailing his experiences as a civil litigator and offering insight into what it takes to become a Rainmaker. To read the full article, click here.
Judges and legislators around the country are making it a little harder for law enforcement to spy on you through cell phone. All the recent activity revolves around a device called StingRay (and its main competitor, Triggerfish) which acts as a cell tower site simulator. That means that when a ...
Bird Marella attorneys Paul Chan and Marc Masters successfully defended a global nonprofit provider of AIDS/HIV healthcare, prevention services, and testing, in a high-profile False Claims Act lawsuit seeking eight-figure damages. The non-profit was sued by three former employee “whistleblowers” in federal court in Miami, Florida. The three plaintiffs/relators alleged that ...
12 Bird Marella principals have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of the Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly 5 million votes on the legal abilities of ...
On Thursday, July 28, Bird Marella principal Ariel Neuman will be a featured speaker and co-present on the topic, “Ethical and Effective Use of Advance Wavers in Criminal and Civil Cases,” at the 2016 CLE Luncheon, presented by the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. For more information, ...
Bird Marella obtained a victory for an international law firm in a legal malpractice action brought by shareholders who claimed to represent one of the law firm’s former clients. In June, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted summary judgment for the firm, after Bird Marella presented evidence that the ...
