Articles

07.05.23

Don't Overlook Federal Protections When Defending Against Physicians' Retaliation Lawsuits

Manatt Health Care Litigation Partner Barry Landsberg and Appellate Partner Joanna McCallum co-authored an article for Daily Journal on how defendants can utilize the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) to protect hospitals and peer reviewers in physicians' retaliation ...


08.27.13

Who Is in Charge of Our Hospitals?

Literally, no one wants to "go there." We just want to know that physicians and hospitals are providing quality care. For decades, however, a debate has raged within hospitals for primacy over responsibility for deciding whether a physician's privileges to treat hospital patients ...


08.13.13

California Supreme Court Opens Up New Avenues for UCL

In an opinion issued recently, the California Supreme Court interpreted the Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq., to allow a UCL unlawfulness claim based on a "borrowed" federal law, even though Congress had repealed that law's private enforcement ...