Health Law

• "Dealing with the Changing Dynamic of the Medical Staff" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from Massachusetts Medical Law Report  (May 2010)
• "Here Comes the Sunshine Act: Impact on the Massachusetts Gift Ban and Reporting Law" by William Mandell The Boston Health Law Reporter (Spring 2010)
• "The HITECH Act and HIPPA Business Associates" by Emily Kretchmer and William Mandell (September 16, 2009)
• "Recent SJC Peer Review Case: Board of Registration in Medicine v. Hallmark Health Corporation" by Dean P. Nicastro (August 18, 2009)
• The Final DPH Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct Regulations: The Industry Perspective, by William M. Mandell, Boston Bar Association Health Law Reporter, Summer 2009
• Managing Physician Industry Relationships: Massachusetts and Beyond in 2009 by William M. Mandell
• "U.S. Creates New Program for Reporting, Analyzing Adverse Medical Outcomes" by Dean Nicastro.  Linked with permission from Massachusetts Medical Law Report (Spring 2009)
• "Massachusetts Finalizes Drug and Device Marketing Code" from Medical Meetings, March 18, 2009
• "Massachusetts Attorney General - New Hospital Community Benefit Guidelines" by Dean P. Nicastro (March 4, 2009)
• COBRA and Economic Stimulus Bill - Upcoming Deadlines for Employers co-authored by Emily Kretchmer and William Mandell
• Health Information Technology and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 co-authored by Emily Kretchmer and William Mandell
• Amicus Curiae Brief, Board of Registration in Medicine v. Hallmark Health Corporation, et al. (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court peer review case, January 2009) co-authored by Dean P. Nicastro
• Managing Relationships with Industry: A Physician's Compliance Manual by Steven C. Schachter, M.D., William M. Mandell, Scott Harshbarger, and Randall Grometstein, Ph.D. (Elsevier June 2008).  This book was reviewed in "The New England Journal of Medicine" (Vol. 360, No. 13) on March 26, 2009.
• "National Blue Cross Settlement Compliance Process is Under Way" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from Vital Signs (November 2008), published by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
• "Physician Liability to Non-Patients: Coombes v. Florio, 450 Mass. 182 (2007)" Boston Bar Journal Case Focus (May/June 2008) by Dean P. Nicastro.  Reprinted/used with permission from the Boston Bar Journal, a publication of the Boston Bar Association.
• "Five Reasons to Update Group Practice Buy-in/Buy-out Documents" by Emily Kretchmer, William M. Mandell and Dean P. Nicastro.  Posted with permission from Practice Management Review (Spring 2008), published by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
• "New Hospital Accreditation Standards Designed to Empower Medical Staffs" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from Vital Signs (March 2008), published by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
• "Law and Medicine: What's Ethics Got to Do with It?" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from Massachusetts Medical Law Report (Summer 2007).
• "Making Sense of the Stark Law: Compliance for the Medical Practice"
  Copyright 2005 Massachusetts Medical Society.  All Rights Reserved.  Linked with permission.  This manual was prepared by William M. Mandell, Esq. and Dean P. Nicastro, Esq., of the law firm of Pierce and Mandell (Boston, Massachusetts) in conjunction with and under the direction of the Massachusetts Medical Society's Department of Health Policy/Health Systems and the Office of the General Counsel. 
• "New Protections Proposed for Electronic Prescribing and Health Records" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from Massachusetts Medical Law Report (Winter 2006).  
• "Fraud and Abuse: the Final Stark II Phase II Regulations" by Dean P. Nicastro and William M. Mandell.  Linked with permission from Massachusetts Medical Law Report (Autumn 2005).
  
• "Non-Compete Clauses and Massachusetts Physicians" Excerpted from Massachusetts Health and Hospital Law Manual, Chapter on Physicians, Co-authored by William M. Mandell, published and copyrighted by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc, 2004 (used by permission).
  
• "Breaking Language Barriers, Rules for Dealing with Hearing-Impaired and Non-English Speaking Patients" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from Massachusetts Medical Law Report (Summer 2006).  
• "Is Good Public Health Also Good Business" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from New England In-House (October 2004).

Intellectual Property Law

• "Supreme Court ruling in eBay hasn't precluded injunctions for patent infringement" By Chris Engebretson and Tom Kenney.  Linked with permission from New England In-House (March 2007).  
  
• "Ensuring Coverage for Trademark Infringement Suits" by Robert R. Pierce & Thomas E. Kenney. Linked with permission from New England In-House (July 2003).

• "Serving on Non-Profit Boards: Complications for Public Officials" by Dean P. Nicastro.  Linked with permission from New England In-House (October 2005).

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