Ann W. Latner, JD

Proposed federal legislation evaluates corporate healthcare ownership rules, clinician non-compete clauses, and state-level enforcement.

Proposed federal legislation evaluates corporate healthcare ownership rules, clinician non-compete clauses, and state-level enforcement.

Errors in identifying a Deaf patient led to noncompliance labels, improper involuntary commitment, and a federal court lawsuit.

A landmark ruling establishes that patients bear the burden of proving halting an ongoing medical procedure was safe and medically feasible.

A landmark ruling establishes that patients bear the burden of proving halting an ongoing medical procedure was safe and medically feasible.

The Endocrine Society successfully blocked an FTC subpoena regarding its gender-affirming care guidelines following a federal court injunction.

This month’s case involves a HIPAA violation, mandatory arbitration, Family and Medical Leave Act request, and a workers' compensation claim. All of this happened within the clinician’s first year of employment with a large medical center.

Courts are limiting the "error in judgment" defense: why diagnostic missteps do not qualify as acceptable clinical decision-making under the law.

A series of lawsuits challenges state laws governing practice authority and physician supervision for nurse practitioners.

A medical malpractice case study demonstrates how accurate documentation of clinical decline without physician intervention led to an $8 million verdict.

Federal authorities convicted a telehealth company founder and clinical president for illegal stimulant prescription distribution and fraud.

In the health care industry, providing false information on a job application regarding a felony conviction or guilty plea constitutes grounds for termination, regardless of whether the conviction has been sealed.

When a hospital mistakenly destroyed a patient's placenta despite a signed release form, it faced a lawsuit — and a lesson in what truly constitutes "waste."

Reproductive endocrinologist is facing a legal battle with his malpractice insurer over right to a defense during IVF lawsuit.

A Court of Appeals upheld a $13 million verdict regarding a lack of informed consent and deceptive cosmetic surgery advertising.

An appellate court dismissed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a pulmonologist after the plaintiff used a cardiologist as expert witness.

Diagnostic errors are the most common cause of medical malpractice lawsuits, accounting for roughly a third of all medical malpractice claims.

A patient with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder is prescribed a medication in the same class as one that he was previously taking. However, the NP did not warn him about the new medication’s potential side effects. Could this amount to a violation of informed consent?

A second opinion physician was held liable for an unnecessary hysterectomy despite a laboratory mix-up at the original facility.

This month’s case began as a medical malpractice incident in the emergency department. The case ended with a Florida court declaring that a statute limiting awards for pain and suffering to Medicaid recipients was unconstitutional.