On May 1, 2017, the Supreme Court in Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, Fla., 137 S. Ct. 1296 ruled that under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”)[1] cities may sue banks over residential lending practices they allege led to urban blight. However, in…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that the firm’s valued client, Lawrenceville, Georgia-based Essential Ingredients, has been named to “Forbes Small Giants: America’s Best Small Companies” list. Essential Ingredients was 1 of only 25 companies…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Partner John B. Baxter has been named to Band 2 by Chambers USA 2017 for Real Estate. Partner Robert A. Greising has also been named to Chambers USA 2017 to Band 3 for Corporate/M&A. The firm was named to…
Late Monday, May 22, 2017, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued an opinion editorial in the Wall Street Journal explaining that although public comments and more in-depth analysis will continue with respect to the overall fiduciary duty rule,…
The 120th Indiana General Assembly recently enacted legislation to revise Indiana Code (“IC”) 4-6-14 regarding abandoned health records. Under the current statute, the attorney general (“AG”) may take possession of, store, maintain, transfer,…
FileFax, Inc. (“FileFax”) is a Business Associate of the Center for Children’s Digestive Health (“Center”). The Center is a small, for-profit healthcare provider with a subspecialty practice in pediatrics. Since 2003, FileFax stored inactive paper…
On or about December 5, 2011, a hacker accessed email accounts of employees of Metro Community Provider Network (“Metro”), a federally-qualified health center, and acquired 3,200 individuals’ electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) via a…
Thomas N. Hutchinson, Partner and Chair within the firm’s Health Care Practice Group, has been selected to serve as a Health Law Section Leader in the role of Vice Chair of the Physician Issues Interest Group for the American Bar Association. Mr.…
As seen in the May/June 2017 issue of the Indiana Banker Association's Hoosier Banker.
Question: Recently an elderly customer received into his account a large wire transfer of over $500,000. The customer came into the branch today, adamant that…
Krieg DeVault is proud to once again be recognized by Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly for inclusion in their annual ranking of the “Best of Northwest Indiana & Greater South Bend/Michiana Business” listing. The firm was recognized in the…
A frequent question from physicians is: What do I do if I have a patient who does not pay his or her bill? And for those physicians who are thinking ahead: What can I do to avoid having a patient who does not pay his or her bill? This article…
For the first time since its September 2010 introduction, CMS’ Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (“SRDP”) is undergoing sweeping changes. Beginning June 1, 2017, parties using SRDP to voluntarily disclose actual or potential violations of the Stark…
