Recent News and Seminars

•	Three attorneys named 2010 Thomson Reuters Texas Rising Stars
•	Four Partners named 2009 Thomson Reuters Texas Super Lawyers
•	Firm opens Colorado Springs office
•	Stan Thiebaud selected as Chairman, Board of Trustees for Baylor Institute of Rehabilitation
•	Mark Stinnett named to Boy Scouts National Committee on Outdoor Activities
•	Representative Defense Wins: Our Results
•	Philipa Remington listed among 2010 D Magazine Best Women Attorneys
•	New anti-markup rule effective 1-09 impacts large physician groups
•	Business Week - Electronic Records Key in Health Care Reform
•	Reuters - Funding healthcare through cigarette tax
•	Physicians News.com - Identity theft compliance for Physicians due May 2009
•	OIG opinion on part-time physicians hired to do endoscopies
•	New OCR Guidance on HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Electronic Exchange of Health Information
•	New Anti-Markup rule effective 1-1-09 impacts large physician groups
•	Business Week - Electronic Records Key in Health Care Reform
•	Arrests made by OIG for health care fraud in Physical Therapy

Articles and Speeches

•	Stan Thiebaud delivered a speech at the Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar in San Antonio on March 18, 2010
•	Prompt Payment Isn't a Reality for Doctors
•	Identity Theft - Red Flag Rules
•	DBA Headnotes: Insuring Practice Vitality - Managing Dr. Buy-Ins by Laura James
•	Baylor Proceedings: Who is an expert? A quick primer on an envasive concept by Russ Thornton
•	NOW AVAILABLE: Greater Dallas Physician Practice & Wage Survey Results

Litigation News You Need to Know

•	Mike Yanof argues before the Texas Supreme Court on important issue involving health care liability claims
•	OIG Issues 2 New Opinions
•	Texas Supreme Court Updates
•	Death Certificates
•	Arrests made by OIG for health care fraud in Physical Therapy
•	A health care liability claim under Texas law
•	Limited use of inferred negligence in medical cases
•	The learned intermediary doctrine and its effects on prescribing physicians
•	Settling a claim within policy limits
•	Preemption, tort reform, and pharmaceutical claims
•	Practice pitfalls
•	Pathological evidence in malpractice trials



•	Pathological evidence in malpractice trials
•	Package inserts and the standard of care
•	Not-so-obvious considerations for professional liability insurance
•	Medicolegal Issues - Who is an expert - A quick primer on an evasive concept
•	Handling requests from attorneys
•	Handling investigations of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
•	Giving depositions as a defendant or an expert
•	Getting stiffed no longer needs to be the cost of doing business - Texas prompt pay provisions
•	Exemplary damages
•	Defending Claims When Prescribing Drugs and Using Medical Devices
•	Death certificates
•	Washington Post - Surgery Checklist Lowers Death Rate