David J. Goldberg, MD, JD

This month's Legal Eagle column reviews how a patient tried to sue for battery due to excess swelling after dermal fillers.

This month's Legal Eagle column explores a scenario of marketing vs. misrepresentation.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, reviews a lawsuit case regarding employee termination.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, a case involving physician extenders is discussed.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, discusses a case involving a dermatologist performing plastic surgery.

In this month's Legal Eagle, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, discusses a legal situation involving an oculoplastic surgeon and a covering physician.

In this month's Legal Eagle, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, writes about a difficult legal case involving metastatic melanoma and mole mapping.

In this month's Legal Eagle, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, writes about the legal burden of having a chaperone during skin exams.

“Dermatologists are not in violation of FDA statutes for prescribing the off-label use of prescription drugs.” See what David J. Goldberg is discussing in this month's Legal Eagle.

In this month's Legal Eagle, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, dives into a case of amount for fees charged for medical records.

In this month's Legal Eagle, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, discusses the legal complexities of incorrect medical coding.

In this month's Legal Eagle, we dive into a case of a potential OSHA violation at a practice.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, discusses why sexual assault complaints must be made public, even if the defendant is found not guilty.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, discusses coding and billing in physician practices.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, addresses the question of what private practice dermatologist have to consider with Covid-19 vaccines.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores patient reviews and how to handle negative/false reviews that are anonymous.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores selling your practice to a private equity interest and the challenges that can follow, including staff shortages and longer patient wait times.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores chat room referrals and how they could possibly alter the physician-patient relationship.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, dives into wrong-site surgeries and malpractice lawsuits.

In this month's Legal Eagle article, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, examines physicians being sued for using injectables for off-label procedures, such as for oily skin.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores the legality of terminating an employee for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine.

Physicians have an obligation to create a hazard-free workplace, but the question is what legally constitutes a hazard?

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David Goldberg, MD, JD, explains if you can terminate an employee who's COVID-19 diagnosis has negatively affected your practice and led to substantial financial losses.

In this month's Legal Eagle article, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, examines the legality of whether physicians can be used as an expert witness against non-physicians.

In this month's Legal Eagle article, David Goldberg, MD, JD, explains how to avoid an age discrimination lawsuit from a former employee in your office by bulletproofing human resources (HR) documentation.

David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., explains how a terminated employee can violate HIPAA if they access medical records of other associates at their former place of work, even if they find out one of those associates had COVID-19 and did not disclose it to the office.

In this month’s Legal Eagle article, David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., discusses the different professional standards of disclosure that a physician must fulfill when treating patients.

While several employees wanted to wear masks upon his office reopening, Dr. Covid reminded them that their state governor and city mayor did not require their use. Now an employee has contracted COVID-19 from a patient and has filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Should he be concerned?

Dr. Joe acquired a new laser prior to the pandemic. Three patients are scheduled for treatment during which he had told them a laser expert would be present. The laser expert deferred due to COVID-19. After carrying out the procedures alone, one patient sues for battery, though there were no adverse events. Is this battery? Can Dr. Joe use COVID-19 challenges as a defense?