Legal

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?