http://www.nelsonmullins.com/news/Articles-Speeches.cfmNelson Mullins Articles and Speeches RSS Feed Reprinted with permission of Law360 A lawyer facing a long, expensive trial receives a list of prospective jurors and a stack of responses to juror questionnaires. The first thing the lawyer wants to do is Google each of the potential jurors to learn as much as possible about them. The lawyer kno ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/can-you-google-of-facebook-potential-jury-members 2010-08-30T00:00:00-04:00 Can You Google or Facebook Potential Jury Members? As appeared in The Defense Line, Volume 38 Number 2, Summer 2010. As noted in the Spring 2010 issue of DefenseLine,Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIPExtension Act ("Section 111") requires defendants toreport to the federal government certain settlementswith Medicare beneficiaries.&nbsp ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/minimize_reporting_liabilities 2010-08-23T00:00:00-04:00 Tips to Minimize Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Liabilities Capping a long line of unauthorized practice of law cases arising from real estate loan closings, the South Carolina Supreme Court has published a decision that may produce “chaotic unintended consequences.”  Matrix Financial Services Corp. v. Frazer et al., Op. No. 26859 (S.C. Su ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/smith-matrix-commentary 2010-08-18T00:00:00-04:00 South Carolina Supreme Court Holds that Closing a Loan Without a Lawyer's Supervision Constituted Unclean Hands, Barring the Lender from Seeking Equitable Relief As appeared in Law360, on 7/23/2010. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) has increased safety standards and testing/certification requirements for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") has ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/cpsc-confidential-communications 2010-07-27T00:00:00-04:00 How to Ensure the CPSC Protects Your Information Presentation To South Carolina Hospital Association CFO Forum The Charleston Place HotelCharleston, SC Click here for full presentation     ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/white-physician-presentation 2010-07-23T00:00:00-04:00 Integrating With Physicians In 2010 And Beyond: Defining The Legal Parameters Reproduced with permission from BNA's Health Care Daily Report,(July 20, 2010). Copyright 2010 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should implement a two-track review process for provider disclosures of physici ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/aha-review-process 2010-07-21T00:00:00-04:00 AHA Calls for Two-Track Review Process For Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol On July 21, 2010, the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel held a timely program sponsored by Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on the "new" legislative process and reform trends in Washington, reviewing certain terms of recent healthcare, financial and educational legisl ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/2010_process_and_regulatory_reform 2010-07-21T00:00:00-04:00 2010 Process and Regulatory Reform: Impact on Corporate Policy, Operations and Citizenship This article originally appeared in the July 2010 IPT Tax Report and is reprinted with the permission of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation. Practitioners of property tax have long understood that access to the federal courts to litigate questions concerning state or county-level property ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/litigating-state-property-tax 2010-07-20T00:00:00-04:00 Litigating State Property Tax Cases In Federal Court: A Case Study of AMCC v. Onslow County and Craven County As appeared in the American Health Lawyers Association's Healthcare Liability & Litigation Health Briefs, on 6/21/2010. Since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on March 23, 2010,1 many healthcare providers have dedicated substantial time and resources to determin ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/mcdonald-healthbrief-6-21 2010-06-25T00:00:00-04:00 Has a Trap Been Set?--What Risks Lie Ahead for Nursing Homes Compelled to Disclose Organizational Information under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Reprinted with permission from Law360 In drug and medical device cases, often the most important testimony for plaintiffs and defendants comes from the treating physicians. Understandably, counsel want to interview the treating physicians ex parte to learn their thoughts about plaintiff's medical c ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/fair-ex-parte-communication 2010-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 Fair Ex Parte Communication With Doctors In MDLs