Discipline of agent who defrauded clients & skipped hearing upheld October 5, 2020 Default findings entered following a disciplinary hearing were appropriate given the licensee's absence, an Illinois [...]
Court dismisses monopoly charges against American Board of Internal Medicine April 27, 2020 A federal court in Pennsylvania, in a September 26 decision, dismissed a complaint by several physicians unhappy with the [...]
Board authorized to discipline licensee for self-created credential in ad January 24, 2020 The Ohio State Chiropractic Board was acting within its authority when it disciplined a licensee who advertised himself as [...]
Ban on funeral home/cemetery joint operation upheld as pro-competitive licensing rule November 19, 2018 The Supreme Court of Wisconsin, in a June 27 decision, upheld the state's law prohibiting joint operation of funeral homes [...]
Does occupational licensing promote consumer health and safety? Econometric study looks at primary data for some answers November 19, 2018 Does occupational licensing promote consumer health and safety? Econometric study looks at primary data for some [...]
Surgeon’s claim that hospital retaliated against him with false report to national data bank okayed to proceed July 11, 2018 A physician and chief of surgery who discovered his hospital was filing falsified data about surgery mortality and [...]
Polygraph evidence of dissembling sparks physician’s suspension January 19, 2018 A physician with a history of sexual misconduct has had his medical license suspended after failing a polygraph test. Dr. [...]
Board may probe MD’s prescribing records without violating patients’ privacy January 2, 2018 Although patients have a limited privacy expectation in the prescription information contained in the state's database, the [...]
Is the Internet making occupational regulation obsolete? January 2, 2018 An online portal like Angie's List could take the place of professional licensing, at least in certain fields, if a novel [...]
Agent selling property had affirmative duty to verify boundaries January 2, 2018 A real estate agent who sold a property that both she and the purchaser apparently mistakenly believed was larger than it [...]