Category: Legal Alerts

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Expands List of Projects Eligible for Financing through Bonds

January 10, 2022 By Brandon A. Caywood In Legal Alerts

On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) (the “Act”). The Act authorizes investing over $550 million in new infrastructure, coupled with various reauthorizations of existing programs. Authorized infrastructure includes public transportation, clean drinking water and broadband internet. The Act adds “Qualified Broadband […]

Arizona Court of Appeals Defends the Integrity of Peer Review Privileged Information & Documents

August 26, 2021 By Gust Rosenfeld In Legal Alerts

Recently the Arizona Court of Appeals reiterated that the overriding public interest in hospital peer review proceedings prohibits fishing expeditions into those proceedings. In Takieh v O’Meara, 1 CA-CV 20-0290, the plaintiff wanted a hospital to produce emails related to a particular doctor’s peer review proceedings, or at least a privilege […]

Arizona Court of Appeals Rules that a Health Care Power of Attorney Does Not Authorize the Patient’s Agent to Sign an Arbitration Agreement

May 26, 2021 By James W. Kaucher In Legal Alerts

May 26, 2021 – In Heaphy v. Willow Canyon Healthcare, Inc., 2 CA-CV 2020-0113 (App. May 18, 2021), the Arizona Court of Appeals held that a health care power of attorney (“HPOA”) did not authorize the patient’s representative to execute an arbitration agreement. Although the HPOA authorized the patient’s representative to […]

New Law Provides Health Care Providers and Others Immunity from Civil Claims Related to COVID-19 Injuries or Deaths

April 22, 2021 By Gust Rosenfeld In Legal Alerts

April 22, 2021 – Arizona health care professionals and institutions, as well as businesses and governmental entities, are now protected against most civil claims related to COVID-19 injuries or deaths. SB 1377, signed by Governor Ducey on April 5, 2021, enacted two statutes that give limited immunity for specific acts […]

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