• Philanthropy continues to be a source of funding used by nonprofit hospital systems for new building projects. Last week, Bruno Mars presented Intermountain Health with a $1M gift towards Intermountain’s Nevada Children’s Hospital that will be constructed in Las Vegas. Jackson Health Foundation recently raised $100M for a new emergency department project at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
  • After Florida approved Certificate of Need reform, the state has seen tremendous growth in terms of new hospital projects. Florida is

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    When equity interests in a passthrough entity are sold, such transaction documents are often described as “partnership interest purchase agreements,” “membership interest purchase agreements” or “equity purchase agreements.” However, under U.S. federal income tax rules, a transaction that is legally structured as an equity purchase can sometimes be treated (in whole or in part) as an asset purchase—whether by default, election or sometimes as the result of post-closing actions.
    Occasionally, this discrepancy is overlooked until just before closing, which…
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    ArticleAmundsen Davis Reputation & Crisis Management AlertApril 24, 2026A new lawsuit filed by Lebohang “Lebo M” Morake, the Grammy‑winning composer behind the iconic opening chant in Disney’s The Lion King, raises important questions about defamation, comedy, and reputational harm. Morake has sued comedian Learnmore “Jonasi” Mwanyenyeka for $27 million, alleging that a joking “translation” of the chant during a podcast appearance damaged his reputation by misrepresenting the meaning of the lyrics to a global audience.
    At…
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    Stafford Rosenbaum attorneys to present during State Bar of Wisconsin’s Great Outdoors seminar
    Attorneys Erin Deeley, Klara Henry, Jane Landretti, and Zoe Pawlisch will present during The Great Outdoors 2026 seminar on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 (or via webcast), as part of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s daylong program on the legal frameworks governing Wisconsin’s land, water, wildlife, and recreation.
    Attorneys Erin Deeley and Zoe Pawlisch will present on riparian rights during their segment of the program, addressing waterfront…
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    On April 14, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) in the Federal Register, which included several proposals that would affect organ acquisition reimbursement policies for Independent Organ Procurement Organizations (“IOPOs”), as well as Organ Procurement Organizations (“OPOs”) more broadly, histocompatibility laboratories (“HCLs”) and transplant hospitals. Although CMS characterizes some of the changes as codifying longstanding policy, others substantively alter how…
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    Federal Court Draws the Line on PIPS After Muldrow: A Win for Employers in Walsh v. HNTBIn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 Muldrow v. City of St. Louis decision, the Court expanded the legal standard for what qualifies as an “adverse employment action” by pivoting from asking whether a change to an employee’s terms or conditions of employment was “material” to whether  the change left the employee worse off in those terms or conditions. Unsurprisingly, employers saw…
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    Can Police Get a Warrant for My Doorbell Footage?
     Posted on April 23, 2026 in Criminal DefenseIf you have a Ring camera, a Nest doorbell, or any other video device mounted outside your home, you may have wondered what happens to that footage if the police come knocking. Can they take it? Can they demand it from the company directly? And what happens if someone shares your footage without your permission? 
    These are real legal questions that…
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    On March 26, 2026, the Eighth Circuit, in Ghosh v. Abbott Lab’ys, Inc., 170 F.4th 1141 (8th Cir. 2026), affirmed the dismissal of whistleblower claims brought by a remote employee whose connections to Minnesota, where the employer was located, consisted of a 12-day visit to the state to participate in mandatory training.
    Case Background
    The plaintiff in this case was a Hawaii resident, who was hired by defendants in early 2023 as a district sales manager. Upon hire,…
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    April 22, 2026 – A statute immunizing health care professionals during the COVID-19 state of emergency did not violate the constitutional right to a jury trial, a unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court recently ruled in
    Wren v. Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee, Inc. (2026 WI 11), barring a medical malpractice lawsuit from a stillborn childbirth. Because the Wisconsin Constitution “empowers the [L]egislature to alter or suspend particular common law causes of action,” the immunity statute suspended Savannah Wren’s…
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    The transfer portal and NIL (name, image, and likeness) payments have recently significantly changed the landscape of college sports. The combination of the two has resulted in free agency for student athletes and hotly contested litigation in connection therewith.

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association created the transfer portal in 2018. Prior to its creation, student athletes had to obtain permission from their existing schools to transfer to other schools and had to sit out a year from competition upon…
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    The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently posted a new factsheet making significant changes to Form I-9 inspections and which “mistakes” are correctable under the Immigration and Nationality Act § 274A (“Immigration Act”).

    ICE reclassified many Form I-9 errors from “technical” to “substantive.” The impact is that clerical mistakes that employers formerly could correct during a Form I-9 audit are no longer correctable and instead are subject to immediate fines during a Form I-9 audit.

    Under the Immigration…
    Continue Reading The Costs of Form I-9 Mistakes Just Went Up Drastically for Employers

    The UW Law Library is marking National Library Week this year with a milestone: the 20th anniversary of our Faculty READ Poster series.
    You’ve likely seen READ posters before—those images of celebrities holding their favorite books, produced by the American Library Association. Our version features UW Law School faculty and staff. Since the first posters debuted in 2006, dozens of faculty and staff have been featured, each holding a book that has sparked their interest or shaped their…
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    Two recent cases under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the PUMP Act provide an early look at how courts and juries are treating these relatively new protections. In both cases, employees prevailed—and recovered significant damages.
    Pregnancy Accommodations Must Be Taken Seriously
    In Tarango v. PermiaCare (W.D. Tex. 2026), an employee requested relatively modest pregnancy-related accommodations, including permission to wear different footwear and to work remotely after giving birth. Those requests were denied. The employee also experienced…
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    If you’ve been scheduled for an Independent Medical Examination, or IME, you’re not alone in feeling uneasy about it. For many injured workers in Wisconsin, this is one of the most confusing and stressful parts of the worker’s compensation process.

    You may be wondering why it’s happening, what the doctor is really looking for, and whether it could affect your benefits. The short answer is yes, it can affect your claim. But understanding how an IME works can help…
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    Settling a long-term disability (LTD) claim is often more complex than it first appears. Most people naturally focus on the settlement amount, since that is the most visible part of the agreement. However, every settlement also includes additional terms that define what rights are being resolved and what both sides agree to moving forward.

    At first glance, these provisions can feel overwhelming or overly technical. In reality, they are a standard part of resolving an insurance claim. While they…
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    The first nationwide test of a mandatory episode-based payment model has been unveiled. In the Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Proposed Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposes resurrecting and expanding the original Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (“CJR”) Model to establish a mandatory, nationwide episode-based payment model for most hospitals paid under the IPPS beginning October 1, 2027.     

    Under the proposed model, known as the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement…
    Continue Reading CMS Proposes Resurrection and Nationwide Expansion of Mandatory Joint Replacement Bundled Payment Model (CJR-X)