August 2017 Issue

     

    ABA opposes proposed rule to authorize mandatory pre-dispute arbitration in nursing home contracts

    The ABA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this month to withdraw a proposed rule that would authorize the inclusion of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration provisions in long-term care admission contracts, saying the proposed rule “fails to protect residents’ rights and interests.” The proposal also would permit nursing homes to require residents to agree to such arbitration provisions as a condition of admission to a facility.

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    New ABA President Hilarie Bass: Lawyers must lead the way to protect democracy

    New ABA President Hilarie Bass, co-president of the Miami law firm of Greenberg Traurig, emphasized in her remarks to the ABA House of Delegates Aug. 14 that lawyers must lead the effort to protect democracy. Bass, who assumed the ABA presidency for a one-year term at the end of the association’s Annual Meeting, told the delegates that her participation in the ABA has helped her to live up to the ideals of fighting for justice and creating social change.

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