In the ongoing tension between the regulatory oversight of medicine and patient privacy, two new appellate cases tackle the question of when the government’s interest on behalf of the public takes precedent.

Recognizing the damaging effects a lawsuit can have on a physician’s personal and professional well-being, CAP invites its members to attend its daylong Litigation Education Retreat.

While California awaits a ruling from the state’s Supreme Court on a related Elder Abuse Act issue, an intermediate appellate court has rejected a patient’s attempt to blur the distinction between medical negligence and elder abuse.

California’s interests in curbing drug abuse can overcome a patient’s expectation of privacy in his or her prescription history stored on the state’s CURES database, according to the Court of Appeal.

One doctor's California Supreme Court case shows why whistleblower suits must be treated separately from peer review.