The events of the past year have changed how businesses are run and challenged business owners to find new ways to stay afloat amid economic turbulence. Many Alaska employers have had to make difficult decisions regarding hiring, layoffs, compensation and being able...
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Month: April 2021
License defense and medical duties that cannot be delegated
In Alaska, there are certain rules in place for physicians to follow to comply with the requirements of their medical license. That includes how they care for patients and what areas of their practice they are legally allowed to delegate to others. In some cases,...
Should I get malpractice insurance?
Despite the years of studying, testing, and practicing to earn your degree and career, they are still something you can lose. Losing a license can seem like the end of the life you worked so hard to build. You may have heard that malpractice insurance can help you if...
Do employers have rights to monitor their employees’ emails?
Telecommunications have revolutionized the way that businesses across the world operate. Across Alaska, entities have adopted communications’ tools that allow their employees to work distantly but talk instantly through messaging, email, and chat. Physical distances...
What happens if an ethics complaint is filed against an attorney?
Being an attorney is not an easy job; a lost case could lead to an unhappy client. Sometimes clients, former clients, colleagues or other professionals may have an ethics complaint -- also referred to as a grievance -- that they will file with the Alaska Bar...
Non-disclosure agreements protect companies
It seems like it was ages ago when there was a large field of Democrats running for the 2020 presidential nomination. During one debate, Elizabeth Warren welcomed newly official candidate Michael Bloomberg by slamming his company’s use of non-disclosure agreements...