Employed at the University of Maryland Medical Center – Past or Present?

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You May Be Impacted by a Major Cyber-Voyeurism Lawsuit. A Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against University of Maryland Medical Center Six current and former University of Maryland Medical Center employees have filed a lawsuit alleging that a pharmacist, Matthew Bathula, carried out a decade-long cyber-spying campaign — secretly monitoring and stealing personal information … Continued

What Is Alternative Dispute Resolution?

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Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is any structured process—outside the public courtroom—that empowers parties to settle conflict through negotiation, mediation, or arbitration, saving time, money, and stress. How Our Baltimore ADR Attorneys Guide You From Conflict to Closure Baltimore alternative dispute resolution attorney Jonathan Schochor leads a team that treats every dispute as a human problem … Continued

James D. Cardea Honored As A Leaders In Law Award Winner By The Daily Record And Maryland State Bar Association

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Leadership in Law Award Honors Outstanding Legal Professionals Making Communities Stronger Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A. today announced that James D. Cardea has been honored by The Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association as a 2025 Leaders in Law Award winner in the Leadership in Law category. Through Leaders in Law, The Daily … Continued

Celebrating 40 Years of Legal Excellence

Celebrating 40 Years of Legal Excellence

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The accolades awarded to the partners of Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A. over the past four decades are almost too many to count: The Best Lawyers in America, America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, Class Action Litigation Lawyer of the Year, The Icon Award, Influential Marylanders Award, and, … Continued

Study Finds no Association between Stillbirths and COVID-19 Vaccines

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Recent research suggests that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines do not cause increased risk to mom or baby during pregnancy. The novel coronavirus that became known as COVID-19 took lives, caused dire economic damage, and created dread and distress such as no one alive had experienced.  Pregnant women feared for their lives and those of their children. … Continued

FDA Issues Alert on Device that May Perforate the Heart

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Medical devices can save lives—or they can end them.  Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a high-level alert concerning a heart pump used for critical care. The Impella Left Sided Blood Pump is used during coronary procedures or in the wake of a serious heart attack (myocardial infarction).  The device … Continued

Physicians Behaving Badly—Study Names Most Unprofessional Medical Specialty

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A research study recently looked at healthcare providers reported by co-workers in safety event reports. In any workplace, the observations and opinions of co-workers are important.  In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center used the Co-Worker Observation Reporting System (CORS) that collects safety event reports involving the … Continued

Out of Scope: Hospitals Cited for CRNAs Practices

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Earlier this year, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) cited two hospitals for actions it said involved Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) acting beyond the scope of their certification. The CDPH recently issued guidance on this matter that has gained national attention. Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are specialized healthcare providers who have attained a … Continued

Change Healthcare Cybersecurity Breach: The Fallout and the Lawsuits

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The Change Healthcare data breach in February of this year was the largest healthcare data breach to date. The fallout continues. Change Healthcare acts as a medical claim clearinghouse for approximately 15 billion medical and prescription claims each year.  Change Healthcare is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.  The CEO of UnitedHealth Group, CEO Andrew Witty, … Continued

Defeating Sepsis: Research Points to Antibiotic that May Spare Gut Biome

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A new antibiotic appears to deliver long-hoped-for support in killing or reducing dangerous antibiotic-resistant germs, while at the same time sparing helpful microbes living within the gut. Antibiotic resistance, or antimicrobial resistance (AR) is a pressing medical concern.  Antibiotics were once touted as miracle drugs, sparing the limbs and lives of patients who would otherwise … Continued