King & Spalding LLP

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King & Spalding LLP has been in the forefront of providing excellent legal services to its clients for over a century. Since it's establishment in 1885, the firm has had a tradition of attracting and developing many of this country's finest lawyers. Among them is the late Griffin B. Bell, former Attorney General of the United States, and numerous other lawyers who have held high-level positions in the federal and state governments. The partnership also includes two past presidents, nine active members and eight retired members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a past president of the American Health Lawyers Association and three past presidents of the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Today, from offices in Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dubai, Frankfurt, Houston, London, New York, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C., the firm continues to provide the highest caliber legal counsel to clients from the United States and abroad. King & Spalding LLP currently represents more than 250 public companies, including over half of the Fortune 100 companies. The firm also represents hundreds of clients with new ventures and mid-sized companies in emerging industries. Long-standing client relationships are one of the surest barometers of a law firm's success in meeting its client's needs for legal services. King & Spalding LLP lawyers pride themselves on developing continuing client relationships that are productive, professional and collegial.

General Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Administrative and Governmental Agencies; Antitrust; Arbitration & Mediation; Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights; Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals; Capital Markets (Corporate Finance / Private Debt Finance / Structured Finance); Construction & Procurement; Cyberspace & Information Security; E-Commerce & Internet; Emerging Growth Companies); Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Energy Industries (Oil & Gas / Power); Environmental; Food, Drug & Medical Devices (Controlled Substances / Consumer Products Safety / FDA Practice / FTC Practice); Franchise & Distribution; Governmental Practice; Healthcare; Intellectual Property (Copyrights / Patents / Trademarks / Trade Secrets); International (German Practice / International Business / Islamic Finance & Investment / Latin American Practice/ Trade & Customs); International Energy; International Arbitration; International business Law; Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances; Labor & Employment; Licensing; Contracting & Outsourcing; Litigation (Appellate / Class Action / Commercial Litigation / Corporate Espionage & Competitive Intelligence / Environmental Tort Practice / Product Liability / Shareholders & Securities Litigation); Maritime Law; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity & Investment Fund; Project & Equipment Finance; Public Finance; Real Estate; Special Matters & Government Investigations; Tax; Technology; Telecommunications; Trusts & Estates. (While every area within the Firm may not represented by lawyers resident in each of its offices - for example, the Firm's Food & Drug or Governmental lawyers are solely located in the Firm's Washington, D.C., office - lawyers throughout the entire Firm are nonetheless available to work and support relationships with Firm clients).

Entities Billing for Physicians Need to Check Criminal Histories, Based on Authority of CMS to Revoke Billing Privileges Retroactively for Certain Criminal Convictions
Nancy C. LeGros, November 6, 2009
Revocation of billing privileges is a relatively new enforcement tool being used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Based on the authority of CMS to revoke billing privileges based on certain criminal convictions occurring in the 10 years preceding enrollment or...

Medicare Part A Deductible and Coinsurance Amounts for Calendar Year 2010
Juliet M. McBride, October 28, 2009
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday the inpatient hospital deductible and the hospital and extended care services coinsurance amounts for services furnished in calendar year (CY) 2010 under Medicare's Hospital Insurance Program (Medicare Part A), effective January...

New Federal Law Imposes $1,000 per Day Fine for Late Reporting of Payments to Medicare Claimants
W. Randall Bassett, Tara K. Kelly, October 14, 2009
The federal law that requires plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury lawsuits to reimburse Medicare for payments made to a plaintiff now imposes stiff penalties on defendants that fail to report these payments. The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) requires...

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