Baker & Hostetler LLP

Baker Hostetler is one of the nation's top 100 law firms with 620 attorneys serving clients around the country and throughout the world. Established in 1916 by Newton D. Baker, U.S. Secretary of War during World War I, and former Mayor of Cleveland, the firm now has offices in ten U.S. cities across four time zones. Baker Hostetler is a multidisciplinary firm with 11 practice groups and 55 areas of practice strength.

Baker Hostetler is known as "Counsel to Market Leaders." Our clients include businesses and individuals that are leaders globally, nationally, regionally and locally. Many are in the top of their market segments, and many are household names. Others are leaders of the future - companies with the aspiration and will to drive tomorrow's high-growth industries.

Court Rules that Hospitals may Share Costs of Nonhospital Site Residency Programs for Periods Prior to 2003
Krista M. Barnes, Gregory Nolan Etzel, November 3, 2009
On October 13, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota reversed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator's ruling that two hospitals could not claim their respective residents rotating to a nonhospital clinic because the hospitals "shared"...

FDA Issues Guidance on Clinical Investigator Responsibilities
Robert M. Wolin, November 3, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued Guidance for Industry Investigator Responsibilities--Protecting the Rights, Safety, and Welfare of Study Subjects (Guidance) to help investigators satisfy their responsibilities with respect to protecting human subjects and ensuring the...

I Dream of GINA--Three Wishes for Nondiscrimination
Robert M. Wolin, November 3, 2009
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act's (GINA) employment-related provisions become effective November 21, 2009. GINA provides a baseline level of protection from discrimination by employers on the basis of genetic information with respect to job applicants, employees and former employees....