Day-One HIPAA for a New Practice
A practical opening sequence for covered-entity status, risk analysis, vendor contracts, patient rights, training, and incident readiness before the practice relies on systems that handle PHI.
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Business Associate Agreement Clauses Worth Reading Before You Sign
The business associate agreement clauses a practice should read before signing: required terms under 45 C.F.R. 164.504(e), permitted uses and de-identification, breach reporting timing, subcontractors, costs and indemnity, order of precedence, return of data, and proposed Security Rule changes.
An AI Inventory in One Afternoon
One afternoon will not produce a perfect AI register. It can produce a defensible first-pass list of use cases, owners, data, decisions, and legal triggers, enough to know what must be investigated first.
Homebuyer Closing Checklist (Chicago Area)
A step-by-step Chicago-area closing checklist from accepted offer to keys: attorney review and inspection deadlines, financing, title, the walkthrough, and closing day.
N-400 Document Kit: What to Gather for Naturalization
A printable, bilingual N-400 document kit: status, travel and residence, good moral character, marriage-based and special situations, when to file, organizing the kit, court and tax records, Selective Service, and the 2025 civics test.
Dram Shop Liability in Illinois: When the Bar Shares the Blame
How the Illinois Dram Shop Act (235 ILCS 5/6-21) lets injured families recover from a licensed seller: the damage caps, the strict one-year deadline, and no social-host liability.
Evidence Preservation Kit: What to Save After a Crash (and How)
A do-it-now checklist for preserving crash evidence before it disappears: scene photos, witnesses, surveillance video, the vehicle itself, and spoliation letters.
The Recorded Statement Trap: Why the Adjuster Calls So Soon
Why insurers seek a recorded statement in the first days after a crash, when you must give one and when you can decline, and how Illinois (215 ILCS 5/154.6) limits claims tactics.
Construction-Site Injuries: Retained-Control Liability After the Structural Work Act
How Illinois construction-injury claims work after the Structural Work Act’s repeal: the Restatement § 414 retained-control doctrine, the evidence that decides it, and the comp lien.
Physician National Interest Waivers: The Service Commitment, the Attestation, and the Clock
How the physician national interest waiver works under INA 203(b)(2)(B)(ii): five years of full-time service in a shortage area or VA facility, the public interest letter (IDPH in Illinois), Schneider v. Chertoff, reporting deadlines, job changes, and Conrad 30.