HPS attorneys Hugh Griffin and Jacob Goldstein, Appellate Practice Group co-chairs, have successfully argued three cases in separate appellate jurisdictions.

Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC attorneys Ana Cazacu, Molly Pankauskas and Jonathon Clark obtained a grant of summary judgment dismissing a suit against a suburban hospital.

It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the passing of HPS partner Amy Kane, a beloved friend and member of our professional family. Amy’s knowledge, legal skill and trial expertise made her a formidable attorney, but those traits paled in comparison to her kindness, empathy, and generosity of spirit. Amy brought all of this – mixed with humor – to everything she did, making her a joy to work with. Her loss is devastating to all of us.

HPS Attorneys David Hall, David Kalimuthu and Gina Ambrose defended a Chicago-area neurosurgeon against allegations of negligence related to Plaintiff’s spinal surgery to address an extremely large herniated disc compressing on the spinal cord.

Seven attorneys from Hall Prangle and Schoonveld, LLC (HPS) have been recognized in Thompson Reuters 2022 Super Lawyers Magazine Illinois edition.

On December 27, 2020, former President Trump signed into law the No Surprises Act, which aims to protect healthcare consumers from surprise billing. The act went into effect on January 1, 2022.

HPS attorneys David Hall and Krista Luzio secured a not guilty verdict for all defendants in the first post-pandemic, in-person jury trial for the firm and in Will County.

Residents leaving a facility against medical advice creates a tricky liability situation for skilled nursing providers. Hall Prangle & Schoonveld (HPS) Partner Elizabeth Neidig recently spoke with Caralyn Davis of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) to identify the key ways in which a facility can protect itself from liability stemming from an "AMA" discharge. Below is an overview of that conversation that Elizabeth wrote. Click here to read the conversation on AAPACN.com (membership required).

Hugh Griffin headed up a defense team that obtained final dismissal of a wrongful death complaint against a meat packing company in a suit alleging that an employee's wife died from Covid 19 that she contracted from her husband who contracted it from other employees at the meat packing plant.

HPS Partner, Jennifer Ries, has been named one of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Chicago Lawyer’s 2021 Salute! Women in Law Award honorees. The Law Bulletin describes the honorees as “exceptional women leaders in the law.”

Three HPS attorneys have been featured in the 2021 issue of Marquette Nurse, the Magazine for Marquette University College of Nursing.

Chicago Lawyer magazine has highlighted Hall Prangle and Schoonveld's (HPS) remodeled Chicago office in their April/May 2021 issue.

In April 2021, the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) issued a statement paper to provide guidance to obstetrical providers on managing the care of patients with amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) through a checklist created from standard management guidelines.

On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two new final rules aimed towards supporting care coordination and value-based care. As part of the Trump Administration's "Sprint to Coordinated Care" plan, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) revised the safe harbors under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revitalized the physician self-referral regulations ("Stark Law").

Recently, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rare Special Fraud Alert pertaining to medical device and pharmaceutical speaker programs. The OIG defines speaker programs as "company-sponsored events at which a physician or other health care professional makes a speech or presentation to other health care professionals about a drug or device product or a disease state on behalf of the company." The sponsoring company typically pays the speakers an honorarium.

On Wendsesday, December 2, 2020, HPS Partners Ann Ford and Laura Ginett will take part in a virtual lunch discussion of Telehealth.

On Friday, November 20, HPS Partners Ann Ford and Laura Ginett will present at the Chicago Healthcare Risk Management Society's (CHRMS) Annual Risk Management and Patient Safety Day. This event is digital due to COVID-19.

In the ever-evolving pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 (commonly referred to as Covid-19), there appears to be an ongoing shift in the medical community with respect to the question of whether Covid-19 can be transmitted in utero from mother to fetus. While early studies showed that transmission was unlikely, recent reports of apparent transmission have emerged creating conflicting findings.

"John Travis exemplifies the attorneys at HPS: He is dedicated, hardworking, and driven to provide each client with an expert legal defense tailored to their needs. His addition to the partnership at HPS strengthens the Firm's ability to provide each client with the legal services they need."

As a supplement to its Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 issued in March 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recently issued Guidance on Returning to Work, which focuses "on the need for employers to develop and implement strategies for basic hygiene, social distancing, identification and isolation of sick employees, workplace controls and flexibilities, and employee training." While not creating additional binding regulations that are enforceable against employers, these OSHA resources aid in identifying areas of risk in the workplace and determining where appropriate control measures should be implemented. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") has issued similar guidance and considerations.