Court orders $87,000 fine for exam copyright violations
A test-preparation must pay a $1,000 fine for each of 87 items the company forced the examination provider to retire due to [...]
October 2013
Court rejects board’s drug dispensing rules
New formulary rules written by New Mexico’s chiropractic board were invalidated on July 31 after the state’s pharmacy [...]
“Subjective belief” no defense to unlicensed practice charge
A dentist who mistakenly believed the state dental board had received his license renewal forms could not use that belief as [...]
In-state P.I. license not necessary to testify as expert, court rules
The Nevada Supreme Court upheld, on September 19, the dismissal of an unlicensed practice citation issued by the state’s [...]
Court rejects $6.355 million unlicensed practice fine
Citing the improper use of estimation in determining a fine, on October 30, a state appellate court reversed an immense [...]
Court says no to request to expunge discipline for failure to renew
Boards do not have an obligation to distinguish between citations for a failure to renew and a more serious professional [...]
Denied license no ticket for discharge of student loans
A federal district court in Tennessee rejected a bankruptcy filing by a law school graduate who had failed to find work [...]
Court dismisses challenge to law barring license over student loan default
An October 24 decision by an Illinois appellate court dismissed an accountant’s constitutional challenge to a state law [...]
License revocation of key expert witness not cause for new trial
A California prisoner failed in his effort to have his conviction for attempted robbery and kidnapping overturned due to the [...]
Court reinstates case dismissed for lack of specificity
In an October 30 ruling, an appellate court in Arkansas reinstated a discipline case that had been dismissed by a lower [...]