Ban on funeral home/cemetery joint operation upheld as pro-competitive licensing rule
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin, in a June 27 decision, upheld the state’s law prohibiting joint operation of funeral [...]
Consumer Protection
Does occupational licensing promote consumer health and safety? Econometric study looks at primary data for some answers
Does occupational licensing promote consumer health and safety? Econometric study looks at primary data for some [...]
Surgeon’s claim that hospital retaliated against him with false report to national data bank okayed to proceed
GOOGLE MAPS A physician and chief of surgery who discovered his hospital was filing falsified data about surgery mortality [...]
Polygraph evidence of dissembling sparks physician’s suspension
A physician with a history of sexual misconduct has had his medical license suspended after failing a polygraph test. Dr. [...]
Board may probe MD’s prescribing records without violating patients’ privacy
Although patients have a limited privacy expectation in the prescription information contained in the state’s [...]
Is the Internet making occupational regulation obsolete?
An online portal like Angie’s List could take the place of professional licensing, at least in certain fields, if a [...]
Agent selling property had affirmative duty to verify boundaries
Credit: www.flickr.com/photos/26681132@N04/ A real estate agent who sold a property that both she and the purchaser [...]
Minimum-fee policy for licensees violates antitrust law, FTC asserts in complaint
In its first antitrust action against a licensing board since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case North Carolina State [...]
Chiropractor properly sanctioned for using “Neurologist” in job title
The Mississippi chiropractic board disciplined a licensee for labeling himself as a “chiropractic neurologist,” [...]
Law restricting advertising of specialties held unconstitutional
A Texas law that restricts dentists from advertising as specialists unless their specialty is one of nine approved by the [...]