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Human resource management can be a high-risk area, with almost every employment decision carrying some risk of legal consequences. Our attorneys actively assist employers with both the legal and practical aspects of human resource management. Our goal is to identify risks for our clients and to suggest timely, effective, risk-reducing alternatives before they become... READ MORE

Hall Render’s IT attorneys have been trusted partners in our clients’ IT procurement efforts for decades, providing legal and practical advice to clients ranging from large health care systems to community hospitals and provider groups. We assist our clients with thousands of IT transactions each year, including cloud computing (SaaS/IaaS/PaaS) arrangements, outsourcing and managed... READ MORE

Hall Render attorneys have considerable experience with the process of registering, protecting, commercializing and licensing various intellectual property rights. Hall Render is involved in the protection of its clients’ intellectual property, from preparing appropriate intellectual property policies to determining the appropriate type of protection to enforcing rights against infringers. We routinely provide advice with respect... READ MORE

Hall Render provides guidance to health care and other clients on alternative financing vehicles for professional and other liability risk. Such financing vehicles include domestic and foreign captive insurance companies, risk retention groups and risk purchasing groups. Our services include advice and counsel on structure, domicile selection, formation, licensure, tax and other regulatory matters.... READ MORE

The Immigration Practice Group assists nonprofit and for-profit health care entities and other employers on a national, regional and local level in all business-immigration related matters. As a health care focused law firm, we have a unique understanding of the employment-related immigration issues facing hospitals, clinics and physician groups as well as employers outside... READ MORE

Our human resources consulting attorneys understand the legal implications and risks behind the personnel decisions employers are asked to make on a daily basis. We regularly advise human resources professionals and management on a wide range of issues, covering the employment relationship from beginning to end.  For example, we: analyze risk in discipline and... READ MORE

Hospital and Physician Transactions Section attorneys assist clients in the highly regulated and complex area of corporate transactions between and among hospitals, health care facilities and physicians. Hall Render represents large health systems, free-standing hospitals and other health care facilities and large and small physician groups as buyers, sellers, affiliation partners and joint venture... READ MORE

Hall Render attorneys have extensive experience serving the health care industry as hospital and health system counsel. Our attorneys advise clients as both in-house counsel and outside counsel supporting a hospital’s legal services department. We provide a full range of hospital-related services addressing: Corporate governance and structure/Sarbanes-Oxley compliance Governing body and committee matters Bylaws... READ MORE

Hall Render provides a variety of services and products to assist in compliance with the privacy, security and breach notification regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), as well as other state, federal and international privacy... READ MORE

Hall Render’s IT attorneys have been providing legal and practical advice related to information technology to health systems, hospitals, provider groups and IT licensors and service providers for more than three decades. Our legal counsel is augmented by our experienced team of IT management consultants at Hall Render Advisory Services who work closely with... READ MORE