DPS Legal Counsel
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DPS Legal Counsel protects the business, regulatory, contract, transactional, intellectual property, compliance, and tax interests of health practices and small businesses from initial formation through founder retirement and practice/business succession
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How important are Business Associate Agreements under HIPAA?
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Privacy Laws and Entrepreneurship
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What is the Direct Primary Care Model and how is it applied in functional medicine or integrative medicine healthcare practices?
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What is CAN-SPAM and what do all businesses that market through email need to know about being compliant with their email marketing campaigns?
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What is the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and how can it help Tennessee physicians interested in telemedicine?
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The President’s Tax Returns are About to Become Public
Are you curious about what is in President Trump's federal income tax returns?If so, your curiosity is likely soon to be satisfied.Yesterday, April 3, 2019, Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, sent a letter to IRS Commissioner...
Digital Assets in Estate Planning
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Should I operate my Tennessee business as a sole proprietorship or an LLC?
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IRS Collection Due Process Hearing – Too Late to Contest your Underlying Tax Liability!
The U.S. Tax Court issued an opinion yesterday (Ludlam v. Commissioner), which points out the problem that a taxpayer has who wants to challenge the taxpayer's underlying tax liability in connection with a Collection Due Process Hearing. In this case, the husband and...
Trademark is a real thing. Check out your proposed name before spending a lot of money.
You are an entrepreneur--we'll call you Buddy the entrepreneur--and you have come up with what you think is a no-lose idea for a new business. You live in the Nashville area, and you've been able to secure a space in the downtown area that is perfect for a themed bar...