In looking over some of my old OCA files today, I came across a report by Deen Kemsley, Ph.D. He's Tulane University accounting professor who was retained as...
In the lastest edition of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthodopedics (the house publication of the American Assn. of Orthodontists,)...
A copy of a letter dated 9/25/07, purportedly written by Dr. Lazarra, has been forwarded to me. It's entitled "letter of correction," and refers to his...
The judge in the New Orleans Bankruptcy Court FINALLY delivered a ruling in the case of Dr. Bush, which took place March 5 - 14. This supposed to be the...
Several things come to mind when reading about the Bush trial: 1. Having an admitted strong bias against OCA and in favor of affiliated doctors, I'm...
Georgia law is somewhat equivocal regarding the unlicensed corporate practice of dentistry. However, I believe most other states take a much more definitive...
There is reportedly a move afoot to have doctors send letters of Termination Without Cause to OCA. I'm not familiar with the contracts, which differ from the...
It's been awfully quiet lately. Apparently, no one but Goldstein clients are going to trial in December. (And there are only a couple of those.) Everyone is...
Judge Vance, the District Court judge in New Orleans, has issued a lengthy opinion withdrawing the reference for 55 OCA doctors. That means their cases move...
Strange?!?!?! I seem to remember that OCA's blog on their website promised objective reporting on the legal front. There's a new post about an 11/15/07, ruling...
There doesn't appear to be much happening at present. I'd guess that the upcoming holiday season will tend to encourage that situation. An interesting quote...
OCA's website www.orthodon.com has a reprint of a recent article from Ortho Tribune extolling the virtues of being an affiliate. It talks about their more...
There's a January 10 status conference scheduled with District Court Judge Vance. Counsel for the affiliates will request that approximately 43 doctors in 9...
Dr. Bush's counsel has filed an almost 50 page appeal of the verdict from Judge Brown's court. The appeal alleges that Judge Brown's court erred in several...
In a January 7, 2008, in an article in the ADA News, it was announced that American Dental Partners, Inc. of Wakefield, MA, lost a lawsuit with Minnesota based...
It would now appear that more and more jurisdictions are finding companies such as OCA in violation of state dental practice acts. It appears that OCA's...
The effect on ADPI's stock was interesting. The day after the news of the verdict came out, their stock dropped from about $20 to around $5 per share. The...
I note that on OCA's blog www.orthodon.com, they mention that one of Mr. G's clients has sued him and presumably no longer utilizes the counsel of his firm....
In a letter dated December 3, 2007, addressed to District Court Judge the Honorable Sarah S. Vance, Counsel for Defendants Buchman, Bush, Dolan, Girard,...
CityBusiness is a newpaper published in New Orleans. CityBusiness February 12, 2008 OCA director nets 10-year ban, $100,000 fine in fraud case by Greg...
After all this, only a 100,000$ fine! Another example of the legal system not the justice system. I've heard an orthodontist might pay that just to exit the...
On February 15, 2008, New Orleans daily newpaper picked up the story on Jr's. day of reckoning with the SEC. In addition to doing a reprise of the story first...
For anyone interested in details of Junior's plea deal, OrthoSynetics has a blog entry on Feb. 13, 2008, giving the matter their spin. www.orthodon.com , then...
The latest OrthoSynetics blog entry of February 13, 2008 makes the following untrue statement: "The complaint addresses errors in OCA's corporate accounting....
Excellent point! I'd forgotten about the discovery of overcharges which was brought forward in the Hobson case, and subsequently used by several doctors in...
What I believe is the first Texas case to be scheduled for oral arguments in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has been set for oral arguments on March 31,...
If memory serves me correctly, the former OCA management used to complain to anyone who'd listen about the conspiracy of evil shorts who had banded together to...
