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...
On November 5, 2007, 55 doctors were successful in moving their cases in New Orleans from the bankruptcy court of Judge Brown in New Orleans to the District...
OCA recently won a matter against a Dr. Cupo, and thoughtfully posted it on their blog. (www.orthodon.com, and click the "look who's blogging" tab.) It seems...
OrthoSynetics has contracted with Ravindra Nanda, BDS, MDentSc, PhD, as a strategic consultant in an apparent attempt to gain credibility. Will it work?...
OCA signed on a well known orthodontist who is well known on the lecture circuit from New Mexico. They brought on a department chairman from Louisiana, and I...
Las I heard, oral arguments before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals are scheduled for Monday, March 31. There are several cases OCA has appealed, but this...
On April 1, oral arguments were presented before Louisiana based Judge Clement and Texas based Judges Elrod & Garwood of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals....
Is there an official date to be used for tax purposes to claim a capital loss? Is there any document/link I can use to back it up. Thanks very much....
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I believe you can write off the stock as of the date it was cancelled or at any time thereafter. However, that's a question for a tax professional. Your...
I recently finished the book Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre. The fictional narrator of the book "Larry Livingston" was actually Jesse...
In an entry dated 4/25, OCA (aka orthosynetics) notes that Dr. Hector Bush has settled his differences with OCA and returned to the fold. WOW! Most folks who...
In checking a little further, apparently the agreement spelling out details of Dr. Bush's return is top secret. The obsession with secrecy is yet another...
OCA's web site notes that they've added several new affiliated doctors. My question is how many net doctors have they added? I understand in at least one...
In a blog post yesterday (5/7/08,) OCA announces that a former affiliate is "very excited to return to the company." (www.orthodon.com, then click on the red...
OrthoSynetics had a booth in the exhibit hall at the annual AAO meeting in Denver which concluded yesterday. The new brochures appeared to me to promise the...
An interesting brief was filed two days ago regarding an orthodontist wanting to retire from his OCA affiliated office in Anderson, SC. (Case # 06-10179 (B)...
