<p>Academics, attorneys and government officials gathered at Widener Law's Delaware campus on Thursday, May 3 to explore a topic of vital interest to the aging American population: long-term care. <br /><br />The program "Current legal issues in long-term care," was co-sponsored by the law school's Health Law Institute, the Health Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and White and Williams LLP. <br /><br />The conference featured panel topics including perspectives on litigation and long-term-care facility regulation. <br /><br />"Nursing homes are one of the most heavily regulated industries in this country, second only to the nuclear power industry," said panelist Jennifer Grimler Brady, Esq., a partner with Potter Anderson &amp; Corroon LLP in Wilmington <br /><br />Grimler provided a defense perspective and said health care provider documentation was a key factor in all areas of litigation. "It will hang you or save you every time," she said. <br /><br />Other speakers included Alan C. Horowitz, Esq., of the Office of General Counsel with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Eileen M. Coggins, Esq., general counsel for Genesis HealthCare; John G. Culhane, acting director of Widener Law's Health Law Institute and lecturer at Yale University School of Public Health; Delaware Deputy Attorney General Daniel L. Miller, Esq., of the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; and William T. Lawson III, Esq. of the Law Offices of William T. Lawson III in Philadelphia. <br /><br />A second conference on related topics is scheduled for Sept. 28. </p>