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William Cannici practices as a corporate associate in Wolff & Samson's Health Care and Hospital Group.  He advises clients on a variety of health care issues, including HIPAA compliance, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, federal and state health care regulatory compliance, and Federal Stark Law compliance.  His experience includes serving as counsel to a federal monitor appointed by the U.S. Attorney's Office pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement to oversee the activities of one of the nation's largest orthopedic implant manufacturers.  Bill also provides legal counsel on matters involving closely held corporations, restrictive covenants, limited liability companies, technology, taxation, and securities.

Bill's article, "The Global Online Freedom Act: Combating American Businesses That Facilitate Internet Censorship In China," appeared in Aspen Publishers' Journal of Internet Law, Vol. 12, No. 11, May 2009. This article was adapted from a note Bill authored, originally published at 32 Seton Hall Legis. J. 123 (2007), discussing the appropriateness and potential effectiveness of a proposed U.S. legislative response to Internet censorship in China.

Bill earned his J.D. cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he served as a note editor of the Seton Hall School of Law Legislative Journal. While in law school, Bill studied Asian law and dispute resolution in the People’s Republic of China.  Bill received his B.A. in philosophy from Loyola College in Maryland and was a member of the Phi Sigma Tau International Philosophy Honor Society.