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Professional vs. Ordinary Negligence in the Health Care Setting

Michael C. Ksiazek

The precise line of where ordinary negligence ends and professional negligence begins has remained rather murky. Here's why this makes a difference.

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The Role of Informed Consent in Defensive Medicine

John Ratkowitz & Robert Sanfilippo

Studies that have attempted to quantify the costs of defensive medicine by looking at the impact that tort reform has had on health care savings have obtained inconsistent results.

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Judgment Creditors Come One, Come All to NY

Jennifer F. Beltrami

Recent case law has made New York an extremely beneficial place for a creditor seeking to enforce a judgment against a debtor's foreign assets.

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Retiring in a Down Economy

Laurence J. Cutler & Robert A. Epstein

Each case addressing the issue of retirement and its impact on support is highly fact-sensitive. The down economy's impact on such a situation serves to add an intriguing, yet extremely critical, wrinkle to the equation.

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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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Graphic Health Warnings for Alcohol

Philip Pfeffer & Ashley Pappin

Regulatory warning requirements for risky consumer products have typically taken the form of graphic, emotive and oversized health warnings that are designed to change the consumer's behavior through shock tactics and maximization of emotional impact.

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LILOs and SILOs: The Final Chapter?

Philip H. Spector

In what may be the final chapter in the years of litigation over tax-exempt entity leasing transactions, the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Federal Claims Court's decision disallowing Wells Fargo's deductions from SILO transactions.

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Staying Afloat Through the Flood

Jonathan M. Cohen & Barry I. Buchman

This article discusses key issues that companies should consider in pursuing contingent business interruption claims arising from the Mississippi River flooding.

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Adequacy of Insurance Limits

David A. Grossberg

At a time when frugality is in vogue, risk managers acting for landlords and tenants need to be mindful of all elements that can affect the potential value of insurance coverage to be required pursuant to leasehold covenants.

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Retail Leasing in Tough Times

Lars Andersen

This article discusses opportunities that tenants should consider toward reducing fixed-rent costs, and obtaining more favorable lease terms.

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