Physicians who have treated a plaintiff before ' during or after the treatment at issue ' often have a unique perspective that can be helpful at trial to the finder of fact. How can such physicians be identified, interviewed, and brought to the assistance of the litigants in their search for the truth?
- January 31, 2012John L.A. Lyddane and Barbara D. Goldberg
Recent rulings of interest.
January 30, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recent high-profile cases of interest.
January 30, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Capmark's sale of its remaining Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Business is a recent example of the approval of a sale of assets under ' 363 of the Bankruptcy Code following the confirmation of a debtor's plan.
January 30, 2012Lisa M. Schweitzer and James A. CroftSometimes a lethal combination of a proceeding's cost and deleterious operational effect will result in forced liquidation rather than restructure. Such was the dilemma faced by economically troubled GGI in June 2010.
January 30, 2012Joshua J. AngelIn Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A., the Supreme Court expressly approved of the "willful blindness" tool for the first time. But in doing so, it framed the doctrine in a way that provided some much-needed limitations.
January 30, 2012Joseph F. Savage Jr. and David McCraryA lawyer's attempt to shield himself from discipline via a release in a divorce agreement was not only void ' it was itself an ethics violation, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled.
December 28, 2011David GialanellaIssues relating to one's child or children, whether in an intact family or not, can often present difficult challenges. Typically, the challenges faced by separated parents have the potential to get significantly more complicated than those faced by intact families.
December 28, 2011Jonathan T. HoffmannNone of those who have written on the subject of performing parenting evaluations has asserted that the task is an easy one. There has, however, been broad agreement among writers in the mental health fields, and reasonable clarity in law, concerning the objective that evaluators should endeavor to meet.
December 28, 2011David A. Martindale

