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The Non-Party Physician

John L.A. Lyddane & Barbara D. Goldberg

Last month, the authors began a discussion of the crucial role non-party physicians often play in medical malpractice cases. Here, they look at some methods for obtaining the evidence they possess.

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Standard Defense in Obstetrical Malpractice Cases Invalid

John Caher

In what may be a national first, an appellate panel in Rochester, NY, has rejected as scientifically invalid a standard defense in obstetrical medical malpractice cases.

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Shoulder Dystocia and the Duty of Informed Consent

John Ratkowitz

Obstetricians should examine their states' legal requirements about informed consent when making decisions about when to speak to patients about planned cesarean delivery in the face of evidence suggesting an increased risk of shoulder dystocia during delivery.

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Recent NJ Case Upholds Protection of Trust

Martin M. Shenkman, Ira S. Herman, Judson M. Stein, Martin D. Hauptman & Carl J. Soranno

This article concludes last month's overview and discussion of the impact on trusts arising from a recent New Jersey case, <i>Tannen v. Tannen</i>.

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The Gay Divorc'

Eric I. Wrubel

While same-sex couples will now enjoy numerous benefits in New York that were previously denied to them, a panoply of benefits provided by federal laws available to heterosexual married spouses continue to be unavailable to similarly situated same-sex married couples.

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DOMA Unconstitutional, DOJ Says

Gina Passarella

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has deemed the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional in a brief it filed in a Pennsylvania case regarding whether the wife of a former female Cozen O'Connor partner is able to collect the partner's profit-sharing plan benefits under federal law.

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The Deployed Parent and Child Custody

Karen Meislik

A patchwork of state legislation and court precedents leads to confusion and uncertainty on the part of our military parents stationed throughout the world.

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