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Notice/Prejudice and the Role of State Law

Janice G. Inman

In last month's newsletter, we began discussion of claims-made-and-reported medical malpractice insurance policies and of how most states are strict in requiring insureds to notify their insurers of claims within their policies' designated reporting periods. However, a recent Maryland case shows that state law sometimes may trump a policy's reporting requirements.

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Traps for the Unwary

John L.A. Lyddane & Barbara D. Goldberg

Medical malpractice liability insurers and self-insured entities that ignore the new Medicare reporting requirements do so at their peril. Here's why.

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Discovery Is Changing

Chad L. Staller

Two new developments promise to affect medical-malpractice litigation profoundly.

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Women's Initiatives Bulk Up

Carol Frohlinger

When women's initiatives work well, the benefits inure not only to individual women, but to their firms and to the profession more broadly. What's good for female attorneys is good for their male counterparts and good for business.

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Facilitating Follow-Up

Bob Gero

By setting clear guidelines and limiting lawyers' obligations, a law firm's marketing staff will make it more likely that their lawyers will be successful new business generators.

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Sustainable Business Development Success

Phyllis Weiss Haserot

Generational differences need to be embraced and bridged to convey a consistent brand of business development, service delivery and client transitioning from generation to generation.

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Media & Communications Corner: Fueling Your Knowledge

Nicholas Gaffney

The following tools are some of the latest to cross our radar ' and the author has found them to be remarkably useful.

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