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Decisions of Interest
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
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Does Attorney-Client Privilege Protect Client e-Mail?
e-Mail communications pose confidentiality and waiver risks on the part of clients. Attorneys must advise their clients of these risks, and advise their clients on how to avoid them.
Foreign Civil Unions
The matter of <i>Debra H. and Janice R.</ihas dramatically changed the laws on parenthood as we know them in New York State.It effectively expands the meaning of the term "parent" to include individuals who are not legal parents or blood relatives of a child, but who are joined in a civil union with the biological parent at the time of birth.
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Guidelines for the Role of Therapist for Court-Involved Families
An in-depth look at Guidelines for Court-Involved Therapy, recently promulgated by The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts(AFCC).
Med Mal News
Recent news of importance to you and your practice.
Notice/Prejudice and the Role of State Law
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.
Traps for the Unwary
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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