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Decisions of Interest

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Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

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Does Attorney-Client Privilege Protect Client e-Mail?

Michael J. Hutter

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.

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Foreign Civil Unions

Carol W. Most

The matter of <i>Debra H. and Janice R.&lt;/ihas dramatically changed the laws on parenthood as we know them in New York State.It effectively expands the meaning of the term &quot;parent&quot; 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

Jeffrey P. Wittmann

An in-depth look at Guidelines for Court-Involved Therapy, recently promulgated by The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts(AFCC).

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Verdicts

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The latest rulings you need to know.

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Drug & Device News

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Important new developments.

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Med Mal News

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Recent news of importance to you and your practice.

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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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