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.
April 24, 2011Michael J. Hutter
The matter of 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.
April 24, 2011Carol W. MostAn in-depth look at Guidelines for Court-Involved Therapy, recently promulgated by The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts(AFCC).
April 24, 2011Jeffrey P. WittmannRecent news of importance to you and your practice.
April 22, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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.
April 22, 2011Janice G. InmanMedical malpractice liability insurers and self-insured entities that ignore the new Medicare reporting requirements do so at their peril. Here's why.
April 22, 2011John L.A. Lyddane and Barbara D. GoldbergTwo new developments promise to affect medical-malpractice litigation profoundly.
April 22, 2011Chad L. StallerWhen 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.
April 22, 2011Carol Frohlinger