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Avoiding Physician Liability for Off-Label Use of Drugs and Devices
This month, the authors continue their discussion with an anlysis of attacks on the physician's decision to prescribe off-label.
Health Care Reform
Federal health care reform will significantly impact lawyers.From compliance to quality improvement to reimbursement, the changes are far-reaching.
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Medical Product Reps in the OR
Physicians who allow medical sales reps into operating rooms may be caught in the crossfire of litigation and liability that can result from sales rep presence and activities.
Shirking or Just Hard Times?
In a bad economy, a range of recent decisions can be cited to overcome the argument that an earning capacity in excess of current income should be attributed to a parent.
First-Time DMS for Lindsay Kenney: The Choice Is Worldox
For many years, the firm managed its electronic documents and files without a document management system (DMS) by using Windows Explorer to navigate folders and Windows Search to execute searches when needed. However, we reached the point where we had approximately 1.2 million documents (mostly Word documents) across both offices, sorted by year, client and matter, and were not searchable in an efficient way. We wanted to select a DMS that could easily store client-related e-mails in the same repository as the other documents, and provide efficient searching functionality.
<i><b>Case Study</b></i> Aon's Matter Management Solution
Aon experienced significant growth in the 1980s and 90s, both organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions. The growth brought about tremendous business gains, but created operational challenges that lingered for many years. One of these was the legal department.
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