Analysis of recent cases of importance.
November 29, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
This month, the authors continue their discussion with an anlysis of attacks on the physician's decision to prescribe off-label.
November 29, 2010Lori G. Cohen and Sara K. ThompsonFederal health care reform will significantly impact lawyers.From compliance to quality improvement to reimbursement, the changes are far-reaching.
November 29, 2010Peter H. Anderson and Kimberly K. BocellPhysicians 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.
November 29, 2010Kevin M. QuinleyAnalysis of a recent case of interest.
November 29, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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.
November 29, 2010Mary Cushing Doherty and Margaret Wrenn HickeyFor 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.
November 29, 2010Dirk FlemingAon 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.
November 29, 2010David CambriaWhen selecting and implementing new technology, many CIOs and IT professionals are challenged when the business process that the application is supposed to address plays second fiddle to focusing on a specific technology or product. With a new technology implementation, many key business sponsors (i.e., owners of the application or department leaders whose teams use the application) want to be involved in the selection process, weighing in on requirements, definition, functionality, "look and feel" and expected output. This is similar to building a new home: The new homebuilder wants to select the style of home, amenities, paint, etc. In both scenarios, the buyers are concerned with the output, which is very understandable, as they desire useable products.
November 29, 2010David E. Otte