The Rise of Patient Safety Organizations
The Patient Safety Act authorizes the creation of a new type of entity, a patient safety organization (PSO), to receive and analyze information relating to patient safety. The Act confers broad federal privilege and confidentiality protections to this information, with significant penalties for breaches.
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Separated Couples Sharing the Same Residence
Unlike any time in recent history, the slump in the economy in general, and in the housing market in particular, has had an impact on the ability of couples that decide to separate and divorce from actually following through on that plan.
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Couple Cannot 'Contract Away' Child Support Duty
A New York appellate court has refused to enforce a separation agreement that allowed a father to terminate child-support payments to his ex-wife if their teen-aged son "engag[ed] in full-time employment."
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When Does a Nonemployee Spouse Have a Right to the Employee's Retirement Accumulation?
Usually, when the employee spouse has interests in multiple plans, the divorce settlement will also contain a waiver or release by the non-employee spouse of his or her interests in other plans. But even if effective under state law, that does not, by itself, protect the employee's interests and those of the employee's successors.
The FTC Blog Rules: Overbroad or Overblown?
Despite the panic and misunderstandings, the purpose of the guidelines is to require disclosure by reviewers who present themselves as unbiased but who actually are not. This is a laudable purpose.
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The Sorcerer's Apprenticeship
Moving to an apprenticeship model holds great promise in helping young lawyers transition into practice and in helping firms show that their young associates can make valuable contributions to client service.
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A New Leadership Model Is Needed
Even though there are signs that the economy is starting to recover, this recession will have a far great impact on the legal profession than any previous recession in the last 70 years. Here's why.
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Professional Development: Emerging Delivery Channel for Group Soft Skills Training
Soft skills training is typically delivered live so that all may observe and learn from one another's body language. Interpretation of non-verbal cues is an important dimension in soft skills training. A look at three case studies.
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