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November 25, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
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November 25, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |A popular way states have encouraged doctors and other health care providers to practice within their borders is by stopping medical malpractice claims in their early stages by requiring the filing of a certificate of merit before a case can proceed.
November 25, 2009Janice G. InmanRecent happenings about which you need to know.
November 25, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |One of the most frustrating and wasteful legal expenses for a medical device or pharmaceutical manufacturer is the cost of defending against claims where its product is ultimately found not to be involved. A discussion of the Iqbal/Twombly decisions and what they mean.
November 25, 2009Kim M. Schmid and William N.G. Barron IVThe 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.
November 25, 2009David S. Ivill and Amy Hooper KearbeyWho's doing what; who's going where.
November 24, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
November 24, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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.
November 24, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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."
November 24, 2009Mark Fass