Recent news from neighboring states.
November 25, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
New York is one if the very few U.S. jurisdictions, other than those states that have actually authorized same-sex marriage, to have given full faith and credit to same-sex marriages validly performed in other jurisdictions. Now we can expect a growing number of same-sex couples, validly married somewhere else, to follow their heterosexual counterparts into New York's divorce courts.
November 25, 2009Stephen A. Zorn and Leigh B. KahnThere are some important lessons matrimonial attorneys practicing in the Second Department should take from this case. This article explores some of them.
November 25, 2009Thomas A. ElliotWho's doing what; who's going where.
November 25, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
November 25, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |News of importance to you and your practice.
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 Kearbey