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Legal Lessons Gleaned from Music Industry's High-Profile, File-Sharing Litigation
When the cash-strapped recording industry announced at the end of 2008 that it would largely drop its aggressive litigation campaign against unauthorized file sharers, some observers saw this as a defeat for record labels. But numerous court rulings have been issued over the past few years that debate and/or establish legal guidelines that will be referenced in file-sharer cases that are either still in the pipeline or may later crop up. This article examines some of the most recent of these cases and decisions.
The HITECH Act And Health Care Attorneys
President Barack Obama executed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Act") on Feb. 17, 2009. The new legislation, while aimed at stimulating the economy and increasing patient safety, has another side that health law attorneys need to be aware of.
New Jersey's Medical Error Reporting Law, And What It Will Accomplish
An examination of the reasons why health care providers fail to meet their ethical obligation to disclose errors can shed light on how mandatory error reporting will change malpractice litigation.
Stimulus Funds For Electronic Medical Record Systems
One of the newer ideas for reducing medical errors is to have medical providers use electronic medical record keeping methods. However, the single greatest inhibitor to taking advantage of technology is the requirement for an initial investment and, in the medical records technology area, this could be significant.
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Off-Label Promotion of Drugs and Medical Devices
A spate of billion- and hundred-million-dollar settlements with the Department of Justice (DOJ) illustrates how the investigation of off-label promotions of drugs and devices has emerged as a predominant theory in pharmaceutical and medical-device prosecutions.
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Real Property Law
Key analysis and discussion of decisions you need to know.
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Landlord & Tenant
Discussion and analysis of recent rulings.
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