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Calculating the Damages

Debra Sydnor & Shirlethia Franklin

While some courts have allowed the use of race- and socio-economic-based statistical evidence when computing damages in tort actions, others have expressly rejected the use of such statistical evidence, questioning the appropriateness, reliability, and fairness of this evidence when used in this way.

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Beware New 'E-Prescriptions'

Tresa Baldas

Electronic prescriptions may be the cure for a doctor's bad handwriting, but they also carry an unhealthy dose of legal risks for the ill-prepared. That's what health-care-law attorneys are advising the medical profession as it embraces "e-prescribing" ' a rapidly growing practice whereby doctors are ditching pen and paper to order prescriptions through cyberspace.

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How to Handle Therapist Liability Cases for the Plaintiff

Joshua D. Koskoff

Under certain circumstances mental-health professionals ' whether psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers or others ' have a duty to protect innocent third parties from their dangerous patients. A look at <i>Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California</i>, and what it means in today's litigation.

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The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage on Employee Benefits

Yana S. Johnson

This article discusses some of the challenges in the arena of employee benefits under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. The discussion is applicable to California, Massachusetts and Connecticut unions, as well as to employers in any jurisdictions that employ individuals who have been married elsewhere.

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