Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

Features

Med Mal News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The latest news of importance to you and your practice.

Features

Drug & Device News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The latest news in this important area.

Features

Revised PhRMA Code Provides a New Roadmap

Debra Sydnor

Providing physicians with up-to-date, accurate information about the medicines they prescribe clearly improves patient care and advances health care in general. Nonetheless, the public health need for informed and educated HCPs may, at times, create tension with the pharmaceutical industry's perceived drive for profits.

Features

Are Juries Fair to Physicians?

Linda S. Crawford

Given how large the awards are when there is a verdict against a physician, many in the medical profession and their defense teams have come to believe that juries are random and unfair. The conventional wisdom seems to be that judge-made decisions are a safer bet for med-mal defendants. Is this true?

Fed Court Confirms It: Peer-Review Participants Are Immune

Janice G. Inman

The Fifth Circuit decision in <i>Poliner v. Texas Health Systems</i> has put another damper on the hopes of unhappy peer-reviewed medical professionals who want to seek monetary damages for their real or perceived injuries. On the other hand, the decision has eased the minds of those who must step up to ensure the quality of medical care, even when it means taking away some or all of a colleague's privileges.

Practice Tip

Lori G. Cohen & John B. Merchant, III

Over the past decade, plaintiffs have stepped up their assaults on federal diversity jurisdiction in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Along with their efforts to chip away at the learned intermediary doctrine, plaintiffs increasingly are attempting to join local sales representatives fraudulently in order to defeat diversity.

Features

A Review of Recent Medical Monitoring

Vivian M. Quinn & Tracey B. Ehlers

Courts have historically been divided over several key elements with respect to what a plaintiff must prove to support a claim for medical monitoring. In this article, we review recent decisions regarding medical monitoring and assess whether there has been any consensus among the courts as to whether an actual, present physical injury is required to support a medical monitoring claim and whether class certification is appropriate for medical monitoring claims.

Features

Resolving the Enigma of Law Firm Leadership

Joel A. Rose

When a firm finds itself in the midst of a management crisis, the place to begin to search for the source of the problem is at the top of the management hierarchy. This may not be a popular notion or an easy task. The purpose is not to find fault. The point is that an organization does not simply evolve. It must be built in an orderly manner. The values that are important to a firm have to be defined and centrally organized. The responsibility for these goals must be keyed to an organizational factor, whether this is a committee or an individual.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES