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Problems with Causation Testimony

Eric J. Frisch

Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a directed verdict based on <i>Daubert</i> principles in a shoulder dystocia case. The court reasoned that the expert's testimony was 'unreliable' because of improper use of the 'differential diagnosis' method and the fact that he made unsupported leaps from assumed facts to conclusions without evidentiary or medical/scientific support. Here's an analysis of the court's thinking.

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<B>BREAKING NEWS:</b> Merck Wins Big

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In a stunning turnaround today, separate appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas reversed verdicts against Merck from some of the earliest trials involving the now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.

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e-Commerce Docket Sheet

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

No CAN-SPAM Claims When ISP Cannot Show Real Adverse Effects<br>Court Says Departing Worker's Computer Access No CFAA Breach<br>No Impleading ISP, P2P Network on Unrelated Torts<br>Roommate Site Not Immune under CDA From FHA Claims<br>Non-residents Using Others' Trademarks for Web Traffic Answers in Owner's Forum

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e-Commerce Slowing, But Continues to Grow and Outpace Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

Michael Lear-Olimpi

U.S. Census Bureau estimates for first-quarter e-commerce spending reflect a slowing economy, but e-commerce continued rising as a percentage of all retail spending, government figures released last month show.

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e-Speech Is Looking Like Free Speech With More Than Just Some Letters Missing

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent court decisions, congressional legislation and foreign governmental self-help actions appear to be aimed at transforming the new millennium's icon of free speech ' the Internet ' into a source of semi-free speech.

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It Takes More Than A Shingle to Be a Good e-Commerce Attorney

Michael Lear-Olimpi

If you've grabbed the brass ring ' or you want to prepare to ' don't rest on your laurels too long. Experienced e-commerce counsel warn colleagues not to let the ever-shifting world of e-commerce catch them unaware. Traits of effective e-commerce counsel, culled from a cadre of some of these experts, follow.

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Dressing Your e-Business Up for Success

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

Asking an e-commerce entrepreneur whether he or she knows what the business looks like may seem silly. After all ' doesn't it seem a given that no one can run a business, whether an e-commerce venture or a traditional bricks-and-mortar storefront operation, without knowing its basic financial information, especially cash flows, receivables and payables, and the balance sheet?

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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

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Managing Practice Group Profitability

Howard Mudrick

Managers can no longer ignore the performance of individual practices, hoping problems will correct themselves. Firms everywhere are venturing into various types of reporting and 'profit center accounting,' typically based on the performance of individual practice groups and even specific clients. However, they take a variety of approaches to these analyses, and the differences can cause severely different analytic outcomes.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Copyright Infringement/File Sharing<br>Copyright Infringement/Summary Judgment&lt;<br>Royalty Suit/Right to Trial by Jury<br>Sampling Suits/Sound Recordings

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