Hospital LIability for Medical Research Studies
Your hospital and physicians have the opportunity to conduct a study on a new method for the early detection of a disease. They go through the necessary procedures of obtaining patients at risk for the disease, and those patients knowingly agree to participate in the program. However, there may be one problem with this scenario. According to a recent case out of New York, your hospital and physicians may have just established a hospital-patient and/or physician-patient relationship with each of the study participants, exposing all of them to the risk of multiple medical malpractice lawsuits.
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Microsoft Sues Auction Site Users For Counterfeiting
Microsoft is moving against alleged counterfeiters who use online auction sites like PriceGrabber.com and eBay to sell software that is packaged to look like the real thing, but is far from it.
Google Goes on Washington Growth Spurt
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission ('FCC') announced plans to auction off spectrum on the public airwaves suitable for wireless phone and Internet transmissions. In response, a collection of nonprofit technology and consumer groups suggested that the winning bidder be required to provide access to its network for the public benefit. Then in May, just a few months before the auction rules were settled, something unexpected happened: Internet giant Google joined the fray ' and aligned itself with the nonprofits.
Online Promotions and Marketing
This final part addresses issues that affect not only those types of promotions, but also other types of online marketing and promotional activities; namely, the enforceability of online agreements and terms of use, consumer privacy and data security, the use of third-party Web sites and online services, commercial e-mails and special concerns relating to children.
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Index
Everything contained in this issue, in an easy-to-read format.
Yellowstone Injunctions Not Automatic
A <i>Yellowstone</i> injunction allows a tenant that has been served with a notice to cure an alleged lease default to litigate in Supreme Court whether or not there has been a default, without the risk of losing the lease if the court finds a default. The injunction tolls the running of the tenant's time to cure the alleged default. So, even if there is a determination at the end of the lawsuit adverse to the tenant, the tenant still has time to cure and save the lease.
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