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When Is Your Doctor Not Your Doctor?
Modern understanding of medical malpractice is based upon the presence of a physician-patient relationship. This specific relationship gives rise to a special duty on the part of the physician, the breach of which is one of the requirements for finding professional negligence. Although this consensual relationship is often discussed and thought of in terms of an express contract ' that the relationship is created when professional medical services are 'offered' voluntarily and those services are 'accepted' voluntarily by another ' most courts have held that the creation of the relationship need not satisfy the formalities of a contract.
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The Leasing Hotline
Highlights of the latest commercial leasing cases from around the country.
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Exclusive Use Provisions: Practical Considerations for Landlord's Counsel
Today, most large tenants and many small tenants require that their core business be protected in a power or community shopping center by obtaining an agreement from the landlord that grants the tenant the exclusive right to sell the items considered by that tenant to be its core business. This 'exclusive' is considered sacrosanct by most retailers and, in most circumstances, will need to be agreed to by a landlord in order to consummate a lease with that tenant.
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Vertical and Horizontal Transportation: When Is Convenience a Bad Thing?
Several issues or potential issues arise when addressing the presence of vertical and horizontal transportation within the common areas of an enclosed regional shopping center. The first part of this article discussed accessibility and visibility. The conclusion addresses relocation or closure of the transportation, and changing the means of transportation. Sample provisions are provided.
In the Spotlight: 'Da Insurance Code'
Let's be honest. How many of us really read the insurance section of a lease? Now let's be really, really honest: Who understands what that section means?
Issues Related to Turnover of Leased Premises at Expiration of Lease Term
When landlords and tenants are engaged in the negotiation and drafting of a lease, all too often, their attention is focused on those matters that are the first to occur. As a result, too little attention is paid to the issues surrounding the return of the premises when the lease term expires. Obviously, the business terms of the transaction such as rent, operating costs, and construction allowances all must be identified before a deal can be reached. Furthermore, those matters that have a direct impact on the tenant's occupancy and use of the premises are of clear importance to the parties from an operational standpoint. However, when the landlord and tenant fail to give the same level of consideration to the expiration of the lease term that is given to the commencement of the term, problems can arise.
e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Recent cases in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
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The Joint Return
Generally, a joint return must be signed by both spouses to be considered as such. Since there may be substantial savings by filing a joint return over filing under the married, separate rates, if one spouse refuses to sign a joint return, can or should the divorce court require the recalcitrant spouse to do so? Many trial judges require the spouse to sign the return, or at least threaten to, but is it proper?
Adult Child Cannot Sue for Support Arrears
Reversing both a Northampton County, PA, trial court and a three-judge panel of the Superior Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled unanimously ' in a case of first impression ' that the adult daughter of a failed marriage should not be able to sue her father to enforce a child support provision from her parents' property settlement agreement that would benefit her directly. <i>Chen v. Chen</i>, No. 89 MAP 2004, March 20, 2006.
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What Does the Business Appraiser Do?
In many divorces, the 'asset value' of business equity is the largest money piece of the divisible marital pie. Hiring a business valuation expert to appraise the equity, or rights, owned by the parties as of a date in time is normal practice. Yet sometimes there are issues underneath the valuation opinion that 'just do not seem right.'
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