LJN Newsletters

  • Modifications to the Shopping Center: A Tenant's Perspective

    In most shopping center leases across the country, there is a provision that relates to the landlord's right to modify, change, add to, subtract from, and/or alter the size, dimensions, character, and construction of the shopping center. Very often, these provisions further grant the landlord the right to change the entrances, the number of parking spaces, the dimensions of hallways and corridors, the number of floors, the placement of kiosks, carts and retail merchandising units in the common areas, the location and arrangement of the common areas, and the merchandising mix of tenants. Generally, this type of a provision is viewed as boilerplate within the lease document and does not receive a great deal of negotiation from tenants.

    June 01, 2004Glenn A. Browne

  • The Leasing Hotline

    Highlights of the latest commercial leasing cases from around the country.

    June 01, 2004ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Med Mal News

    National news that affects your practice.

    May 28, 2004ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • AHLA Seeks Clarification on Malpractice Insurance

    Part One of a two-part article. Proper malpractice coverage is essential to any physician's practice. When that coverage is not readily available or premiums skyrocket, that essential can seem like a luxury. Physicians facing other economic pressures in their practice not infrequently opt to reduce their insurance limits, increase their deductible, drop their coverage altogether, retire or leave the area, or discontinue what they view as high-risk portions of their practice (eg, serving on ER call rosters or accepting Medicaid or indigent patients). As a result, physicians' personal assets (and careers) are more at risk, hospitals face more liability exposure as the "deep pocket," and patients face significantly reduced access to care.

    May 28, 2004Gerald M. Griffith

  • Verdicts

    Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

    May 28, 2004ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Revisiting Pretrial Protocol and Procedure

    Part Two of a two-part article. In last month's issue, we discussed the defense problem of increasingly high med-mal verdicts. This month, we explore strategies that defendants anticipating their personal day in court should consider if they hope to buck the trend toward high jury verdicts in medical malpractice actions.

    May 28, 2004Michael Brophy

  • Mistake of Judgment: Calling Out for Clarity

    In medical malpractice cases, it is a matter of hornbook law that health care providers bear no liability for poor outcomes resulting from the exercise of professional judgment, as long as they adhere to the relevant standard of care. In an attempt to facilitate jurors' understanding of this concept, courts across the country have given "mistake" or "error-of-judgment" charges, which typically instruct the jury that physicians are entitled to exercise their professional judgment in choosing either of two reasonable options.

    May 28, 2004J. Scott Kramer and Helena Ciechanowski

  • How Will It Play in New York?

    Judge Marilyn O'Connor of Family Court, Monroe County, issued a controversial order in March barring a frequently homeless couple from having any more children until they can show that they will be able to care for the four children they already have.

    May 28, 2004Janice G. Inman