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Custom-and-Practice Evidence: Exclusion from the Medical Malpractice Case Image

Custom-and-Practice Evidence: Exclusion from the Medical Malpractice Case

Alan W. Clark

The admission of evidence of a health care provider's customary practices to prove that he or she acted in accordance therewith in a specified plaintiff's case is not necessarily guaranteed. Last month, in Part One, we began looking at how New York's courts have handled the issue of admissibility when such evidence was offered. We conclude that discussion here.

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Third Circuit Revives Challenge to Firm's Debt Collection Practices

Saranac Hale Spencer

A lawsuit over a law firm's foreclosure practices on behalf of Bank of America has been revived by the Third Circuit. But while the appeals court revived the plaintiff's federal claims, it upheld the dismissal of the state law claims after it predicted how the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would rule on the issue.

Med Mal Damages: Quantifying the Seemingly Unquantifiable Image

Med Mal Damages: Quantifying the Seemingly Unquantifiable

Robert E. Spitzer

In order to assess the validity of economic losses within the field of medical malpractice, a number of variables must be taken into consideration. And depending on the alleged loss advanced, there exist subjective elements that make it difficult to gauge and evaluate those allegedly caused by the medical malpractice.

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<i>B&B</i> Offers Rest And Repose

Jonathan Moskin

The U.S. Supreme Court, in <i>B&amp;B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries</i>, concluded that a TTAB finding of likelihood of confusion can have preclusive effect in a later infringement litigation.

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Battling Grey Goods? Advantages of ITC Now Writ in Black and White Image

Battling Grey Goods? Advantages of ITC Now Writ in Black and White

Lyle Vander Schaaf

Customers in the United States often pay more for valued branded goods than buyers of the same goods in less well-developed economies. Higher prices here in the U.S. in turn support profits and shareholder value for manufacturers of branded goods, and strengthen domestic industry.Yet this pricing disparity for the same products in different markets creates an incentive for the so-called grey market.

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Drug & Device News

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In-depth discussion of several key rulings.

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<b><i>In the Spotlight:</i></b> Frustration with ADA Lawsuits Image

<b><i>In the Spotlight:</i></b> Frustration with ADA Lawsuits

Christopher M. Moody

There is now a cottage industry surrounding the filing of ADA lawsuits that has spread from Florida and California to the rest of the country. If it is not in your town or your state, it will be soon. Many of these claims are being brought by serial litigants who work frequently with the same lawyers.

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Long-Awaited Guidance on L-1B Visa Category Released

Ian Macdonald

The highly anticipated draft Policy Memorandum (L-1B Memo) addressing the qualifying criteria for the L-1B visa category was released by USCIS on March 24, giving clear guidance on the definition of "specialized knowledge" and the standard of review USCIS adjudicators should apply when evaluating L-1B petitions. Corporate counsel should be prepared to address the qualifying criteria.

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Legal Incubators and Legal Hackers

Dan Lear

Legal training in law schools prescribes an unflinching adherence to precedent. This paradigm is further reinforced in most traditional legal practice settings. In contrast, the legal hacking ethos directly attacks the rigidity of the precedent-based mindset. Legal hackers don't think: "what's been done before?" but instead "what can we do now?"

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Landlord & Tenant

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A ruling in which the court adopted a broad construction of RPL 234.

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