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Analysis of recent important rulings.

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A look at what's happening of importance in neighboring states.

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Women Breadwinners and Hidden Assets

Anastasia Wincorn

The percentage of women breadwinners is growing. Astonishingly, these breadwinner wives are 40% more likely to get divorced than women who earn less than their husbands.

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Grandparent Visitation

Barry Abbott & Alton L. Abramowitz

This article focuses on analyzing the rights of a fit parent, and explains the New York statutory scheme that provides a grandparent with a qualified right to visitation.

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Windsor Leads to Multiple Benefits for Same-Sex Married Couples Nationwide

Janice G. Inman

It makes very little difference what a couple's home state says: The federal government apparently intends to recognize their marriages, even if their state will not.

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Med Mal News

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In-depth review of key news items.

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Drug & Device News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion of several key items.

Features

Limiting a Patient's Ability to Recover Under NJ's Tort Claims Act Image

Limiting a Patient's Ability to Recover Under NJ's Tort Claims Act

Robert E. Spitzer

New Jersey's TCA governs all causes of action in tort against public entities and public employees. Here's how it works.

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Communications @ Risk

Kevin M. Quinley

A text message or e-mail may be misinterpreted or be seen by unintended eyes, thus expanding a physician's potential legal liability.

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Relearning the Learned Intermediary Doctrine

Brian Raphel

Courts in nearly every state have embraced some form of the "learned intermediary doctrine," which provides that a prescription drug manufacturer satisfies its duty to warn so long as it provides an adequate warning of the drug's potential risks to the plaintiff's prescribing doctor.

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