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Decisions of Interest
Analysis of recent important rulings.
NJ & CT News
A look at what's happening of importance in neighboring states.
Features
Women Breadwinners and Hidden Assets
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.
Features
Grandparent Visitation
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.
Features
Windsor Leads to Multiple Benefits for Same-Sex Married Couples Nationwide
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.
Columns & Departments
Med Mal News
In-depth review of key news items.
Columns & Departments
Drug & Device News
Discussion of several key items.
Features
Limiting a Patient's Ability to Recover Under NJ's Tort Claims Act
New Jersey's TCA governs all causes of action in tort against public entities and public employees. Here's how it works.
Features
Communications @ Risk
A text message or e-mail may be misinterpreted or be seen by unintended eyes, thus expanding a physician's potential legal liability.
Features
Relearning the Learned Intermediary Doctrine
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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