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Verdicts
December 17, 2008
Recent rulngs of importance to you and your practice.
Drug & Device News
December 17, 2008
Recent happenings in the pharmaceutical arena.
Med Mal News
December 17, 2008
The latest happenings that you need to know.
Calculating the Damages
December 17, 2008
While some courts have allowed the use of race- and socio-economic-based statistical evidence when computing damages in tort actions, others have expressly rejected the use of such statistical evidence, questioning the appropriateness, reliability, and fairness of this evidence when used in this way.
Beware New 'E-Prescriptions'
December 17, 2008
Electronic prescriptions may be the cure for a doctor's bad handwriting, but they also carry an unhealthy dose of legal risks for the ill-prepared. That's what health-care-law attorneys are advising the medical profession as it embraces "e-prescribing" ' a rapidly growing practice whereby doctors are ditching pen and paper to order prescriptions through cyberspace.
How to Handle Therapist Liability Cases for the Plaintiff
December 17, 2008
Under certain circumstances mental-health professionals ' whether psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers or others ' have a duty to protect innocent third parties from their dangerous patients. A look at <i>Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California</i>, and what it means in today's litigation.
Movers & Shakers
December 16, 2008
Who's going where; who's doing what.
Litigation
December 16, 2008
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage on Employee Benefits
December 16, 2008
This article discusses some of the challenges in the arena of employee benefits under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. The discussion is applicable to California, Massachusetts and Connecticut unions, as well as to employers in any jurisdictions that employ individuals who have been married elsewhere.
High Court to Hear Arguments on ERISA Beneficiary Designation
December 16, 2008
In October 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act trumps a woman's voluntary waiver of her ex-husband's pension benefits, an issue that has divided federal appeals courts and left divorce lawyers unsure how to advise clients. This article provides an update.

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