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The Legal Intelligencer's 2018 Professional Excellence Award Winners

The Legal Intelligencer is pleased to announce the 2018 Professional Excellence Award winners.
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Medical Malpractice

In the Legal's Medical Malpractice supplement, read about attorney privilege in med mal cases, an EMR audit trail and arbitration agreements in nursing home cases.
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Attorney Privilege in Medical Malpractice Cases: How Far Can It Reach?

Throughout the course of medical malpractice cases, depositions are a key component of the process of discovery. In these cases, it is common practice for defense counsel to seek the depositions of family members of named plaintiffs.
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Narrowing the Scope of Medical Malpractice E-Discovery Requests

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was at trial, sitting at the defense table and the plaintiff's electronic medical records (EMR) expert was testifying before the jury
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Patient Safety Protections Require Hospitals to Strictly Comply With Mandated Protocols

The Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act, 40 Pa. C.S. Section 1303.101, et. seq., contains provisions which create an institutional “patient safety” process, and provides protections—contained in Section 1303.311— that afford to health care institutions the ability to report and investigate “serious events or incidents,” and develop and implement solutions to systemic patient safety problems that may lead to future “serious events or incidents” discovered thereby, free from concern about exposure during litigation discovery.
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Arbitration Agreements in Nursing Home Cases

A recurring issue in cases involving injuries to patients or residents of nursing and rehabilitation facilities is the existence of and the importance to the case of agreements to arbitrate any disputes that arise from the admission.
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Hoppin' Down the EMR Audit Trail

The recent discovery trend in medical malpractice litigation is to not only request a copy of the patient's medical record, but to also request the defendant's electronic medical record (EMR) "audit trail," which can show a true history of the chart entries including the identity of persons who have reviewed its information.
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IP Protection and the Cannabis Industry: Strategies and Trends

Protection of intellectual property is a key element in any company's efforts to secure a competitive advantage.
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The Arc and Art of Protecting Fictional Characters

Intellectual property law protecting fictional—or literary—characters has evolved to recognize that it is often the protagonist or antagonist within a creative work that leave the longest-lasting impression on the audience.
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The Growing Trend of Fake Reviews and How to Stop Them

Imagine this scenario: Your client creates the next big thing, 2018's “it” product. With your assistance, that client takes the traditional steps to protect and promote the product: signs nondisclosure agreements with suppliers; obtains trademarks to protect the brand; applies for patents to safeguard the concept; and receives required agency approvals. The client exhausts countless resources, and overcomes repeated challenges, to finally bring the product to market.
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