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New York Law Journal

New Law Gives Offenders Local Treatment Option

Sponsors say a bill signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will make participating in drug- or alcohol-treatment diversion programs more convenient for offenders.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Penn Medicine Data Privacy Lawyer Rejoins Ballard Spahr

Ballard Spahr has rehired a data privacy and intellectual property attorney from the University of Pennsylvania, where she spent two years working in data privacy issues related to HIPAA compliance.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Says Wife Can Exclude Estranged Husband From Delivery Room

A woman may bar her estranged husband from the delivery room as she gives birth to their child, a judge has decided in a case of first impression.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Salam

By | September 12, 2016
Hospital Granted Application for Retention, Administration of Medication Over Objections
3 minute read

The Recorder

United States v. Kaplan

By | September 09, 2016
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Frey v. Potorski, PICS Case No. 16-1101 (Pa. Super. Aug. 26, 2016) Fitzgerald, J. (16 pages).

By | September 09, 2016
Expert witness in different but related medical specialty from defendant physician was qualified to testify as to the standard of care relating to a portion of a medical procedure on which the expert regularly consulted. Judgment affirmed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Unclaimed Bodies: Change in Public Health Law

In his Trusts and Estates Law column, C. Raymond Radigan examines a new law which ends the longstanding practice whereby unclaimed bodies were sent to medical and mortuary schools as cadavers. This law reinforces a decedent's family's common law right of sepulcher, the "absolute right to immediate possession of a decedent's body for preservation and burial."
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Medical Device Pre-emption: How Far Does It Go?

Federal pre-emption has evolved from the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution. When a conflict arises between federal and state law, federal law supersedes state law. There are three forms of pre-emption: express, implied and field pre-emption. Many federal statutes contain express pre-emption provisions that trigger pre-emption.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Trims Claims in Suit Over Quarantine of Ebola Nurse

Three of the five counts have been dismissed from a federal suit against Gov. Chris Christie by a nurse who was placed in quarantine after caring for Ebola patients.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eckert Seamans Hires Former Aria Health Chief Counsel

The former chief legal counsel for Aria Health, Rafael Villalobos, has joined Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott as a member, allowing the firm to offer a greater variety of health law services.
20 minute read

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