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New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Sufficiency of AOM in Med Mal Case

"If we had the 'Ferreira' conference, which this court says is a 'backstop,' this would not have happened," said Christina Vassiliou Harvey of Lomurro Munson, who served as pro bono counsel to the plaintiff. "We would have avoided all of this if there was just a conference and an explanation."
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New York Law Journal

Practical Prescriptions for Incident Response and Preparedness in Health Care

This article provides an overview of the health care sector's growing cybersecurity risks, best practices for helping prevent or mitigate cyberattacks and best practices for responding to incidents and mitigating health care organizations' risk of enforcement actions and litigation.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Judges Hear 1st Challenge to Medicare Drug Price Program to Hit Federal Appeals Court

The challenge to the program seems to be a part of a larger legal strategy to create a circuit split, thus increasing chances of U.S. Supreme Court review, said Andrew Twinamatsiko, director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at the O'Neill Institute.
5 minute read

Law.com

Saltz Mongeluzzi Files Product Liability Suit Alleging Tuberculosis Contracted From FiberCel Bone Graft Implant, Expects Dozens More

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'It Wasn't About the Medicine': Western Pa. Jury Awards $7M Verdict for Delayed Cancer Diagnosis

"It's an important case for the medical community to take a look at because these PAs are not doctors," Richard Godshall said. "They're being put in position to make decisions that their experience and training just hasn't met yet."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Court Case Over Fatal Car Crash Raises Issues of Mental Health, Criminal Liability

The Georgia Court of Appeals, which is set to hear arguments in the case Wednesday, will decide whether a woman's lawyers can use an insanity defense at trial and, if so, whether the state can try to prove that she wasn't taking her medication.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

36% of Lawyers Have a Drinking Problem: Attorney Mental Health in Focus

"I had a lot of lawyers reach out to me and share with me, in confidence, the struggles that they were going through," said attorney and mental health advocate L.A. Perkins of Perkins Law.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

GC, Haynes and Boone Represent ProPublica to End Defamation Case

"The truth and responsible reporting practices will prevail over meritless defamation claims seeking to silence watchdog journalism," defense attorney Laura Prather said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former McKinsey & Co. Partner Sues Firm for Defamation Over 'Scapegoating'

A terminated senior partner alleges the consulting firm misled Congress as part of an ongoing investigation into the company's work with opioid manufacturers.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DEA's Psychedelic-Outlawing Effort Attacked by Private Industry

Despite the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of depression treatment drug Esketamine and conferring of "breakthrough therapy" status on other psychedelics, the DEA is amping up its prohibition efforts and private industry is punching back.
8 minute read

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