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New York Law Journal

NY State Bar: Plenty of Implications for Attorneys If Medical Aid in Dying Bill Is Passed

Hospitals, nursing homes, medical schools and other healthcare and residential care providers, along with physician practice groups will need counsel on implementation of New York's latest version of the bill, said attorney Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Rejects Penn Hospital's Challenge to $182.7M Birth Injury Verdict, Tacks on $24.9M

"The defense is quick to point the accusatory finger of error to other trial participants, while failing to point inward to its own litigation strategy, strategic trial decisions, serious credibility issues, and waiver," Judge Bright wrote.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Here's Why a Podiatrist Tendered His $1M Med Mal Policy After Day One of His Pa. Trial

"In this one, even with the conservative jurisdiction there was just no coming back from the loss of credibility in terms of lying about his credentials," Stampone O'Brien Dilsheimer Holloway partner Kevin O'Brien said.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Pair of Biopharma Companies Tap Compliance Veterans to Lead Legal

Tris Pharma targets ADHD and addiction, while BPGbio uses an AI platform to discover drug candidates.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Worker Shortages and H-1B Visas in Health Care

Because of the various avenues available, foreign health care workers should keep abreast of the different visa types; advantages, disadvantages, and eligibility for each; and the processes and timelines involved.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Much-Needed Cybersecurity Help for Hospitals May Have Strings Attached

If Health and Human Services provides assistance, health care attorneys worry it also will stiffen the consequences for noncompliance.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Expect 'Hundreds if Not Thousands of Cases': Despite MDL, Hair Relaxer Claims Surge in Ga. State Courts

"At the time, I had about 10 friends and family who were going through hysterectomies and the common denominator was that all of us relaxed our hair," said one of the plaintiff's attorneys leading the litigation surge.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Court Rejects Attempt to Disqualify Law Firm Representing Plaintiffs in Separate Matters With Care One Management

"The panel now permits a firm who is seeking financial information to establish punitive damages to also represent the very person at the defendant who was the highest ranking financial officer who was charged with litigation strategy and the production of the financial documents," Counsel for Care One, Bruce H. Nagel of Nagel Rice said in an email to the Law Journal. "And to make matters worse, secretly emailed himself the same financial information that plaintiffs counsel has been seeking in the underlying case. The decision is simply inexplicable."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Brown Rudnick, Seeing Demand in Life Sciences Sector, Launches Consulting Service

It's the latest Am Law 200 firm to start a consulting service, seeking to tap into new streams of revenue for key client sectors.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

How Failure to Object Factored Into Ga. Appellate Decision to Uphold $10.1M Verdict

The defense asked the court to declare a mistrial because the plaintiff's counsel told the jury "to award a nuclear verdict." The Court of Appeals disagreed.
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