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'They've All Got to Be Sweating Tacks': Attorneys Discuss Liability Over FIU Bridge Collapse

Expect a lot of finger-pointing in what attorneys say will likely be multimillion-dollar litigation arising from Thursday's bridge collapse at Florida…
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Police, Firefighter PTSD Benefits Go to Governor's Desk

Firefighters, police officers and EMTs who cannot work due to job-related post-traumatic stress disorder could qualify for expanded benefits under a bill heading to Gov. Rick Scott.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Lawyer Talks About His Time Running OSHA

Fisher Phillips partner Ed Foulke, a former OSHA head, predicts a greater focus on compliance and outreach over enforcement.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

CMS Proposes Changes for Implantable Heart Devices

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to update coverage decisions for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). CMS recently issued a proposed decision memo for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (CAG-00157R4).
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Plastic Surgeon Violated Disabilities Laws in Denying HIV-Positive Patients Surgery, Court Finds

The order issued by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres found the defense's novel necessity argument was defeated by the fact patients were simply screened out based on HIV status, with no individualized inquiry by the doctor.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Confronting a Legal Profession in Distress

Between 21 and 36 percent of practicing lawyers are problem drinkers. Twenty-eight percent suffer from depression; 19 percent struggle with anxiety; and 23 percent are impaired by stress. Law students fare little better—17 percent are depressed; 14 percent suffer severe anxiety; 6 percent reported suicidal thoughts in the past year; and 22 percent engaged in binge drinking during the year.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Destigmatizing Mental Health in the Legal Profession: Bar to Offer Resources Statewide

 It was only last month that the legal community lost one of our most vocal champions for mental health. As executive director of Florida…
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Statute of Limitations for Survival Actions in Medical Negligence Case After 'Dubose'

In an opinion by Justice Sallie Mundy, the Supreme Court held in Dubose v. Quinlan that the statute of limitations in a medical professional liability case for both a wrongful death and a survival action is two years from the date of the decedent's death.
16 minute read

Daily Report Online

No, Really, Compliance Is Fun. And It's Good For Business.

Following the rules certainly helps your legal team sleep at night, especially in an era of big data breaches and sexual harassment scandals
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Will New Laws Change Your Employee Handbook?

 On Jan. 1, 2016, Texas became the 45th state to allow some form of open carrying of firearms. The Texas statute allows licensed handgun owners…
5 minute read

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