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Top Tips: Reducing the Risks and Managing the Consequences of Radiation Injury
While medical radiation produces many life-saving and life-sustaining therapies, it can also result in needless patient injuries, such as burns, hair loss and increased susceptibility to cancer. Such problems inevitably spur medical malpractice claims against physicians, and product liability claims against the manufacturers of radiology equipment.
As a barometer of the issue, one need only look to the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) which, each year, releases a “top ten” list of health technology hazards. Its website offers a free download of a “Medical Technology Dangers Watch List.” At the end of 2010, ECRI ranked as the number one hazard the peril of overdose and dose errors during radiation therapy.
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Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.