Recent happenings in the pharmaceutical arena.
December 17, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
The latest happenings that you need to know.
December 17, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |While some courts have allowed the use of race- and socio-economic-based statistical evidence when computing damages in tort actions, others have expressly rejected the use of such statistical evidence, questioning the appropriateness, reliability, and fairness of this evidence when used in this way.
December 17, 2008Debra Sydnor and Shirlethia FranklinElectronic prescriptions may be the cure for a doctor's bad handwriting, but they also carry an unhealthy dose of legal risks for the ill-prepared. That's what health-care-law attorneys are advising the medical profession as it embraces "e-prescribing" ' a rapidly growing practice whereby doctors are ditching pen and paper to order prescriptions through cyberspace.
December 17, 2008Tresa BaldasUnder certain circumstances mental-health professionals ' whether psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers or others ' have a duty to protect innocent third parties from their dangerous patients. A look at Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, and what it means in today's litigation.
December 17, 2008Joshua D. KoskoffWho's doing what; who's going where.
November 25, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The latest news in this important area.
November 25, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
November 25, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Plaintiffs' attorneys have filed several lawsuits in recent months involving two recalled drugs, the generic blood thinner heparin, and prescription medication Digitek, that could signal a clean break from past actions that were far less successful against drugs Vioxx and Paxil.
November 25, 2008Amanda Bronstad