New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Francis J. Serbaroli | January 22, 2018
In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli discusses the long and unfortunate history of sexual harassment in the health care workplace. Given the recent spate of high-profile career-ending sexual harassment charges, he urges all health care employers to have comprehensive policies and procedures for handling complaints, to educate everyone in the organization about sexual harassment, and to promote a culture of respect for all employees.
By Brian J. Malkin, Chair, NYSBA Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section | January 19, 2018
Brian J. Malkin, Chair of the NYSBA Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section writes: The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section this year has focused its program in selecting topics of a cross-functional nature, as discussed below.
By Josefa Velasquez | January 18, 2018
State Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, told the New York Law Journal on Wednesday afternoon that negotiations on a bill that would extend the time misdiagnosed cancer patients have to sue doctors and hospitals for the error have not been progressing with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.
By Josefa Velasquez | January 18, 2018
PhRMA, the powerful Washington-based advocacy group that represents pharmaceutical companies, blasted a proposal by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to levy a 2-cents-per-milligram surtax on opioid prescription medication sold in the state to help fund measures against the drug epidemic.
By Jason Grant | January 4, 2018
The action, brought by an association of existing companies in the market, aimed to stop an additional five from entering the market.
By Ross Todd | December 21, 2017
U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam's ruling comes less than a week after a judge in Philadelphia issued a similar injunction.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Josefa Velasquez | December 21, 2017
The New York Law Journal takes a look back at 2017 and reviews the highlights and lowlights of the year in Albany, exclusive of state court rulings.
By Colby Hamilton | November 29, 2017
The move came after the plaintiff in the suit filed an emergency appeal to the Second Circuit, pleading for a stay on the geography-based process used to allocate the organ transplants.
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 29, 2017
The Brooklyn Hospital Center has agreed to pay $15,000 and make full restitution with interest to dozens of women to settle allegations by the New York Attorney's General's Office that it illegally billed sexual assault victims for forensic rape exams.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Francis J. Serbaroli | November 27, 2017
In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli discusses a recent Massachusetts case involving a claim of handicap discrimination by a woman whose employment was terminated for using medical marijuana. Unlike some state court decisions that have relied on the federal law criminalizing the possession or use of marijuana of any kind to dismiss employment discrimination cases, the Massachusetts decision held that an employer must at least make an effort to accommodate an employee's use of medical marijuana that is legal under state law.
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