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Baptist Hospital added as medmal defendant because of joint venture
Third DCA said an amended complaint and joint venture agreement contained all the elements to properly allege a joint venture between Baptist Hospital and a pediatrician.Businesses Damaged by Sandy Face Knotty Insurance Issues
As businesses and property owners assess damage from Superstorm Sandy, lawyers who have been fielding calls from insurers and policyholders say they are seeing areas of potential conflict and while most disputes could be settled out of court, they predict some lengthy and substantial litigation.Contract Lets Lawyer Beat Arbitration
East Bay attorney Laurence Padway says a boilerplate contract clause let him get his client out of arbitration and into a settlement worth nearly $2 million.Hot seat gets hotter for expert witnesses
It's a tough time to be an expert witness. Courts are increasingly ordering expert witnesses to disclose financial information or risk having their testimony struck from a case. Also, a growing number of courts have permitted parties to sue their own experts for negligent testimony in recent years, holding that expert witnesses should not be immune from liability from their own clients.The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom recruits SanDisk Corporation's chief legal officer to its Palo Alto office; a senior partner in Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's China offices in San Francisco heads to Asian Development Bank; and Sidley Austin gains a longtime veteran with the Food and Drug Administration. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Panel: Judges can deny defense talks with doctors
A panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed trial judges' discretion to decline to allow medical malpractice defendants to privately interview plaintiffs' treating physicians without getting the plaintiffs' permission. Defense lawyer Brantley Rowlen (above) says limits on defendants' ability to interview treating physicians is unique in civil litigation.The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in the Am Law 200
Brownstein Hyatt Opens in Atlantic City; King & Spalding boosts its international trade and energy practices; and, the head of Goodwin Procter's San Francisco office departs for Mintz Levin. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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