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Med-mal litigation increases with outpatient shift
More surgeries are shifting from hospitals to outpatient surgical centers, a trend that is starting to generate more medical malpractice litigation, attorneys are noting."Things happen in surgical centers more commonly than in hospitals because hospitals are much more likely to be regulated than surgical centers," said Stuart Ratzan of Miami's Ratzan Rubio.Cleaning up the damage from diverting the Colorado River might have cost as much as $9 billion--money the state neglected to appropriate when it signed the water agreement in 2003.
Bar President Knows His True Masters
Lawyer lobbyist Sheldon Sloan has lots of high-powered friends � but none can match the influence of his grandchildren.For One Law Firm, an Unquiet Death
Not since the crash of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison has a law firm flamed out as spectacularly as Coudert Brothers. The firm once had 28 offices and 600 lawyers, and though its financial performance was fading, it was seen as a pioneer in international law. But that scope also helped undermine Coudert, which faces lease obligations from Singapore to San Francisco, and difficulties accessing money in Frankfurt and Tokyo. It was once common for Coudert partners to speak many languages. Now its creditors do.Judge forecasts 2013 trial date in Toyota MDL
The first trial in the multidistrict litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. over sudden, unintended acceleration won't begin until early 2013, a federal judge said on Friday.U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Calif., who is overseeing the MDL involving more than 200 lawsuits, asked lawyers on both sides during a status conference to select three to five "bellwether" cases by April 15 that might be suitable for trial.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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