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Attorneys Fear Repercussions of Refusal-to-Treat Trend
A wave of proposed legislation and numerous lawsuits are highlighting a trend by state governments to protect anti-abortion medical providers who refuse to offer services or drugs on religious or moral grounds. Last year, 14 states introduced 37 bills that would allow pharmacists and other health care providers not only to opt out of abortion services, but to refuse to fill prescriptions for any drugs on the basis of personal or moral convictions. Many attorneys fear the government is on a slippery slope.'Conscience' Clauses Covering Medical Providers Hit the Courts
A wave of proposed legislation -- known as "refusal" or "conscience" clauses -- and numerous lawsuits are highlighting a trend by state governments to protect medical providers who refuse to offer services or drugs on religious or moral grounds. Many attorneys fear the movement is a slippery slope to allowing refusal for virtually any medical procedure, limiting patients' access to practices and technology ranging from abortion to stem-cell research and end-of-life treatments.
'NLJ 250' Shows Lawyer Ranks Growing Again
After a lull in growth at the 250 largest law firms in the U.S., the pace is picking up. The annual survey by The National Law Journal shows the overall number of attorneys increased by 4.4 percent this year, compared to a paltry 1.5 percent and 1.6 percent the two prior years. And although familiar faces had trouble adapting to market changes, consolidation made room for regional powers. Find out which firms enjoyed the most dramatic surge in numbers and which suffered the greatest declines.Alteration of Internal Document Led to Finding Against Andersen
Arthur Andersen's obstruction of justice trial wasn't about shredding or David Duncan after all. Jurors who returned a verdict Saturday in Houston say they found the accounting firm guilty of obstruction because an in-house lawyer wanted to alter an internal memo about Enron's third quarter earnings report. That gave the jury a reason to find Andersen acted with the intent to keep information from the SEC.TRENDING STORIES
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