FOR SOME AUTOMAKERS, TRANSPARENCY STOPS AT THE WINDSHIELD
As I write, it is a beautiful spring day in the greater NYC area. It is the kind of day that motivates... Read More
SILENCE HURTS: HIP REPLACEMENT RECALL REKINDLES DEBATE ON MEDICAL ETHICS
It’s a difficult time to be someone injured through medical malpractice or products liability. A recent article in The New York Times talked about... Read More
WHAT’S NEW IN TORT “REFORM”? NOTHING,UNFORTUNATELY.
Here is an update on Texas tort “reform,” which has gone too far , according to a local reporter. The state’s appellate courts are... Read More
LAWYERS AND ONLINE MARKETING-A HAZARDOUS MIX
In Vilella v. AT &T , a New York lawyer learned the hard way that the internet is chock full of unscrupulous sales people... Read More
MARKETING MALPRACTICE BY TORT “REFORMERS.”
Professor Theodore Eisenberg of Cornell Law School has completed a study on the empirical effects of the so-called tort “reform” movement in... Read More
FIRST AMENDMENT MALPRACTICE
Every now and then, I have to blog about something other than tort law, and this is one of those times. But... Read More
SAD STATE OF DAMAGES
A friend and fellow lawyer just asked me to look at a potential ophthalmology-related medical malpractice case. It was a hefty-looking file,... Read More
JUDGE ANN PFAU JOINS NEW YORK’S EFFORTS AT EARLY RESOLUTION OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES
Please join me at my new new site as I take a peek at what our Chief Administrative Judge will bring to the table... Read More
CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION: NO SUBTLETIES IN ARONS DECISION
Come on over to the new blawg to see my thoughts on the latest interpretation of the Arons v. Jutkowitz decision.
CLASH OF IDEAS OVER METROLINK CRASH
Take a gander at my latest blawg post. It’s over here . And it concerns tort “reform,” and the ethics of those who support... Read More