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In my December 10 posting, I discussed how physicians are troubled by the FDA’s lax methodology in conducting clinical trial of drugs and medical... Read More

A long-established staple of the tort reform movement has been a push for screening panels that evaluate medical malpractice claims before trial–the... Read More

In the ever contentious area of TORT REFORM, an Oklahoma senator aims to halve contingency fees   (although his state’s current fee allows up to  50% ).... Read More

New York County Supreme Court Justice Carol R. Edmead has issued a decision in the case of the spin class goofball who wouldn’t... Read More

This would be today’s entry in the Dept. of Cases We’re Unlikely to Hear About Again.  Courtesy of today’s Gothamist , we learn that... Read More

Should part of the informed consent discussion include your physician’s telling you that you would get better care elsewhere?  That is the... Read More

There is a new development in the story of NYC’s Pothole Map, and its continued viability (see my December 19th posting regarding the NY... Read More

Tomorrow morning, January 6, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, there will... Read More

Nobody looks forward to a colonoscopy, but based on anecdotal evidence, the preparation is usually worse than the procedure.  Consuming large amounts... Read More

According to yesterday’s City Room blog in the NY Times , the Big Apple Pothole Mapmay be going the way of the dinosaurs.  Apparently, the Court of... Read More