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Today’s LEGAL MEDICINE blog puts a renewed spotlight on the benefits of electronic medical records .  It discusses a new study in the “Archives of Internal... Read More

If you are a New Jersey resident insured by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield , and you have an eating disorder, your insurer will... Read More

There was a fascinating article in Tuesday’s BOSTON GLOBE , entitled “ Doctors’ Fear of Lawsuits Tied to Added Costs of $1.4 Billion .”  The central... Read More

Today at 3:00 p.m., YOU CAN SPEAK TO DIANA LEVINE (WYETH v. LEVINE) ABOUT FEDERAL PREEMPTION.  The program is being sponsored by FireDogLake.com .  Anyone can... Read More

Some things are worth travelling for:  the soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai in New York’s Chinatown, for example.  But according to Choe Sang-Hun in... Read More

As the State of Illinois grapples with the tort reform movement, some of the arguments for and against legislated “caps” on damages... Read More

Let’s face it. American health care has a long way to go toward improving its quality and its availability. But things could... Read More

Did you know that as of the first week of October, 2008, Medicare no longer reimburses American hospitals when certain “reasonably preventable”... Read More

If you were as repulsed as I was by the whitewash treatment received by former governor Elliot Spitzer by U.S. Attorney Michael... Read More

I don’t usually stray far from my area of law. However, because I was a prosecutor in a former life, and because... Read More