We will be a national sponsor for the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance’s (“CLM”) annual Women’s Leadership Forum, to be held in New York City on October 4, 2012. We encourage our followers to sign up for this informational forum and network with claims management professionals and panel counsel from all over the country.
ARFD is a firm member of CLM and Lawrence W. Rosenblatt sits on its Professional Liability Committee.
It appears the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is seriously considering new regulations that would expand the role of pharmacists, while reducing the role of physicians, in the management and prescription of patients’ medications for chronic conditions, such as asthma. As you can imagine, this is being seriously questioned by the AMA and other physician and patient advocacy groups. Continue Reading
A recent article highlights why, when a patient signs out of a hospital ‘against medical advice,’ (“AMA”) counsel defending malpractice and personal injury lawsuits must raise culpable conduct/comparative negligence as an affirmative defense when interposing Answers on behalf of their clients. Continue Reading
Over the last several months, personal injury plaintiff blogs have been all agog over a recent 4th Department case in New York that precluded, based on pre-trial motions, obstetrical defendants from utilizing a ‘forces of labor’ defense at trial, commenting on same as a “novel theory.” The plaintiff blogs have been far less kind, labeling such defense as ‘junk science.” Not so fast. Continue Reading
I came across a New York Times article that stated what, to most, would appear obvious – that litigation is stressful! While the author, a physician, oriented her thoughts towards physicians sued in medical malpractice matters, the premise holds true for any defendant dragged unwillingly into litigation. While we as litigators are comfortable ‘operating’ in an adverse environment, litigation to a physician can be as foreign as an operating room is to an attorney. The key to alleviating this angst, is communication. Continue Reading
Everyone that has watched a ‘cop’ television show or movie has heard the following phrase: “you have the right to remain silent…anything you say can and will be used against you”. Most of us can also probably recall the origin of that phrase; for those who cannot, I will remind you. The phrase comes from Miranda v. Arizona (384 U.S. 436), a landmark 5-4 decision of the United States Supreme Court handed down in 1966. As relevant to this blog post, the case basically states you can, if you so choose, remain silent when the police interrogate you. For that matter, anything you say to the police can be used to prosecute you. Now for the fun part, the new developments in the law that keep us attorneys on our toes. The new adage, more relevant to the internet age is as follows: “anything you post online can and will be used against you”.