Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Physicians typically recall, with stunning clarity, the moment a patient’s treatment went wrong. Following an adverse event, physicians often are tormented by competing desires to apologize and instincts to forge ahead without acknowledgement. A patient’s decision to file a malpractice action may be triggered by the physician’s response to a problem …
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Five Keys to Avoiding Litigation Malpractice
English philosopher and jurist, Jeremy Bentham, is credited as having said, “Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.” Sorry, Mr. Bentham, lawyers are, indeed, punished for their ignorance of the law and for every other conceivable error or oversight. Such “punishment” is administered in the form of legal …
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Divorce at 25: What’s it like when all your friends are just getting engaged but your marriage is ov…
(Picture: Liberty Antonia Sadler for Metro.co.uk) Scrolling through Facebook, you get that familiar feeling. It seems like every week, there’s another engagement or wedding filling up your social media feeds. But what’s it like if you’ve already been there, done that and got the ring – but then it’s all fallen apart? Going through divorce …
Report: Litigation Down But Regulatory Proceedings on the Rise
While litigation is down, companies are facing more regulatory proceedings and arbitration, according to the 2018 Litigation Trends Annual Survey of 365 in-house legal professionals of mostly U.S.-based global companies, published by Norton Rose Fulbright on Thursday. “This results this year provide some unexpected findings,” said Norton Rose Fulbright global head of litigation, Gerry Pecht, in …
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Legal Departments Are Insourcing More Litigation Work Than Ever Before
Relying on streamlined processes and legal technology, legal departments are insourcing more work than ever before, according to Exterro’s “2018 In-House Legal Benchmarking Report,” a survey of over 110 in-house legal or legal operations staff. Almost one-third, 29 percent, of survey respondents said they conducted at least 75 percent of their litigation and e-discovery …
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Woodsford Litigation Funding announces US$100m commitment from major shareholder, taking the capital…
LONDON, PHILADELPHIA, SINGAPORE, TEL-AVIV, BRISBANE– 19 November 2018, Woodsford Litigation Funding, the global provider of litigation finance for businesses, individuals and law firms, has today announced that the family office of Chairman, Yves Bonavero, has procured an increase in the family’s investment in Woodsford to US$100m to support the rapidly expanding business. “Over the last …
Hiring an expert witness in bioeconomy litigation
By Wayne Lee, CEO, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. In August 2017, I published an articlewhich focused on important things that attorneys involved in biofuels or biochemical litigation should look for when choosing an expert witness.[1] This article explores the subject of expert witnesses in a bit more depth, including where to find the best experts, the …
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The Careers And Jobs Most Likely To Lead To Divorce, According To New Study
Science says that people in these occupations have a higher chance of separating. By Lauren Vinopal Maintaining a healthy marriage over time is a lot of work, much like a career. And while plenty of people manage to bring home the bacon and keep their relationships alive, some professions make it more difficult to do so than others. …
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