3061 ABA Journal Health Law articles.
Training busy doctors to ask the right questions to identify legal issues in the midst of a medical exam can be a challenge.
But a growing trend toward partnering hospitals…
Mar 23, 2010 9:34 PM CDT
A constitutional clash could emerge between the states and the federal government in a battle over the health reform law awaiting President Obama’s signature.
Already,…
Mar 22, 2010 12:51 PM CDT
The “smart money” says the U.S. Supreme Court won’t overturn the health care bill awaiting President Obama’s signature—but the smart money has been wrong before, a law professor says.
Writing…
Mar 22, 2010 12:13 PM CDT
A patent law change that would have banned so-called pay-for-delay patent deals was not included in the landmark health-care reform bill approved Sunday evening.
The historic legislation creates “a sweeping…
Mar 22, 2010 11:38 AM CDT
A successful produce merchant, Ephram Nehme was able to pay for a liver transplant himself. That enabled him to have the life-saving surgery when his insurer—after initially approving coverage for…
Mar 16, 2010 6:37 PM CDT
A special branch of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled today that the vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism.
Today’s rulings in three test cases that…
Mar 12, 2010 11:10 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a federal law bars a lawsuit that claims a vaccine caused a child’s seizures and developmental delays.
The parents of Hannah…
Mar 8, 2010 7:30 PM CST
Without admitting liability—and, according to a company press release, without making any monetary contribution—a partner of Troutman Sanders has agreed to participate in a $14 million civil settlement agreement with…
Mar 1, 2010 5:59 PM CST
A New Jersey lawyer whose 4-year-old son choked to death on a hot dog nine years ago has pushed for better labels on foods that pose choking hazards.
Now Oscar…
Feb 25, 2010 11:59 AM CST
A federal appeals court has stayed an infomercial pitchman’s 30-day jail term for urging fans to send e-mails that crashed a judge’s computer.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Feb 18, 2010 11:54 PM CST
In the latest twist in an unusual criminal case against a law firm, New York’s top court has reinstated felony charges brought against Silverman & Taylor over alleged factual misstatements…
Feb 16, 2010 9:54 PM CST
A woman who was convicted of child abuse in West Virginia and sentenced to one year in jail after she was caught on tape in a hospital trying to smother…
Feb 12, 2010 6:30 PM CST
In a development that is drawing fire from management-side employment lawyers, the American Psychiatric Association wants binge eating and excess gambling to be considered psychiatric disorders.
The APA has asked…
Feb 12, 2010 1:58 PM CST
Jurors in Andrews, Texas, today acquitted Anne Mitchell, who was on trial on charges that she misused official information when she anonymously reported a doctor to state medical authorities.
Prosecutors…
Feb 11, 2010 7:58 PM CST
For nine months, Supervising Judge Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson has overseen the New York City judges who detain juveniles, many of whom suffer from some sort of mental illness.
In September…
Feb 11, 2010 12:27 PM CST
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