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Malpractice Suits within Suits: Texas Court Throws out Attorney Malpractice Suit over Medical Malpractice Case
An Austin court recently upheld the tossing out of a malpractice suit a former client filed against his attorney over failure to sue doctors for Celebrex related medical malpractice...

Disciplining Doctors in New York State
Disciplining Doctors in New York State by Adjunct Law Professor Mary Noe (St. John's), is an interesting March 18, 2008 New York Law Journal article about professional discipline of doctors...

DNS Cache Poisoning Exploit Sorta Patched
Do you run BIND as a caching resolver? If so, I gather this new exploit, CERT VU#800113 DNS Cache Poisoning Issue, is a pretty big deal, and you need a patch NOW. Update: Links to more about this at Emergent Chaso, Massive Coordinated Vendor Patch For DNS...

Student Post- Sooner State in a Bind
Oklahoma's age of consent has caused the state to be in a bit of a bind. The Oklahoman reported the problem on March 22, 2009. Twice in one week, officers from two different states searched for two different 16 year...

Can Bankruptcy Court Bind Claims Against Debtors Insurer U.S. Supreme Court to Decide in Asbestos Case
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to determine whether the bankruptcy court can bind claimants of a chapter 11 debtor’s liability insurer. Johns Manville Corp. filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1982 after being sued for lung cancer and other health-related damages caused by asbestos, a substance found in insulation and fire retardant building materials...

“I Have Authority to Bind the Corporation”
Here’s a usage I haven’t written about before: placing under the contract signature block of an corporation, below the signature line, the notation I have authority to bind the corporation...

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Gallbladder Surgery Errors Damage Bile Duct
X-ray Procedures Can Reduce Gall Bladder Surgery Error Rates

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Accounting Malpractice - Accountant Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice Lawsuit
Accounting Malpractice alleging financial malpractice by accountants.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Birthing Malpractice
Kaiser Permanente pays $3.2 million medical malpractice settlement.

Legal Malpractice
legal malpractice lawsuits.

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.