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Controversial U.S. medical study raises informed consent questions

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The recent controversy surrounding a study of newborn babies in universities across the United States demonstrates the importance of compliance with

A hot topic in aggregate litigation: parens patriae suits

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

"Access to justice in a mass society is the central civil-justice issue of our day. Individual litigation of mass-injury claims is a luxury that

Rock, paper, scissors: life insurance beneficiary designation beats will

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The U.S. District Court in Minnesota, in Hall v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, D. Minn., No 0:11-cv-01269-DWF-LIB, 11513, declined to give

Back to the future for damages in California, future damages must relate back to past paid (not billed) medical charges

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In Corenbaum v. Lampkin, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2013 WL 1801996 (Cal.App. 2 Dist.), the court made it clear that when calculating damages in a

Michigan allows guardians and conservators to file divorce complaints on behalf of their wards

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

Not surprisingly, in Estate of Burnett, the Michigan Court of Appeals reaffirmed that a guardian or conservator can file a complaint for divorce on

Illinois Supreme Court punts question of whether doctrine of election extends to challenges to trust amendments

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

In Estate of Boyar, the Supreme Court of Illinois had an opportunity to address an important question of Illinois trust law: whether the "doctrine of

Dendrite - one size may not fit all

  • Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

The Internet did not create the tension between one person's right to speak anonymously and another person's right to sue for libel, but it sure has

Malpractice actions by multiple clients for separate services do not constitute related claims

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Department, has held that four lawsuits alleging legal malpractice arising out of a mass

Baby Veronica case

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

Attorneys in Dorsey's Indian Law Practice Group recently submitted an amicus curiae brief in the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (commonly

Barriers to insurance coverage for personal injury claims lowered in Illinois and Missouri

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

Two recent state appellate court decisions, one applying Illinois law and the other applying Missouri law, have reduced barriers to insurance