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Lawyer blogs are boring. I chalk this problem up to an understandable but flawed perception of the two privileges that lawyers are taught to

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Early America adopted English common law and a long history of cherished rights, including the right to trial by jury – which dates back to

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For all the attention the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution gets, very little attention is given to our right to jury trial

For all the attention the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution gets, very little attention is given to our right to jury trials. Starting with the Magna Carta in England, the pantheon of natural rights in America would be toothless without the right to seek redress and defend oneself before a jury of our peers.

Given recent events, I am going to work on that.

A new state law will permit surgeons to perform cesarean deliveries in “advanced birth centers,” despite the risk of complications.

A shortage of primary care providers is driving more people to seek routine care in emergency settings. In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics

As rural hospitals continue to � struggle financially , a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural em

A new, high-tech approach called ECPR can restart more hearts and save more lives. Why aren’t more hospitals embracing it?

It isn’t often that Florida appellate courts elevate the privacy rights of plaintiffs over the discovery needs of hospitals and doctors in a

Florida appellate courts rarely elevate the privacy rights of plaintiffs over the discovery needs of hospitals and doctors in a medical malpractice case. So this will be a great help.

As reported in Law 360 … The Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision not to reinstate a nearly $31 million jury award against a bar that ser

The Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision not to reinstate a nearly $31 million jury award against a bar that served alcohol to an underage person who later crashed into a pedestrian was the right call, experts said, and provided much needed clarity on the state’s dram shop statute.

Experts offer tips for combating false medical claims in your own circles.

Insurance companies have weaponized a seemingly benign process to protect their profits, and it’s putting patients at risk.

One of the better trial judges I have appeared in front of started as a math teacher. This lawyer did that in reverse. When I entered the cl

When I entered the classroom each new school year, I became responsible for teaching a group of strangers who may not have wanted to be there, about a subject that they may not have wanted to learn and were largely ill-equipped to understand. This easily could be considered the job description of a trial attorney.

Punitive damage claims are heavily regulated. Your lawyer needs to understand how to plead them and how to prove them. Much of the law restr

A new tobacco case on appeal further restricts punitive damage remedies against tobacco companies.

Defense lawyers who convince a judge to keep out evidence of prior similar accidents don’t get to argue to the jury that there is no evidenc

Defense lawyers who convince a judge to keep out evidence of prior similar accidents don’t get to argue to the jury that there is no evidence of similar accidents.

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There is an update on a story I blogged about here, involving a defense firm disqualified from an auto negligence case because one of its la

There is an update on a story I blogged about involving a defense firm disqualified from an auto negligence case because one of its lawyers previously worked for the plaintiff on a prior similar claim.

The truth is the light and the light is the truth. Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man In his groundbreaking 1952 book “Invisible Man,” Ralph Ellis

The truth is the light and the light is the truth.

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