Based on my own experiences working within a law society and in the field
of legal malpractice insurance, I'm not sure that this priority has always been sufficiently emphasized in lawyer training and I was therefore quite pleased to hear that law students and articling students were both this week hearing of the importance of integrity in their professional lives.
Not exact matches
HAHF argues that «the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty and the Endangered Species Act negatively implicate TVNR and creates the possibilitity [sic]
of legal action against veterinarians engaging in TVNR,» and that «the primary veterinarian medical
malpractice carrier will not provide
insurance coverage for illegal activies [sic].»
Also, talk with your
malpractice insurance company and ask whether you would be covered if someone misunderstands the purpose
of your post (informational, educational, and not
legal advice).
A shareholder in the Casualty Department, Mark has spent his
legal career defending
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of matters including products liability, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents and medical
malpractice cases.
Many
of our medical
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of Defense Counsel.
Medical
Malpractice Lawyers have handled many emergency room malpractice claims and know the ins and outs necessary to deal with the legal and insurance aspects of
Malpractice Lawyers have handled many emergency room
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legal issues, experts in property damage, medical
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Legal Files to track evidence, exhibits, interviews and other critical pieces of information for investigat
Legal Files to track evidence, exhibits, interviews and other critical pieces
of information for investigations.
Even though many New Jersey lawyers can't afford
legal malpractice insurance, they're still required to pay for doctors»
malpractice, according to this article, «Court won't let lawyers sue
of $ 75 fee,» Star Ledger (6/27/06).
In an article in the New Jersey Law Journal, 15
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insurance provisions be extended to all lawyers, not only for the protection
of the public, but to make
malpractice insurance more affordable:
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Sparks» first steps involved evaluating the potential costs
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About a week ago, The
Legal Intelligencer made an heroic effort to unpack
insurance data to see the effect
of the changes in medical
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insurance companies that cry the loudest about the need for tort reform also refuse to make public the data that would tell us the most about the
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Backtracking from Chubb
Insurance's denial
of coverage to a law firm with a blog, the insurer now says law firms publishing blogs will be covered by their
malpractice policy so long as lawyers are not answering specific questions in a way that could be construed to be
legal advice.
Many lawyers see
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In addition to our nationwide litigation experience representing businesses in sophisticated contract, construction and employment matters, we have successfully represented municipalities, other public entities,
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In some law schools this takes the form
of «
legal residency programs» where recent graduates offer low - cost
legal assistance while attending seminars on obtaining and billing clients,
malpractice insurance and setting up a law office.
For attorneys in search
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• When
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legal exposure from delegation to uncredentialed medical assistants, they either sought to restrict certain procedures to registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical / vocational nurses (LP / VNs), or were willing to accept any medical assisting credential as acceptable proof
of competency.
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