01/07/2021
by, Lexicon Legal There is a coming wave of litigation related to the coronavirus. It has already started in small measure: an occasional challenge to a government order or preliminary filings to secure insurance coverage. But many of these new…
12/24/2020
by, Lexicon Legal This month marks the anniversary of the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act. For years, military service members had been barred from filing medical malpractice claims against the federal government and its medical providers. This law…
12/21/2020
by, Lexicon Legal There are many ways to be injured around the house during the holiday season. Many personal injury claims are filed against all types of insurance policies during the holidays. Litigators must be prepared for all types of…
10/14/2020
by, Lexicon Legal School hazing is a rapidly developing legal area. Practitioners are faced with many novel questions of law, and this can make it difficult to adequately prepare to take a case to trial – or even determine what…
08/26/2020
by, Beth Slate, Partner and Law Firm Consultant at RJH Consulting If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s you either bend with change, or it breaks you. This year has been one of true upheaval. We like to think we…
08/19/2020
by Shawn Meehan, Global Head of Legal Solutions at Guidepoint Even before the pandemic, Corporate America faced sizable verdicts from big-ticket lawsuits. In response, Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) from nearly 50 companies (including AT&T, Ford, Google, Johnson & Johnson, and…
08/06/2020
by, Erin Fitzgerald, JD, of Lexicon Legal Content Twenty years ago, Lyft, Uber, and Citi Bike were misspellings, not multimillion-dollar transportation enterprises. “Ridesharing” was the morning carpool, and “bike sharing” conjured images of tandem rides through the park. Today, millennials…
07/30/2020
by Robert M., Express Writers Lawyers are trained to rely on precedent, but 2020 practitioners are about to create it. The unprecedented public health regulations sweeping the globe have halted life as we know it. From triggering economic circuit breakers…
07/23/2020
by, Erin Fitzgerald, JD, of Lexicon Legal Content Over 140 lawsuits against the manufacturers of Zantac and its generic counterparts were consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) and transferred to the Southern District of Florida. Because this…
07/15/2020
by James H. Tabibian, MD, PhD, FACP Founder, GI Expert Opinion Telehealth is the most rapidly evolving area in healthcare. Each year tens of millions of Americans receive some form of telehealth services, and the number is growing worldwide. In…