A new study by Dartmouth College researchers, published May 31 by the journal Health Affairs and reported yesterday in The Boston Globe, says that increases in doctors’ insurance premiums are the result not of medical malpractice lawsuits, but of insurers’ poor investments.
The Boston Globe article says:
…“Re-igniting the medical malpractice overhaul
TechnoLawyer has posted the official ballot for the 2005 TechnoLawyer @ Awards. At the bottom of the ballot is a list of blogs, and there among the many stellar blogs listed is this one. Matt Homann is also listed, and he says being listed there means his blog is nominated. So I…
Deep Throat’s self-outing has me thinking today about how he – and Woodward and Bernstein’s Watergate reporting – helped send me to law school.
The Watergate break-in took place on the very day I turned 18, a summer away from starting college and pursuing my goal of becoming a newspaper reporter. At the end of…
Today marked my last day with the legal consulting firm Jaffe Associates. I have enormous respect for Jay Jaffe and his staff of marketing, media relations and creative professionals. But I have been craving more freedom to pursue projects that interest me, without having to be concerned about professional conflicts or divided allegiances. I…
I learned this morning that e-mails sent over the weekend to my “legaline.com” addresses were being rejected as undeliverable. This resulted from my ISP “upgrading” my account to a new server last week. Supposedly, the problem is now fixed.
If you are unable to reach me by e-mail at my legaline.com address, please let me…
The developers of the new search engine Exalead say their goal was to design a “new and much richer user experience for information access, based on speed, interactive navigation and ease of use.” They have succeeded in creating a search tool that — while not as expansive in its coverage as, say, Google…
Happy birthday to blawger supreme and editor extraordinaire Monica Bay.…
Marty Schwimmer kicks off his fourth year blogging. If anything, he’s just getting started.…
A new Web site aims to use the power of the Internet to deliver post-conviction legal services to prisoners throughout the United States. Called Prison Services Project, its purpose is to provide a brief and case management service for incarcerated pro se litigants and to serve as an intake, case management and referral…
How much money did your senators and representatives take for travel from private organizations? An American Public Media site, Power Trips, has the data. Here is the site’s introduction:
…“Reforms in recent years have made many of the lush perks once enjoyed by Congress disappear. But not all, certainly not travel. That’s the conclusion
My ISP upgraded my account to a new server today, resulting in some glitches, such as postings disappearing and reappearing. Please let me know if you experience any problems.…
In a column last year, Laughing at Lawyers and the Law, I wrote about legal humor sites. Among them was Lawpsided, where Sean Carter — a lawyer, stand-up comedian and author of the book, If It Does Not Fit, Must You Acquit? Your Humorous Guide to the Law — follows the lighter side…
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