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Parental Authority and Responsibility for Medical Care

WEBRichard J. Bonnie is Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law Emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law, having retired from teaching in 2023. He formerly served as director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. ­­He teaches and writes about health law and policy, bioethics, …

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Plain Meaning and Ambiguous Terms

WEBThe full draft contains Comments (with Illustrations) and Reporters’ Notes. § 3. The Plain-Meaning Rule. (1) The plain meaning of an insurance policy term is the single meaning to which the language of the term is reasonably susceptible when applied to facts of the claim at issue in the context of the entire insurance policy.

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The Insurer’s Duty to Make Reasonable Settlement Decisions

WEBThe policy contains a policy limit of $100,000 and no deductible. As found by the trier of fact in a subsequent action for breach of the duty to make reasonable settlement decisions, reasonable estimates of the value of the …

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Medical Malpractice in the Restatement Third of Torts

WEBMark Hall is the Fred D. and Elizabeth L. Turnage Professor of law and the Director of Health and Law Policy program at Wake Forest Law. Professor Hall is one of the nation's leading scholars in the areas of health care law, public policy, and bioethics. The author or editor of twenty books, including Making Medical Spending Decisions (Oxford …

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In Loco Parentis, the First Amendment, and Parental Rights—Can …

WEBA debate taking place throughout the United States in school board meetings, state legislatures, and the public square—is the simple question of what happens, from a legal perspective, when a parent drops their child off at a public school. This Article proposes a framework whereby in loco parentis and the constitutional rights of students …

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Sick and Aging Prisoners: A Look Into Compassionate Release

WEBThe New York Times examines the federal compassionate release program, a program designed to permit the release of sick, dying and elderly prisoners who are the least likely to re-offend and the most expensive to house.. An excerpt: Congress created compassionate release as a way to free certain inmates, such as the terminally ill, when …

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COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Update and Virtual ADR Solution

WEBCOVID-19 has evolved into a worldwide health and economic crisis, triggering insurance claims and coverage disputes at unprecedented rates. This pandemic demands businesses, insurance companies, and their legal counsel consider alternative dispute resolution (ADR) — especially virtual solutions — to address and resolve …

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Waiver and Estoppel – Part 1

WEBKyle D. Logue is the Wade H. McCree and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law at The University of Michigan Law School. He teaches and writes in the fields of insurance, torts, tax, and law and economics. In 201, he was awarded the Liberty Mutual Prize for the outstanding paper in the area of property and casualty insurance law.

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Role of the State Attorneys General

WEBJill R. Horwitz is a legal scholar and health policy expert who is addressing some of the most pressing law and policy issues of our day, including the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and the impact of hospital ownership on the delivery of medical services. The University of Michigan is where she was a Professor of Law and Co-Director of their Law …

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Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act of 2017

WEBA new bill called the “Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act of 2017,” H.R. 3985, was recently introduced in the House of Representatives. If passed as drafted, the bill will establish a working group of public and private entities led by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology …

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The Mismeasure of Terry Stops: Assessing the Psychological and

WEBSusan Bandes is widely known as a scholar in the areas of federal jurisdiction, criminal procedure and civil rights, and more recently, as a pioneer in the emerging study of the role of emotion in law. Her legal career began in 1976 at the Illinois Office of the State Appellate Defender. In 1980, she became staff counsel for the Illinois …

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Now Available: Principles of the Law, Data Privacy

WEBPrinciples of the Law, Data Privacy is now available in print. This is ALI’s first venture into the field of information privacy law.

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Regulatory Compliance for Nonprofits

WEBCivil penalties for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, for example, can be assessed at up to $13,494 per individual for violations not causing the death of an employee, or up to $134,937 for such a violation that is repeated or willful. 7. Focus on: Workplace Safety. Nonprofits should develop and implement robust safety

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General Principles for Eyewitness Identification Procedures

WEBChristopher Slobogin is the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law; Director, Criminal Justice Program; and Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt Law School. He has authored more than 100 articles, books and chapters on topics relating to criminal law and procedure, mental health law and evidence, and is one of the five most cited …

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Tribal Powers over Nonmembers – Part 1

WEBIn the American Indian Law project draft that will be presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting, two Sections deal with tribal powers over nonmembers – § 34, Civil Regulatory and Adjudicatory Authority over Nonmembers and § 35, Tribal-Court Exhaustion Rule. This is the first of two posts that present the Black Letter and Comments from the …

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Supreme Court Says a Claim for Nominal Damages Avoids …

WEBDouglas Laycock is perhaps the nation’s leading authority on the law of religious liberty and also on the law of remedies. He has taught and written about these topics for four decades. He is currently the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia School of Law, and the …

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Attorney General Becerra Announces $2 Million Settlement …

WEBAttorney General Becerra Announces $2 Million Settlement Involving Santa Barbara-based Cottage Health System Over Failure to Protect Patient Medical Records

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Rights of a Juvenile in Custody; Definition of Custody

WEBRichard J. Bonnie is Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law Emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law, having retired from teaching in 2023. He formerly served as director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. ­­He teaches and writes about health law and policy, bioethics, …

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