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2 Jul 2009, 9:00 pm
We've blogged about the evils of drug companies bearing gifts to doctors a number of times (here, here, here) so when laws to ban such practices in Massachusetts and Vermont went into effect on Wednesday, we thought it was reason to celebrate (in spite of the wistful Streisand/Diamond-like ballads that will no doubt linger in the hearts of many gift-getting docs).For example, some doctors, such as Harvard hematologist Thomas Stossel (who is no relation to our buddy… [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 10:48 am
See "States With Voter-Approved Constitutional Bans on Same-Sex Marriage, 1998-2008," http://pewforum.org/docs/? [read post]
18 Dec 2008, 10:36 pm
So it's important for defense counsel to know - realistically, and regardless of our philosophical views on the matter - where we can talk to the docs informally, and where we'll get in trouble just for doing what the other side is allowed to do.Ten years ago, or even less, we'd have agitated for one of the ABA's litigation committees to prepare a 50-state survey on the question - and there might even be one of those, but we don't know of anything recent. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 12:00 pm
In this case, a Vermont jury was nevertheless permitted to find Wyeth liable for failing. . .to eliminate IV push injection from the approved methods of administration.Wyeth principal br. at 3 (emphasis added). [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 11:41 am
Should USTR/DOC be offering assistance to state governments who are faced with these issues? [read post]
5 Aug 2008, 3:34 am
FINANCIAL TRICKLE-DOWN The spotlight on Vermont's sex offender laws coupled with the planned reorganization of the DOC prison system to save money is a bit of unfortunate timing. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 7:27 am
Vermont is locking up the lowest percentage of its young people and Illinois follows in 11th place. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 2:13 pm
White House Spy Docs Show Surveillance Was Illegal, Senator ... [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 12:03 pm
White House Spy Docs Show Surveillance Was Illegal, Senator ... [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 5:21 pm
The Senate Judiciary committee subpoenaed those and many, many other documents this summer, but the administration ignored chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) until they need him to relent on his opposition to immunity for companies like AT&T and Verizon that are being sued with some success by citizens for violating their privacy rights. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 11:18 am
Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania), the Chairman and ranking Republican respectively, have stated their opposition to any immunity provisions until they learn more about the bill. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 4:22 am
But, a Minnesota doc says the money don't buy any love. [read post]
28 Jun 2007, 11:11 am
Pat Leahy (D-Vermont), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had some stern words for the White House:"This is a further shift by the Bush Administration into Nixonian stonewalling and more evidence of their disdain for our system of checks and balances....Increasingly, the President and Vice President feel they are above the law -- in America no one is above law. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 12:46 pm
Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, subpoenaed documents about the government's warrantless wiretapping program from the White House, the Vice President's office, the Justice Department and the National Security Council Wednesday in an effort to learn more about the scope and legal justification for the surveillance program that was first disclosed in December 2005 by the New York Times. [read post]
14 Jun 2007, 4:45 am
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26 Jan 2007, 8:07 am
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9 Jul 2006, 10:00 am
.'"New Hampshire Public Radio aired a good piece on the matter, including comments by medical ethicist Larry McCullough (tough love -- and tough speech -- may be what the doctor ordered and is within the bounds of standard medical practice) and Vermont medical professor Virginia Hood (offensive speech can cause harm).There are a few excerpts from the judge's opinion in an article in the Manchester Union-Leader.This case raises some interesting issues. [read post]
