InsightsBlogs and ArticlesView our more recent posts below or click directly to a specific blog from our side column listing. Candidate Selection in Deciding to Take a Malpractice Case to Trial – Does Jury Research Hold a Key?April 2, 2025 To try or not to try, that is the question for lawyers and providers in medical malpractice cases. The pendulum in medical malpractice litigation has swung towards mandatory mediation for pre-trial resolution. But this trend begs the question: are we trying enough medical malpractice cases? What is… Intermediate Court of Appeals of WV Upholds Covid-19 Act ImmunityMarch 21, 2025 Price v. Raleigh General Hospital, a new opinion from the Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia, is an important case for health care providers and other businesses in West Virginia because the court upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death action against the hospital and physician… Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal Courts Will Enforce State Statutes Requiring Pre-Suit Affidavits Against Health Care ProvidersMarch 10, 2025 On March 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear Berk v. Choy, No. 23-1620, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 18336 (3d Cir. July 25, 2024), a case over whether a Delaware statute which requires service of an affidavit of merit before a claimant can sue a health care provider will be… Doctor’s Orders: New Indiana Bill Pushes to End Physician Non-CompetesMarch 7, 2025 Indiana is one step closer to a landmark change in healthcare employment. On January 28, 2025, the Indiana Senate passed Indiana Senate Bill 475 (“SB 475”), which, if signed into law, would outright ban employers from entering into physician non-competes with any physician after June 30, 2025.… NLRB Faces New Constitutional Challenge, as Amazon Joins the FightFebruary 20, 2024 The list of employers challenging the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) grew again last week, as Amazon joined the likes of SpaceX, Starbucks, and Trader Joe’s in arguing that the NLRB is unconstitutional. In an answer to a Board charge, Amazon asserted that the structure of the NLRB is… Valuing Your Summer Associate ExperienceJune 22, 2023 Whether you are working in-house, in the public sector, private sector, at a large firm, small firm, or no firm at all, your summer work is immensely important. It has nothing to do with setting yourself up for the next 40 years of practice – while that concept may sound nice and calming to some… Tom Hurney Article Published in Drug and Device LawJune 13, 2023 Jackson Kelly Member Thomas Hurney, Jr. was published as a "guest author" for Drug & Device Law, today. The article, titled "More on Expert Gatekeeping in West Virginia," can be found by clicking the link here: https://www.druganddevicelawblog.com/2023/06/guest-post-more-on-expert-gatekeeping-in-we… |
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