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The Code Blue Emergency protest overwhelmingly succeeded in achieving its primary goal of publicity: educating the public about tort reform, about why their physicians are clamoring for caps on noneconomic damages and attorney fees, and providing a glimpse at what will happen to their access to medical care if reform does not come soon.

Monte Carlo process and methods have been used for everything from integral equations to turbulence simulation to aerosol science to chemical combustion. Now it's being used to help people retire successfully.

The best way for you to generate additional revenue is by eliminating unnecessary downtime and improving productivity. Here's how you can examine ways to turn your greatest resource into higher profits

Panic, overreaction, paranoia and misinformation have flooded the HIPAA privacy marketplace of ideas, while consultants’ interpretations frequently end with a serious misunderstanding of the law or, in other cases, blatant falsehoods

The amended venue rules will likely provide a sturdy challenge for plaintiffs using venue to seek out sympathetic juries and, by requiring plaintiffs to find an expert to certify that a case has merit, the rules provide yet another layer of protection for defendants who in the past relied on preliminary objections and summary judgment to dispose of baseless lawsuits.

Pa. Senator Connie Williams argues that caps on noneconomic damages are needed in medical malpractice case, but not for product liability.

Pa. Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey E. Piccola makes the case for caps.

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