End of life valued; suits alleging abuse or wrongful death of nursing care patients draw big settlements and awards

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Nursing home abuse is becoming the tort law of the 1990s, and the large verdicts may also be caused by baby boomers' concerns about growing old and about nursing homes' taking over care which a generation ago would have been performed at home. The nursing home litigation group of the Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America as of 1997 counted 140 members from 40 states among its members. The reasoning behind these cases is the same as private attorney general statutes, with public recognition of the ineffectiveness of state and federal nursing home regulation.

Care and treatment, Practice, Nursing home patients, Elder law, states

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MCLE courses hit new turf: featured are such titles as 'Cruisin' for Credits.' (Minimum Continuing Legal Education)(includes information on New York State's MCLE program)

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California will become the 36th state to require that lawyers attend continuing education courses in order to renew their licenses. As of Jan 1992 the California State Bar will mandate that all lawyers earn 36 credit-hours every three years. California, like most other states, will adopt a laissez-faire approach to checking the content of courses and the compliance of lawyers. Transcripts will not be collected as eight states require but lawyers will have to sign attendance statements that are subject to perjury.

Standards, Law, Study and teaching, Legal education, California. State Bar of California, New York State Bar Association

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Hardball legal maneuverrs cow news media titans; free speech advocates fear capitulation by ABC and CBS to corporations that are story subjects may trickle down

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In the wake of ready capitulation by several magazines and broadcasters faced with legal challenges, some observers fear the First Amendment may carry less weight. Among those that have backed down are BusinessWeek, ABC, and CBS' '60 Minutes' program. Forbes Magazine will go to court on Jan 27 over a similar challenge. Some experts note that details eventually revealed about the CBS case make its surrender more understandable, but the message sent to unhappy companies and smaller news organizations is clear.

Television Broadcasting, Television broadcasting stations, Cases, Television broadcasting industry, Public opinion, Freedom of the press, CBS, CBS Broadcasting Inc., American Broadcasting Companies Inc. ABC Broadcast Group

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