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Slides: Meaningful Engagement: The Public's Role In Resource Decisions, Mark Squillace
Slides: Meaningful Engagement: The Public's Role In Resource Decisions, Mark Squillace
The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
Presenter: Mark Squillace, Director, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado Law School
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Cutting Costs - Cutting Care: Can Texas Managed Health Care Systems And Hmos Be Liable For The Medical Malpractice Of Physicians., Jim M. Perdue, Stephen R. Baxley
Cutting Costs - Cutting Care: Can Texas Managed Health Care Systems And Hmos Be Liable For The Medical Malpractice Of Physicians., Jim M. Perdue, Stephen R. Baxley
St. Mary's Law Journal
One of the most common forms of managed health care is the health maintenance organization (HMO). An HMO is a quasi-insurance arrangement which provides health care to subscribers for a prepaid monthly fee. These have been attractive as they offer health care at lower cost to consumers. Health care brokers have developed four standard models of HMOs— “staff model,” “group model,” “network model,” and “independent practice association” (IPA) model. Given the degree of control HMOs exercise over member-physicians under any of the above models, Texas courts should hold HMOs liable for their member-physicians’ malpractice under the doctrine of vicarious liability, …
The Newsman's Privilege: An Empirical Study, Vince Blasi
The Newsman's Privilege: An Empirical Study, Vince Blasi
Michigan Law Review
Today, the statutory, common-law, and constitutional aspects of the long-dormant problem are being re-examined by many legislators, judges, and academicians. The Supreme Court is scheduled to address the constitutional question some time this term. I propose to enter this fray. In this article, I will report the results of an empirical survey that I have undertaken. In subsequent articles, I will analyze the eighteen state statutes that grant newsmen a privilege, consider whether protection for the reporter-news source relationship is compelled by existing common-law principles, and address the question whether a newsman's privilege is properly to be inferred from the …