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2003

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Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability For Farming?, Rachel G. Lattimore Jan 2003

Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability For Farming?, Rachel G. Lattimore

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Good afternoon. To begin, I’d like to thank Ed Wallis and the Richmond Journal of Law & Tech- nology for inviting me to speak on such a distinguished panel. And I’d like to tell you one thing about myself that is not in my fancy lawyer biography. I grew up on a small family farm down in North Caro- lina, so I learned from an early age about the different types of genetic manipulations that go on a farm, from breeding cattle to grafting apple trees, which if you’re fourteen years old, consists of spending your entire Spring Break taking …

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Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability Issues: Lessons From Starlink, Donald Uchtmann Jan 2003

Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability Issues: Lessons From Starlink, Donald Uchtmann

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I have an enormous opportunity and challenge. Here I am, the final speaker, on this final panel, on this beautiful Friday afternoon, on this beautiful campus. Stay “tuned” for just a few more minutes to hear my remarks regarding liability issues and then we will adjourn to the great outdoors.

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Procedural Provisions In Nevada Medical Malpractice Reform, Carl W. Tobias Jan 2003

Procedural Provisions In Nevada Medical Malpractice Reform, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

In late July 2002, a special session of the Nevada Legislature passed medical malpractice reform legislation. The expressly-stated purpose of this statute is remedying, or at least ameliorating, the "serious threat to the health, welfare and safety of [Nevada] residents" which is posed by the state's "extreme difficulties attracting and maintaining a sufficient network of physicians to meet [residents'] needs." Moreover, the measure emphasizes substantive reforms that are primarily intended to limit the potential liability of certain health care providers for negligent actions. However, the legislation encompasses numerous "procedural" provisions, which may be equally important as the substantive reforms that …

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Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability For Refusing To Use Agricultural Biotechnology, Drew Kershen Jan 2003

Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability For Refusing To Use Agricultural Biotechnology, Drew Kershen

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Good afternoon. I’m very pleased to be here. I appreciate the offer and the invitation from the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology to speak at this conference. This final panel is really about liability issues related to genetically modified foods or transgenic crops. Now I just want to quickly introduce these three people, and I’m going to start on my far side with Rachel Lattimore. Rachel Lattimore is a lawyer with the firm of Arent Fox in Washington D.C., and she is going to focus her talk – and we’ve sort of agreed among ourselves so we don’t step …

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Proximate Cause And The American Law Institute: The False Choice Between The "Direct-Consequences" Test And The "Risk Standard", Michael L. Wells Jan 2003

Proximate Cause And The American Law Institute: The False Choice Between The "Direct-Consequences" Test And The "Risk Standard", Michael L. Wells

University of Richmond Law Review

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Correctional Services Corporation V. Malesko: Unmasking The Implied Damage Remedy, Matthew G. Mazefsky Jan 2003

Correctional Services Corporation V. Malesko: Unmasking The Implied Damage Remedy, Matthew G. Mazefsky

University of Richmond Law Review

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