Steven J. O'Melia
Some steps have been taken to require disclosure of industry and other funding. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has produced a standard Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest Form [4] which ICMJE member journals require authors to use. The World Association of Medical Ed...
It also conducts military exercises near their borders, and has crippled their infrastructure through the use of cyberattacks. Poland has also faced the brunt of Russia’s hostility. The most alarming examples, however, occurred in the Balkans. As Montenegro and North Macedonia took steps to join...
Inactive client relationships may create per se conflicts for criminal defense lawyers: a per se conflict of interest may arise because of a past client relationship, regardless of whether criminal defense attorneys have spoken with their former client in years, says the Illinois Supreme Court. ...
Also contributing to the delay were divisions between some of the lawyers and the more public relations-minded members of Willis' team, according to a source close to Willis. The lawyers have been reluctant to disclose any more information than they need to prevail in their legal arguments. ...
QUEBEC CITY-The Canadian Bar Association has amended its code of professional conduct, adopting 21 recommendations from a report that aims to guide lawyers as they increasingly run up against conflicts of interest. “Our hope is that ultimately there will be a consistent code of conduct that appli...
I would invite you to think of examples of these related to your personal situation and your business. Today’s problems come from yesterday’s solutions.This is one of the most powerful statements and most common situations I have ever encountered. How often do we solve a problem only to ...
For example, Dupont and Galea (2022) described the difficulty of managing competing objectives with respect to legal proceedings. On the one hand, the duty to protect defendants, lawyers, witnesses, and jury members from COVID-19 infections often led to lighter trial schedules, social distancing ...
B More People Are Leaving the Rat Race for the Simple Life Time is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing live more with less — and liking it. Kay and Charles Giddens, two lawyers, sold their home to start a B & B hotel. Four years ...
Courts sometimes do this, maybe because lawyers bring it up this way, but it muddies the waters. A wrinkle ( Greenshields v. Johnson, 1981, AB At the time the party had to go before a notary public to explain the guarantee and sign it saying that they think the person understood If ...