Antitrust violations.
I. INTRODUCTION II. ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE A. Conspiracy B. Restraint of Trade C. Interstate Nexus D. Intent III. DEFENSES A. Withdrawal from Conspiracy B. Statute of Limitations C. Double Jeopardy D. Single Entity E. Respondent Superior F. Meeting Competition G. State Action Immunity H. Petitioning the Government I....

The quest for privacy: state courts and an elusive right.
AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW If a right to privacy can hardly be considered a newfound concept, the meanings ascribed to it have long taken on an ever-changing, chameleonic cast. The American version of privacy, founded in English constitutional history and, less notably, in the French Enlightenment, did not...

What standard for the standard HMO gatekeeper?
In 1998, the United States devoted 14% of its Gross National Product (GNP) to health care, twice what it spent on national defense. (1) It is estimated that the U.S. will expend over 1.7 trillion dollars or over 18% of the GNP on health care this year. (2) Nevertheless,...

Letters.
Good Advice for Doctors The threat of litigation has destroyed the patient-doctor relationship and severely tarnished the medical profession. Philip K. Howard's guest editorial "The Death of Common Sense" speaks to every doctor who has ever worried about being sued or ordered unnecessary tests hoping to decrease...

South Africa: gone with the wind; Edward D. Fagan, the flamboyant American personal injury lawyer, who made international headlines with both the Holocaust and apartheid claims cases, has gone to ground, leaving his South African clients in a huge lurch and damaging their cases in the process. Terry Bell reports.
Edward D. Fagan has disappeared from sight, accused by his former South African colleagues of being "a destructive opportunist" and dumped by his erstwhile American partners. Now there is a $3.2m malpractice judgement against him issued by the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Law and Ethics for Clinicians.
Hall JK. Amarillo, TX 79124, Jackhal Books, 2002, paperback, 407 pp. ISBN: 1-888856-00-9, $34.95. This text provides legal and ethical guidance that can be useful for practitioners in any clinical specialty. The author uses Dountoother's Golden Rule approach as the ethical basis for her analysis of a...

Heat can kill - guidelines to prevent heat illness in athletics and physical education.
In the wake of several publicized, tragic events that occurred during preseason training in both college and professional football, administrators, coaches, and physical educators must take time to re-evaluate how conditioning activities, daily practices, and classes are conducted during extreme heat. Administrators, coaches, and physical educators need to think...

Antitrust violations.
I. INTRODUCTION II. ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE A. Conspiracy B. Restraint of Trade C. Interstate Nexus D. Intent III. DEFENSES A. Withdrawal from Conspiracy B. Statute of Limitations C. Double Jeopardy D. Single Entity E. Respondeat Superior F. Meeting Competition G. State Action Immunity H. Petitioning the Government I....

LAW WITHOUT VALUES: THE LIFE, WORK, AND LEGACY OF JUSTICE HOLMES.
LAW WITHOUT VALUES: THE LIFE, WORK, AND LEGACY OF JUSTICE HOLMES. By ALBERT W. AESIR. University of Chicago Press. 332 pp. $30. THE GREAT JUSTICE Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. penned a host of memorable aphorisms that summarize his legal philosophy: "The life of the law has not...

Part II: Privacy and the Law: The Legal Construction of Privacy.
Introduction: The Legal Construction of Privacy A RECURRING theme in the literature on privacy is the multivalent nature of the word "privacy" itself. When we speak of private property we mean something quite different from when we speak of private parts, although there are obviously connections between...