. . . is what my colleague Eric Brodie calls this article, in which I am interviewed about the pros and cons of legal blogging.
How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business
I have always maintained a digressions section of the blog, down in the corner of the left hand side of the blog, for the purpose of allowing me to talk about areas of my practice – like intellectual property litigation – other than those listed in the title of the blog; its also there to
The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act as a National Model . . .
Maybe of what not to do.
I couldn’t let this go by without noting it – he has a Nobel after all and I, well, I have a sixth man award from a high school basketball team. Paul Krugman on health care reform:
Without an effective public option, the Obama health care reform will
Maniloff, Sotomayor and Insurance Coverage Law
Just too funny not to post this today, even though this was supposed to be a post-free Friday while I finish up a brief. Randy Maniloff of White and Williams has done a (mock) thorough piece of opposition research into the new Supreme Court nominee and discovered, somewhat apparently to his shock, that her rulings
The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act: Demonstrating that ERISA Preemption is Health Care Reform’s Best Friend
Well, I have argued more than once on these electronic pages that ERISA preemption, rather than being the whipping boy of choice for people who advocate state level health insurance mandates, should be understood as a key element in bringing about any type of effective change to the health insurance system. Why is that? Because
More ERISA Blogging for Those of You Who Can’t Get Enough
Kevin O’Keefe, the lawyer turned blogging evangelist behind the company that hosts this blog, told me when I was picking a topic for my blog that I should choose a subject where there was plentiful source material to work from on a day in, day out basis. They were oddly prophetic words, in that
Thoughts on Costs and Fees in 401(k) Plans
In my last post, I mentioned a seminar I gave recently on insurance coverage issues and commented on one of the themes of my presentation. Another theme I emphasized in that talk was the fact that modern insurance coverage law is basically 20 years old, with its fountainhead being the development of the law of
Corporate Insurance Programs: Thinking Critically Before You Buy
I gave a seminar recently to a group of in-house counsel on insurance coverage, and the theme of my talk was the need to go beyond – or at least look behind – standard insurance packages to instead tailor the insurance program to the specific needs and exposures of the particular company in question. For
Comments on First Circuit Law Post-Glenn
I thought I would post some thoughts and comments on the First Circuit’s pronouncement of its law after Glenn, before too much more time goes by, rather than waiting for a window of time that would allow me to write a much longer post on it. Some things that sit too long get stale
Hmm, Maybe I was Right?
I have been accused of being something of a troglodyte for not whole heartedly embracing the Massachusetts Health Care Reform act, including because it puts the cart before the horse in failing to recognize (and address) the fact that rapidly rising health care costs are the real problem driving accessibility and also because the statute