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Labor & Employment — Hospital – Staff Privileges – Canadian Doctor – Arbitrary & Capricious Standard – Antitrust – Monopolization
Kohn v. FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0696, 20 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Moore County Superior Court (James Webb, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though the defendant-hospital granted staff privileges on two occasions to physicians whose residencies were not accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or […]
Administrative — Court Denies Accreditation for Massage School
Professional Massage Training Center Inc. v. Accreditation Alliance of Career Schools & Colleges (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0292, 44 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 14-1086, March 24, 2015; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (O’Grady, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In reviewing a professional accreditation agency’s refusal to renew accreditation for plaintiff massage therapy school, the district court erred by [&hell[...]
New rules for schools
Law schools are sizing up recent changes to American Bar Association accreditation standards Recent changes to the American Bar Association’s law school accreditation rules should mean minor adjustments for most of North Carolina’s law schools, if first impressions of several school leaders are correct. On Aug. 11 in Boston — after six years of comprehensive […]
Criminal Practice – Evidence – Forensic Chemist – Lab Tests – Accreditation
State v. McDonald Even though the crack cocaine seized from defendant was not identified in a certified lab, it was identified by an expert in forensic chemistry who followed the same procedures used by law enforcement in a lab licensed by the SBI and the DEA. The trial court did not commit plain error in allowing the state’s expert witness to testify to the results of his chemical anal[...]
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Commentary
- Name game can end up being blame game
- Stericycle decision forces evaluation of policies, practices
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- N.C. justices to decide many interesting cases
- Amotion sees resurgence after almost a decade
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Court’s term was rough on big business
- Ex-president, bar association have made their choice
- Ruling sharpens boundaries in attorney-client privilege
- Lawyers Weekly debuts new and improved web experience
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
