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The Breast Implant Controversy: A Prism for Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The author argues that regulatory blunders and the litigation explosion pertaining to breast implants highlight defects in U.S.
Yang, Benson
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Making the Case for Studying Business Law: A Teaching Note Providing a First Week Blueprint for First‐Time Instructors

open access: yesJournal of Legal Studies Education, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 41-49, Winter 2026.
Abstract Most business students are not interested in becoming lawyers. Therefore, business law and legal environment instructors must convey why students should study business law. To assist instructors (especially first‐time ones), this teaching note presents interrelated pedagogical questions to introduce the first week of class.
Jason R. Hildebrand
wiley   +1 more source

Damages and awards: a comparative study between Colombia and the United States

open access: yesJurídicas, 2019
Since the inception of the theory of extra contractual liability, Colombia has strived to attain a system that fairly compensates the victims of illegal damage while keeping compensation proportional and equitable for all parties.
Laura Cecilia Gamarra-Amaya
doaj   +1 more source

Health Courts: An Alternative for Resolving Medical Liability Claims [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Summarizes "'Health Courts' and Accountability for Patient Safety," a report describing a model for administrative compensation featuring health courts as an alternative to the tort system.
Lauren Necochea
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Developing indices to study engineers' interest, confidence, and experience with global engineering work activities

open access: yesJournal of Engineering Education, Volume 115, Issue 3, July 2026.
Abstract Background As engineering work has become increasingly globalized, prior studies have examined the intercultural attitudes and competencies of engineering students and practicing engineers. However, we lack tools to study how engineers engage in global work across industries, roles, and organizational contexts.
Lexy Arinze, Joe Tort, Kirsten A. Davis
wiley   +1 more source

Viral Pathogens Threatening Cage‐Cultured Nile Tilapia in Lake Victoria: Epidemiology, Emerging Risks and Integrated Health Management Strategies

open access: yesAquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 6, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of cage culture for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Lake Victoria is central to food security and profitable development in East Africa. Nevertheless, viral conditions affect the sustainability of this sector, with significant imbalances in livelihood, trade and aquaculture adaptability.
Richard S. Komba, Chacha J. Mwita
wiley   +1 more source

FDA Preemption of State Tort Law in Drug Regulation: Finding the Sweet Spot [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The project of harmonizing tort law and regulatory law in the public interest-the sweet spot of my subtitle-is inherently fraught with difficulty. This, of course, is a very old problem for American law generally.
Schuck, Peter H.
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Information Shocks, Legal Liability and Physician Decisions

open access: yesHealth Economics, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 896-909, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Physician adoption of new information about a medical procedure can affect patient outcomes. Medical malpractice law may influence physician use of such information. We analyze how physician reactions to information shocks regarding vaginal births after cesarean sections (VBACs) in the 1990s were mediated by tort reform and the standard used ...
David Mushinski, Sammy Zahran
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Judgment Proofing [PDF]

open access: yes
A liquidity-constrained entrepreneur needs to raise capital to finance a business activity that may cause injuries to third parties --- the tort victims. Taking the level of borrowing as fixed, the entrepreneur finances the activity with senior (secured)
Che, Yeon-Koo, Spier, Kathryn
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Laws, Enforcement, and Strategy: A Multi‐Layered Qualitative Study of Multinational Enterprise Compliance Under European Union and Chinese Data Protection Regimes

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In an era of proliferating but divergent data protection regimes, the European Union's rights‐based approach and China's sovereignty‐centric model have become two dominant poles of global data governance. This article examines how multinational enterprises navigate compliance under these dual systems and how that compliance is shaped through ...
Yiping Cao
wiley   +1 more source

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