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<br /> January 2015<br /> In This Issue<br /> 20 Business Courts as Laboratories for<br /> Litigation Process Improvement<br /> 24 Sixth Circuit Rejects Old Approach to<br /> Michigan's Drug Immunity Defense<br /> 26 Strategic Planning for Small Law Firms<br /> 30 A Reflection on Successful Cooperation<br /> Between Courts<br /> 34 Overcoming the Hearsay Bar to<br /> Deposition Testimony<br /> 38 Compensation of Fiduciaries and Their Attorneys<br /> LET CGARFOOS & CGRISTENSEN, AND<br /> J. DOUGLAS PETERS HELP YOU<br /> LITIGATE YOUR OBSTETRICAL/<br /> GYNECOLOGICAL CASES<br /> Birth Injury<br /> Reference Work<br /> Obstetrics/Gynecology and the Law was written in plain<br /> English to help obstetricians/gynecologists understand<br /> the medical standards of care for each obstetric/gynecologic<br /> diagnosis and treatment option as adopted by their College,<br /> their profession and the courts. 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