Just like the practice of law, when you hear about the “Deep Web” on television or in movies, its never really based on reality, just what makes a good story. It’s no more than a “web within a web” of information that by the choice of its posters, cannot be accessed by the simple technology of “crawlers” such as the standard Google, Bing, or Yahoo search bar. Some of the information we’ll be reviewing is found HERE.
What is the deep web exactly? What possible purpose could it serve for the research community as a whole? Join us to learn everything you need to know about the deep web, including what it means, where it lives, and how you can use it to your advantage.
- The Deep Web: A Proper Definition
- How to Search the Deep Web
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- General
- Books
- Law and Politics
- Medical and Health
- Science and Academic
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- Geography and Geology
- Physics and Astronomy
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- Video Resources
- Reference Sites as of 21NOV18
Locating expert witnesses, especially those who will at least qualify preliminarily under the rules and the gatekeeping rulings, is not as complicated or arduous as some believe. It is the well-considered and deep substantive challenges that are problematic. These are best defended throughout the process by diligence in qualifying your own experts – coincidentally; this provides the outline from which opposing experts may be successfully challenged on matters of substance.
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This CLE offering is a three-part series focusing on locating and vetting Expert Witnesses “in-house”. These strategies were developed in the course of our work with civil tort attorneys but apply to Expert Witness location and vetting regardless of the setting and across a wide variety of fields of expertise.
In part two we will review the deep vetting process, how it is done and how to maintain it throughout litigation to ensure your experts remain qualified and opposing experts who disqualify themselves during the long process are taken to task for doing so. We will also discuss the cost benefits of in-house searches using well known and widely recognized strategies to smooth the preparation process and actually reduce the difficulty in working with experts.
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This CLE offering is part three of a three-part series focusing on locating and vetting Expert Witnesses “in-house”. These strategies were developed in the course of our work with civil tort attorneys but apply to Expert Witness location and vetting regardless of the setting and across a wide variety of fields of expertise.
In part three we will review Expert Testimony and barriers to admissibility, a Summary of the Information in the three seminars, and a review of Recommended Readings and search strategies going forward. We will also discuss the cost benefits of in-house searches using well known and widely recognized strategies to smooth the preparation process and actually reduce the difficulty in working with experts.
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MarGin has a wealth of in-house healthcare experience upon which to draw and we use this experience and expertise to navigate the sometimes difficult waters of medical record retrieval. Recalcitrant providers, providers unfamiliar with their responsibilities, and business associates who fail to comply with the laws related to medical record handling all make the medical record experience all the more difficult for law firms.
Ensuring that your firm complies with the requirements of the appropriate statutes and submits valid authorizations and requests will reduce the time required to receive and begin processing medical records for your firm’s clients. In this one hour CLE approved by the North Carolina Bar, MarGin will help your firm to more efficiently handle medical record requests.
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A very brief overview of our Three Part (3 CLE Hour) activity detailing how injuries are evaluated related to the need for future care and how medical cost projections are formulated.
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- Part 1
- Overview
- Discusses different types of future medical cost projections and parties using them
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- Objectives
- Able to explain why future cost projections are needed
- Understand the differences between uses and foundations of future medical cost projections
- Briefly cover applicability to Medicare Set Asides
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- Part 1a
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- Discusses common factors in calculating future medical cost projections
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- Learning Objectives
- Able to differentiate rated and chronological age life expectancy
- Identify the various types of fee schedules
- Know where to find and proper use of coding acronyms
- List standard treatment categories
- Overview of case management protocol
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- Part 2
- Overview
- Discusses common treatment modalities
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- Explain levels of home attendant care
- Able to identify and discuss the roles of various physicians
- Define surgical suffixes
- Discuss and broadly understand the uses of at least 5 categories of medications
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- Part 3
- Overview
- Discusses common medical conditions and typical treatment protocol
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- Understand the causal connection of an injury with medical condition
- Explain primary injury, secondary condition, potential complication for major diagnoses or medical conditions
- Be able to list the non‐surgical and surgical needs for at least 5 major conditions, including the lumbar spine, the knee, spinal cord injury, lower extremity amputation, and chronic pain
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Not yet approved for CLE by the NC Bar, these are planned quarterly teleconference discussions of Medical Malpractice Case outcomes nationwide to review what went right and wrong from the perspective of the providers and attorneys. These are drawn from published cases after litigation and present An undersanding or familiarity with this information will aid attorneys in evaluating the viability of potential cases before expending significant resources to learn that a potential case that looks economically sound on its surface will cost more to prosecute than might be found in recovery. spending MarGin has a wealth of in-house healthcare experience upon which to draw and we use this experience and expertise to navigate the sometimes difficult waters of future medical costs related to injuries in any litigation setting.
Approved for one hour of CLE by the North Carolina Bar this offering reviews the statutory requirement for a writing describing Medicare’s interests in any settlement over the reporting threshold of $750.00 per the most current CMS Guidance and is tailored for non-Workers’ Compensation attorneys unfamiliar with the changing landscape in Medicare recovery under the Medicare as Secondary Payer Act (MSP).
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* * * * * New and Renewed for 2022 * * * * *
We will continue to update our current topics with the latest information available as we have done each year.
For 2022 our offerings include:
- HIPAA & HITECH: In North Carolina, Litigants Ought to Toss the Coin Twice (1 Hour CLE)
- All HIPAA & HITECH seminars require a notarized non-disclosure affidavit
- Medicare Set Asides – Due Diligence and Client Advocacy (1 Hour CLE)
- Medical Cost Projections for Attorneys – An Overview of Pitfalls, Traps and Ambushes (1.50 Hours CLE)
- Below the Horizon – Deep Web Searching (1.5 Hours CLE) – Our most recent annual update
- Turning Costs into Revenue – Monetizing Your Infrastructure
- Turning Costs into Revenue seminar requires a notarized non-disclosure affidavit
- Antibiotics Review (2 Hours CLE)
- A “How-To” on In-House Expert Searches (2 Hours CLE)
- Expert Witness Location – Essential Vetting for Expert Witnesses (2 Hours CLE)
- Expert Witness Location – The Follow – Through (1 Hour CLE)
- Audit Trails in Litigation – How to Avoid Delays in Discovery
- Multidrug-Resistant Microbial Infection (4 Hours CLE)
- Neck Pain in Adults Pathophysiology (5 Hours CLE)
- Low Back Pain Pathophysiology (7 Hours CLE)
- Postoperative Complications (7 Hours CLE)
- Challenging for Cause – How Statistics May Mislead
- Focus Groups – Cost Containment for Solo and Small Firms
- Focus Groups seminar requires a notarized non-disclosure affidavit
- Pain Management: A Medico-Legal Perspective
MarGin is preparing a series of overviews of medical negligence causes of action. We will, additionally include other torts that involve serious injury. We have been privileged to work with attorneys across the 4th and 11th Federal Circuits. While much of our work is related to medical negligence in hospital and rehabilitation (nursing home) settings, we have had opportunities to investigate long term medical needs for injured persons in a variety of settings and are planning to include long-term perspectives in these offerings.
We look forward to hearing from attorneys regarding the injuries and diseases about which they most often have questions. We will work to address the most common concerns first in this forum.With paralegal training, a Paralegal Nurse Consultant can assist an attorney or firm with additional support in any matter. Through the application of their experience in nursing, these professionals are well suited to approach medical and health issues within the context of litigation, burdens of proof, evidentiary matters and issue, and more to best aide attorneys in preparation of their matters.
We are always at your service, please let us know which topics you would most like covered.
We are already gathering information for to assist firms in the initial evaluation of merit in matters where pressure wounds form during care in primary, secondary, and tertiary facilities. All of our medical topic CLE offerings will discuss what types of records are necessary to support or refute merit, the information most important to making a determination of merit and where to search for relevant literature in the applicable medical/health fields.
Anesthesiology Topics Include:
Acute and chronic pain management
Neurosurgical anesthesia
Obstetric anesthesia
Patient safety and offsite anesthetic locations
Pediatric/neonatal anesthesia
Society guidelines in Anesthesiology
Surgical critical care
Thoracic/vascular anesthesia
Cardiovascular Medicine Topics Include:
Acute coronary syndromes
Cardiac arrhythmias evaluation and treatment
Congenital heart disease in adults
Coronary heart disease and revascularization
Critical care medicine
Heart failure
Peripheral artery disease
Valvular and aortic disease
Society guidelines in Cardiovascular Medicine
Emergency Medicine (Adult and Pediatric)
Environmental emergencies
Medical emergencies
Orthopedics
Procedures
Resuscitation
Signs and Symptoms
Toxicology
Trauma
Society guidelines in Emergency Medicine (Adult and Pediatric)
Major Topics Areas Also Include:
Allergy and Immunology
Dermatology
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Family Medicine and General Practice
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
General Surgery
Hematology
Hospital Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology and Hypertension
Neurology
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
Oncology
Palliative Care
Pediatrics
Primary Care (Adult)
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Rheumatology