Medical Malpractice: How to avoid product liability lawsuits. Your facility may be on the hook for defective drugs and devices.

Are sales reps in the OR responsible when devices fail? Patient lawsuit over spinal implant that cracked in half points accusatory finger at rep in the room.

Suit: Surgeon removed wrong rib and then lied about it. "The cover-up is worse than the crime here," says patient's lawyer.

Legal Update: Tapping into the self-insured employer market. Direct contracts with employers cut out insurance's middleman.

Medical Malpractice: suits from slips, trips and falls. What's your liability when a patient takes a tumble at your facility?

Medical Malpractice: beware the risks of secondhand equipment. Used capital equipment isn't always such a bargain.

Medical malpractice. Talking your way out of a lawsuit.

Medical Malpractice: Could Your Front Desk Get You Sued? Be careful who's dispensing advice to patients.

Legal Update: Are you paying your medical director fairly? The feds are clamping down on physician compensation arrangements.

Legal Update: Are your GI lab services legal? Exclusive pathology contracts can attract anti-kickback scrutiny.

Medical Malpractice: Lessons from the insulting anesthesiologist. She was caught on a smartphone mocking her sedated patient.

Medical Malpractice: EMRs can be your friend or foe in a lawsuit. Electronic medical records can trip you up in court.

Medical Malpractice: Cleared for surgery? You should have a clear protocol for obtaining medical clearances.

Medical Malpractice: Learning from a fatal medication error. Prevent a medication mix-up at your facility through careful inspection.

Medical Malpractice: Sedation, sexual assault and surgical centers. Protect your patients from caregiver abuse and the resultant lawsuits.

Legal update: Give Disruptive Docs the Boot - Outpatient Surgery Magaz

Surgeons' Lounge: Employment law. Will fired employees come back to haunt you?

Medical Malpractice: Are you getting the full picture on your docs? You have to look long and hard to verify a physician's credentials.

Man wins $1.8 million after surgeon removes his only remaining testicle. Patient was left sterile and suffers from a testosterone deficiency as a result of the doc's negligence.

Plastic surgeon faces malpractice allegations. For a Kentucky patient, an SSI wasn't the only post-op complication.