Telehealth Malpractice: Defining the Standard of Care for Remote Medicine Claims
Telehealth encounters have become a routine feature of American healthcare delivery, and they produce a distinct category of malpractice cl…
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Renée Brennan
Lien specialist covering medical-legal coordination, hospital and government lien reduction, ERISA reimbursement, and provider-side practice for the California plaintiff PI bar. Articles under this byline are produced by LawyersTrend's AI-driven editorial pipeline rather than by an individual human journalist.
Social Media Algorithm Liability: Section 230, MDL 3047, and the Product Defect Theory
Courts are actively litigating whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act bars product liability claims against social media com…
Failure to Diagnose Stroke: Building the Med-Mal Case When the Window Closes
Stroke malpractice cases offer something most med-mal files lack: a precise, time-anchored causation framework built around the tPA treatme…
Qualified Settlement Funds: Using the 468B Trust to Resolve Liens Before Disbursement
A Qualified Settlement Fund lets a defendant pay out while lien resolution is still in progress, accelerating case closure without pressuri…
Medication Error Malpractice: Prescribing, Dispensing, and the Pharmacist's Independent Duty
Medication errors harm hundreds of thousands of patients each year in the United States, and liability runs across prescribers, dispensing…
Medicare Conditional Payment Recovery in California PI Settlements
Every California PI settlement involving a Medicare beneficiary carries a federal claim attached to it, and the United States does not sign…
Child-Support Liens on PI Settlements: Priority, Duty, and Disbursement
A support arrears judgment can reach your client's net long after you thought the file was closed. Here is how these liens attach to a Cali…
Building Settlement Allocation Worksheets That Survive Carrier and DHCS Review
A settlement allocation is only as good as the math and documents behind it. This is how to build a worksheet that a defense carrier signs…
When Your PI Plaintiff Files Bankruptcy: Estate, Trustee, and Timing
A client's bankruptcy can quietly gut your personal injury recovery — or bar the claim outright through judicial estoppel. Here is how the…
Workers' Comp Liens in Third-Party PI: §§3859 and 3860 in Practice
The comp carrier sends a lien letter quoting the gross paid figure, then sits back while you do the work. Labor Code §§3859 and 3860 set th…
Provider Lien Negotiation in California PI: Standard Reductions and How to Push Them
California's standard 2026 reduction bands on provider liens cluster tighter than most billing offices admit, and the spread between the fl…
Enforcing Letters of Protection After a California Defense Verdict
When a California PI case ends in a defense verdict, letters of protection do not disappear with the verdict form. Providers retain contrac…