Join us at the Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen on 20 November, 2017 to discuss Legal Perspectives on Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing. CALL FOR PAPERS Emerging technologies in Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing offer incredible opportunities and promising solutions to some of the most urgent challenges faced by…
By Abraham Gutman The legal status of medical marijuana in the United States is unique. On one hand, the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug with no acceptable medical use and high potential for abuse. On the other hand, as of February 1, 2017, 27 states and the District of…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research We’re back after a few weeks’ hiatus because of summer holidays. There was much ado this week about the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), spurred by an article in the NY Times (third bullet down). Some of the conversation circling that article are captured in…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Our latest round-up of the biggest stories in housing law and equity, for the week of June 12-18, 2017: The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released the yearly State of the Nation Housing report. The report encourages a renewed national commitment to expand…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research It was a busy week in housing equity and the law! Here’s the news from the week of June 5-11, 2017: The National Low Income Housing Coalition published Out of Reach 2017, a comprehensive report and tool to assess housing affordability in the U.S. The tool…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Affordable housing was the biggest topic of conversation last week, May 29-June 4. Here’s the week in review for housing equity and the law: Vox published an interactive tool with “Everything you need to know about the affordable housing debate.” It covers issues from “What is…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research We’re back this week with more news from the field of housing law and equity. Here’s the latest for the week of May 22-29, 2017: The Atlantic ran an investigative piece on one of the largest lead crises in the history of the US – New…
By John Tingle and Jen Minford It is important to take a broad holistic approach when looking at patient safety policy development and practice in the NHS. There cannot be a one size fits all approach and a number of possibly quite disparate organisations and stakeholders in the NHS and beyond must be consulted and…
By John Tingle The NHS LA is a pivotal organisations in the NHS whose work has a daily impact on the lives of patients and on all those who work in the health service. The NHS LA have recently published its new five year strategy which reveals some very interesting and informative data, trends, insights…
By Scott Burris Paul Erwin, Associate Editor of the American Journal of Public Health, recently wrote about the establishment of a Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance System for Policy Change Impact, or what might be called “sentinel policy surveillance.” The network of twelve diverse health officers will be trying to identify and share instances of harmful impact from Trump…
