Christopher Robertson
@ProfCRobertson
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Prof @BU_Law. Author of Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance is Incomplete... (HUP 2019). Co-founder of JD-Next. Account is personal; not representing BU etc.
Boston, MA
Joined April 2018
A new paper by @ProfCRobertson @BU_Law and @ProfWEpstein @DePaulU in @NEJM highlights the role private law is poised to play in American health care in the coming years https://t.co/VbzUv7bNy0
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interesting that the Federal Judicial Center page on the contempt power seems to be down. https://t.co/LC06FmVauw still available at Wayback though https://t.co/5zvKgabpvJ
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"Some innovation saves lives; some innovation kills people,” says Robertson. https://t.co/mETjh9546q
technologyreview.com
Leaders of the FDA have published a list of new priorities for the agency. They want to deliver rapidly-approved cures and "unleash AI."
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CUPA’s annual free Expanded Access 101 webinar is 5/21, 12-1pm EDT. Geared toward those new to the topic, including patients, EA 101 will cover the basics of EA (aka compassionate use) to investigational medical products in the US. More info & registration
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And if you want to read the research paper, here it is: https://t.co/rapLjYUB9l Thank you! And I welcome feedback and collaborations.
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... by calling your Members of Congress and asking their legislative staff to attend. Here is a flyer with more details on the event: https://t.co/tg7K6hcD5r Here is the contact information for your Members of Congress: https://t.co/0tq9rOYudI
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Next week (Apr29), I am co-convening a Congressional briefing on the huge disparities in payment for surgeries for women and how that leads to really bad outcomes -- lifelong pain, disabilities, and even death. You get what you pay for! You can help! ...
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Check out our new book, Health Law as Private Law. In addition to the amazing co-editors and authors -- too many to list here, I am particularly excited to have Alexander Calder on the cover. The book is open-access, so dig in! https://t.co/V1fejAoXGh
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Check out the short podcast JAMA recorded with me to discuss the American Law Institute's new Restatement for medical liability. https://t.co/Jlu7bDFvJe
edhub.ama-assn.org
In 2024, the American Law Institute revised the legal standard for assessing medical negligence. Author Christopher T. Robertson, JD, PhD, of Boston University School of Law joins JAMA Executive...
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Our new special communication in @JAMA_current discussing the new restatement on medical liability. The new approach supports physicians who follow the science, rather than blind custom. If you need full text let me know. https://t.co/FtbG0NGoEs
jamanetwork.com
This Special Communication discusses the changes introduced in the first-ever restatement of the law of medical malpractice by the American Law Institute.
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My new piece on the litigation over vapes. One angle: SCt has increasingly said that agencies should be subject to presidential control, but here 5CA dings FDA for flip-flopping in their handling of an industry when the presidency changed. @MedlawDan
https://t.co/5JNdE12HKA
nejm.org
The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case about adolescent e-cigarette use and the FDA’s role in addressing it. A ruling against the FDA could have implications for its authority and for pub...
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Good Governing (Cambridge) is out. In time for XMas & Hannakuh.
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Check out the new podcast featuring our new work on structural sex discrimination in gynecology. https://t.co/QFMxELnL42 The paper, coming out in @EmoryLawJournal is available here: https://t.co/rPo2Tbi08N
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📢 Our new paper out today in @CognitionJourn explores the spillover effects of interacting with AI on relationships among people, an aspect often neglected in research on the social impact of AI. Open access: https://t.co/lHWgSN4k0T OSF:
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In this Viewpoint, @ProfCRobertson and JAMA's @KBibbinsDomingo and Gregory Curfman discuss the Braidwood Management Inc v Becerra case and how the intent of Congress, the health of the public, and the law may come into conflict and the risks to the USPSTF. https://t.co/f1msSjNRSX
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#BULawProf @nhuberfeld1, @ProfLMcClain, @Liz_McCuskey, @pelfreyduryea, @georgejannas, and their co-author's amicus curiae brief supporting the United States in Moyle is featured in @TheRegReview's Saturday Seminar on EMTALA. Read more here ⬇️
theregreview.org
Scholars discuss EMTALA’s effects on physicians and argue for its continued use.
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Women’s health has a history of being underfunded in the US. In this episode, Dr. @louise_p_king (MIGS) and @ProfCRobertson (law professor) discuss the inequitable reimbursement structures that persist within the field of OBGYN. https://t.co/bSvf4eCP2q
#OBGYN63 #MedEd @dramypark
backtable.com
Listen to the BackTable OBGYN Podcast on RVUs in Gynecologic Surgery: Equity & Reform with Dr. Louise King and Christopher Robert. Visit BackTable.com.
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Look at the security failures leading to Trump assassination attempt through the lens of federalism. America has a love affair with divided responsibility, and this episode shows graphically its costs.
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In the news coverage of the Trump closing arguments there was a lot of focus on witness credibility, but I'm still not clear on what the prosecutors alleged was the underlying crime that made it a felony. Did I miss a news cycle? @jedshug ?
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Those of us worried that Chat-GPT will steal all the lawyer jobs aren't seeing even the ripples yet. In late April ABA released the aggregated law school employment outcomes summary, employment for new JDs reached its highest level in the past decade!
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