Distributed ledger technologies are rising in popularity, mainly for the host of financial applications they potentially enable, through smart contracts. Several implementations of distributed ledgers have been proposed, and different languages for the development of smart contracts have been suggested. A great deal of attention is given to the practice of development, i.e. programming, of smar...

Medical liability coverage has become increasingly expensive and scarce since 2001, especially for obstetrics and other high-risk specialties. Physicians, whose own fees are constrained, see this as a crisis needing tort reform to cap payouts. Plaintiffs' lawyers fight caps; they blame insurance trends and call for stronger regulation of insurers and physicians. Doctors' arguments are somewhat ...

For some time now, there has been discussion among lawyers in the Netherlands about the position of personal injury victims in liability law. Questions have been raised as to how victims experience the compensation procedure. Several aspects have been criticised, such as the role of lawyers and insurance companies. A study done by Stichting De Ombudsman showed that lawyers sometimes forget to i...

The easy availability of information on the internet has drastically changed the way that lawyers conduct legal research and has also affected the standards for competency to which lawyers are held This Article explores the ways in which judges' and lawyers' expectations have been shaped by technological changes in the last two decades. The Article reviews the various ways in which the adequacy...