Senior Judge
Robert Rancourt was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Addiction Policy Forum. As a member of the board, Rancourt joins leaders across the fields of prevention, treatment, recovery, criminal justice, and advocacy who work to support patients, families, and communities impacted by addiction.
Since his appointment as a Minnesota district court judge in 2002, Rancourt has championed improving how the judicial system responds to addiction. In September 2020, he was assigned to serve statewide as senior judge for Minnesota.
“I am honored to serve on the Board of Directors of the Addiction Policy Forum,” said Rancourt. “This is a wonderful organization that is leading the fight against the deadly consequences of addiction.”
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VIDEO: Alexander Stremitzer discusses the legal implications for physicians of following artificial intelligence advice in this new video from The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. view more
Credit: Video created by Alexander Stremitzer and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Center for Law and Economics.
Reston, Virginia Physicians who follow artificial intelligence (AI) advice may be considered less liable for medical malpractice than is commonly thought, according to a new study of potential jury candidates in the U.S. Published in the January issue of
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). The study provides the first data related to physicians potential liability for using AI in personalized medicine, which can often deviate from standard care.
NPR's Michel Martin discusses domestic extremism and counterterrorism with Mary McCord, legal director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center.
Marty Walsh (Courtesy Biden-Harris Transition)
Boston mayor chosen as Secretary of Labor, Rhode Island governor for Secretary of Commerce
Biden nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as Secretary of Labor and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as Secretary of Commerce. Additionally, he has nominated Don Graves as Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Isabel Guzman as Small Business Administrator. Graves is a banker who served on President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Guzman is director of California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate.
Walsh is in his second term as mayor of Boston. Prior to that position, he was a legislator for the 13th Sufffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, co-chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Labor Party Caucus and co-chair for the Special Commission on Public Construction Reform. He was also president of the Laborers’ Union Local 223, joining the union at age 21. He was elected secretary-tre
What we saw on display in Washington, DC yesterday, January 6
th, was fascism, plain and simple. And
if thereâs one thing we know about fascism from world history, itâs that it cannot be tolerated and must be met with a strong, definitive response. Those who participated in, facilitated, or otherwise supported such fanatical violence aimed at overturning our constitution and our democracy
must be held accountable for their actions. To let such actions go unanswered is only to let this cancer to our democracy fester and grow.
Our nation is rightfully having this conversation at the national level, for instance with elected officials discussing exercising Section 4 of the 25