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Your Liability as a Pharmacist: Minimizing Risk, Cardinal Health Retail Business Conference, Chicago, IL, July 13-16, 2005. (Co-Presenter.)

Evaluating Therapeutic Equivalence: A Pharmacist's Guide: 2005 Update, APhA Continuing Education Program, Bentonville, Arkansas, May 10, 2005.

Controlled Substance Prescriptions and Pain Management: Striking a Balance, Cardinal Health Retail Business Conference, Anaheim, California, August 4, 2004; Kentucky and Virginia Pharmacists Association, Breaks Interstate Park, Elkhorn City, Kentucky, October 8, 2004; APhA Continuing Education Program, Detroit, Michigan, January 25, 2005.

To Speak or Not to Speak . . . Preparing for a Board of Pharmacy Investigation, American Society for Pharmacy Law Developments in Pharmacy Law XV, St. Petersburg, FL, November 13, 2004. (Co-Presenter.) View this article

Bioterrorism Preparedness Training for Pharmacists and Nurses: Legal and Regulatory Issues, Southern Illinois Telehealth Center, Springfield, Illinois, July 16 - 17, 2004 (Sponsored by University of Illinois Colleges of Pharmacy and Nursing, the Illinois Health Education Consortium, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, and SIU Telehealth Program; Funded by a training grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services).

Pharmacy Law Update, UIC Pharmacy Alumni Weekend, Oak Brook Hills Resort, April 24, 2004.
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Is it Legitimate? Assessing the Legitimacy of Controlled Substance Prescriptions, American Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 28, 2004. View this article

The Pharmacist's Evolving Duty to Warn: A View From the Courts, Clinical Trends in Pharmacy Practice, Vol. 18, No. 3 (2004). View this article

Co-Author, Legal and Regulatory Issues in Self-Care Pharmacy Practice, Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs (14th Ed.), Ch. 4, 2004

HIPAA and Pharmacy Practice for the Pharmacy Technician, Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists Tech Topics, Vol. 9, January 2004. View this article

Pharmacy Law Update, UIC Pharmacy Alumni Weekend, Oak Brook Hills Resort, April 25, 2003.

Pharmacy Law Roundtable - Prescription Drug Discount Cards, American Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2, 2003.

Is it Legitimate? Assessing Controlled Substance Prescriptions, American Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 30, 2003.

Legal Aspects of Controlled Substance Prescribing and Dispensing, University of Illinois Hospital, Grand Rounds, Chicago, Illinois, March 13, 2003.

Illinois Medicaid Update, Illinois Pharmacists Association, Various Locations, November 2002 through February 2003.

Case Law: Drug Utilization Review: Fact or Myth?, 12th Annual Pharmacy Law Institute Symposium, Ohio Northern University, July 26, 2002.

Practicing Pharmacy in the 21st Century: Liability and Practice Concerns, American Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 17, 2002.

Continuous Quality Improvement in Pharmacy: Legal, Regulatory and Practical Issues, California Pharmacists Association 2001 Western Pharmacy Education Faire, Reno, Nevada, October 9, 2001.

Pharmacy Law Update, Federal Bureau of Prisons Pharmacy Specialty Education Program, Jacksonville, Florida, September, 2001.

Pharmacy Peer Review, National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy and Technology Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 18-21, 2001. View this article

Peer Review: Can, and Should, Medication Error Reports be Protected from Discovery?, American Society for Pharmacy Law, Developments in Pharmacy Law Seminar XI: Medication Errors: Legal, Regulatory, and Marketplace Issues, Amelia Island, Florida, November 5, 2000.

Designing An Effective Quality Improvement Program, National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy, Managed Care, and Technology Conference, San Diego, California, August 30, 2000.
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Internet Pharmacy Practice: Legal and Marketplace Issues, American Pharmaceutical Association - Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 10, 2000.

Regulating Non-Traditional Pharmacy Practice, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy - Executive Officers Conference, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1999.

In Complete Confidence: Critical Issues in Patient Confidentiality, 1999 Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Annual Meeting, La Crosse, Wisconsin, August 14, 1999

Collaborative Drug Therapy Management: Legal Issues, Illinois Pharmacy Spring Congress, Springfield, Illinois, April 18, 1999.

Evolving Practice Liabilities: Dietary Supplements, American Pharmaceutical Association - Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 6, 1999.

PBM Practices and Contracting Issues: Illegal, Immoral, or Just Plain Unfair? National Community Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 28, 1997.

Quality Care, Pharmacist Credentialing and Peer Review: Creating A Liability Land Mine?, American Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting, ASPL Contributed Papers Session, Los Angeles, California, March, 1997. (Received James Hartly Beal Award as best pharmacy law paper for 1997.)

Telemedicine and Electronic Prescriptions: Identifying Legal Issues For Pharmacists In The Information Age, Glaxo Wellcome Trends In Pharmacy On-line Newsletter, December, 1996 (www.helix.com).

Legal Concerns Regarding State Licensing Requirements for Doctors Engaging in Telemedicine and for Mail-Order Pharmacists, The Pharmacy-Law Institute Summer Symposium - Legal Implications of Telemedicine and Electronic Prescriptions, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, July 26, 1996.

Identifying Ethical and Legal Concerns Associated With Telemedicine, The Pharmacy-Law Institute Summer Symposium - Legal Implications of Telemedicine and Electronic Prescriptions, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, July 26, 1996.

Legal Implications of Failing to Avoid the Pitfalls, Food and Drug Administration - Chicago District Office Workshop - Institutional Review Boards and Clinical Investigators: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Chicago, Illinois, January 17, 1996.

The Medical Bartender: Legal Issues Surrounding The Dispensing Of Controlled Substances To The Addicted Patient, American Society for Pharmacy Law Seminar VI, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16-19, 1995.

Do You Want To Know A Secret? Legal Issues Surrounding the Confidentiality of Prescription Records, American Pharmaceutical Association - Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March, 1995.

Proposed Restatement (Third) of Torts: Impact on Practice of Pharmacy, American Society for Pharmacy Law Seminar V, Phoenix, Arizona, November 17-20, 1994.

Describing the Pharmacist's Duty to Warn and Applying These Concepts to the Patient with Thyroid Disease, Walgreen Company, St. Louis, Missouri, November 8, 1994. (Program repeated in Illinois and Arizona.)

Patient Counseling and Risk Management for Pharmacists, American Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March, 1994.

Balancing Patient Care, Costs and the Threat of Litigation in an Ever Changing Medical Legal Environment, Institute For International Research, Healthcare Division - Strategies For Developing Usage Guidelines For Biotech Drugs, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1993.

Direct To Consumer Advertising Of Prescription Drugs: Expanding Consumer Awareness At The Risk Of Expanding Liability?, American Society For Pharmacy Law Seminar III, Tampa, Florida, December, 1992.