2006 Archived News

2006

November/December 2006

Michael H. Cohen, Esq. is admitted to the Bar of England and Wales as a Solicitor (non-practicing), adding the U.K. law credential to existing membership in the Bar of California, New York, and Massachusetts.

Donna Eden’s Energy Medicine Program is added to the list of selected recent clients.

Michael H. Cohen Law Group – October 2006
The Practice of Integrative Medicine: A Legal and Operational Guide soon available from Springer Publishing. Authored by Michael H. Cohen, Mary Ruggie, PhD of Harvard University, and Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD of the University of Pennsylvania.

Barbados visit to the University of West Indies by Michael H. Cohen to discuss legal issues of regional (Caribbean) and international importance, including those relevant to intellectual property and the law of international organizations.

Nice plugs for the Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog:

“Useful resource for holistic practitioners: Boston-area Attorney Michael H. Cohen’s CamLaw Blog – The Complementary and Alternative Medicine Law Blog. Covers latest developments affecting practice of alternative medicine, as well as updates on key issues. While Cohen is a legal wonk who specializes in litigation affecting the practice of complementary and alternative medicine, he writes clearly and provides a much-needed service with this blog. No gobbledly-gook here. Just the straight dope.”
—The Mind-Body-Journal.

“Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog: Published by the leading expert in the field, CAMLaw is a great current awareness resource for new laws and new secondary sources.”
—Georgetown Law Library (resource center for complementary and alternative medicine).

“CAMLaw continues to add extremely informative articles worthy of a read and consideration.”
—Bob Carroll, Esq. of Perenich, Carroll, Perenich, Avril, Caulfield & Noyes, P.A. (Florida).

September 2006

Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion published by the University of North Carolina Press. Health law specialist and Professor Lawrence Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center and the Center for Law and the Public’s Health, has favorably reviewed the book:

“Michael Cohen eloquently explores pathways to healing–a universal human desire. He opens our eyes to new ways to think about health–beyond the exclusivity of science and medicine to a wonderful array of different traditions and methodologies. For modern health care professionals, this book offers rich rewards.”

Michael H. Cohen received more-than passing scores on all three portions of the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, qualifying him to apply for admission to the Law Society of England and Wales.

August 2006

Michael H. Cohen’s faculty page at the Harvard School of Public Health is online.

Mr. Cohen also joins the Board of Directors of the Society of Integrative Oncology.

Mr. Cohen is interviewed by Contemporary Pediatrics on legal and ethical issues concerning pediatric use of complementary therapies. As the practice continues to expand (see list of selected recent clients), the firm has moved its canine attorney link.

May 2006

May 6, 2006: ichael H. Cohen speaks on “Naturopathic Ethics in the 21st Century” at a day conference organized by the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Examiners.

March 2006

March 7-9 2006: Michael H. Cohen in Barbados at the University of West Indies.

April 2006

Michael H. Cohen arrives at HQ (formerly the Albany House) by making a brief appearance as an extra in “James Bond: Casino Royale” in two days of filming in Nassau, the Bahamas. He is later spotted at the Nassau International Airport en route to Abaco by a Swiss banker in a tan raincoat who in a hushed voice asks him to confirm: “MI-6?”

January 2006

January 3-11, 2006: Michael H. Cohen directs Winter session course on “Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Health Law and Policy” at Harvard School of Public Health (Department of Health Policy and Management).