The United Kingdom’s New Opt-Out Class Action

Optimal Class Size, Opt-Out Rights, and "Indivisible" Remedies

The meaning of opt-out.

In the June issue of Resuscitation, Nelson and colleagues1 deterine attitudes and opinions of persons who, a priori, chose to opt ut of an exception from informed consent (EFIC) cardiac arrest esearch trial. In order to opt out, a “no study” bracelet could be equested that expressed the wearer’s desire to not be included in he trial. A description of the mechanism to opt-out of the study was nc...

Opt-Out Options in New Product Co-Development Partnerships

We study three contractual arrangements – co-development, licensing, and co-development with opt-out options – for the joint development of new products between a small and financially constrained innovator firm and a large technology company, as in the case of a biotech innovator and a major pharma company. We formulate our arguments in the context of a two-stage model, characterized by techni...

In the United States, "Opt-Out" States Show No Increase in Access to Anesthesia Services for Medicare Beneficiaries Compared with Non-"Opt-Out" States.

In the United States, anesthesia care can be provided by anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists. Since 2001, 17 states have exercised their right to "opt-out" of the federal requirement that a physician supervise the administration of anesthesia by a nurse anesthetist, with the majority citing increased access to anesthesia care as the rationale for their decision. By using Medicare data, we f...

Should Australia consider opt-out HIV testing?

In 2012 and 2013, Australia had the highest incidence of HIV diagnoses in 20 years. 1 While there is no imminent threat of a generalised epidemic in Australia, the recent increase in HIV diagnoses reflects changing infection patterns that warrant an exploration of current testing practices. Opt-out HIV testing could decrease the number of undiagnosed infections and provide for timely connection...