Malpractice

A review of the work of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct chronicles the costs of a tradition resistant to change.

Lawrence Schlachter has seen medicine from inside the operating room and the courtroom. Lots of doctors care about patient safety, he says. "They're just afraid to come out."

Updates to past Pacific Standard print stories.

A firm sold 18,000 knee-replacement tools before the government called a halt. The OtisKnee case shows just how easily trust can be violated in the rapidly evolving world of medical devices, a thriving $110 billion-a-year industry.