John O’Brien

Portland

Senior Research Analyst at Uptime Institute

Research Director, IDC

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‘Our courts aren’t casinos’: Tort reform moves ahead in Oklahoma

2 weeks ago | legalnewsline.com | John O’Brien

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma lawmakers are poised to finally pass a law that brings back what was struck more than five years ago by the state Supreme Court - a cap on certain damages in lawsuits that helps businesses avoid blockbuster verdicts. Parts of a tort-reform package have been included in a budget deal between leaders in both chambers of the Oklahoma Legislature and Gov.
Cortical microstructural abnormalities in dementia with Lewy bodies and their associations with Alzheimer’s disease copathologies - npj Parkinson's Disease

3 weeks ago | nature.com | Christopher Schwarz |Matthew L. Senjem |Prashanthi Vemuri |Leah Forsberg |David Jones |Hugo Botha | +7 more

AbstractDementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) frequently coexists with Alzheimer’s disease pathology, yet the pattern of cortical microstructural injury and its relationship with amyloid, tau, and cerebrovascular pathologies remains unclear.
Ask ACE: How can I handle rude colleagues?

1 month ago | mainebiz.biz | John O’Brien

Q: How can I handle rude colleagues? ACE advises: We live in tense times. Rude and uncivil behavior — especially at work — seems to be on the rise. In a 2022 Harvard Business Review article, Christine Porath reported that 76% of workers had witnessed or experienced incivility at work within the previous month. So, what can you do about inconsiderate colleagues? 1. Start with self-awareness: Consider how your own behavior might be perceived.
Column: Reform bill would close small Vermont schools

1 month ago | vnews.com | John O’Brien

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By JOHN O’BRIEN For the Valley News Published: 05-01-2025 1:27 PM The bill H.
BODS OR BOTS? - CX Network

2 months ago | cxnetwork.com.au | John O’Brien

The entertainment industry attracts a wide variety of people. Creatives, weirdos, and free thinkers get mixed up with practical, technical, logical minds – an unholy alliance that is so much greater than the sum of its parts. This maelstrom of temperaments and talents is seemingly required to stage a successful show. Getting the balance right for each cast and crew melange is always a juggle but when it gels nicely it lifts everyone a few steps higher and the results can be seen on stage.
Ask ACE: What management practices will maximize respect and minimize rudeness at work?

2 months ago | mainebiz.biz | John O’Brien

Processing Your Payment Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a fewmoments. Q: What management practices will maximize respect and minimize rudeness at work? ACE advises: Poorly managed stress in workplaces creates behavior that is rude and disrespectful. This incivility affects the target, any witnesses and eventually the culprit.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? — CX Network

Feb 23, 2025 | cxnetwork.com.au | John O’Brien

Have we got a video? YES, we’ve got a video.” The Young Ones were responsible for myriad quotable lines and that one has long stuck with me. But that was the ’80s and we watched courtesy of government funded TV (BBC and ABC). That’s how our generation rolled. There’s a meme going around that jokes about Gen X getting pissed off by paying for our music collections multiple times over.
Convenience is the new retail king in Great Britain

Jan 20, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | David Pinto |Sheila Arquette |John O’Brien |Susan A. Cantrell

By David PintoThe Economist, that news-oriented, internationally flavored, reasonably neutral, highly regarded weekly print publication, recently explored, in print, the newest, or not so new, emerging retail format in the United Kingdom: the corner store.
Prospects for PBM reform in’25 look good

Jan 20, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | Jeffrey Woldt |David Pinto |Sheila Arquette |John O’Brien

By Jeffrey Woldt Retail pharmacy operators had their hopes of finally a-chieving federal PBM reform dashed last month, when rapidly changing political dynamics led to the collapse of a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) that would, to some extent, have reined in middlemen in the prescription drug market. While the demise of the bill brings to mind other occasions when PBM reform seemed near at hand, the latest attempt provides reason to be cautiously optimistic.
DOJ sues Walgreens over unlawful opioid prescriptions

Jan 19, 2025 | chaindrugreview.com | Sheila Arquette |John O’Brien |Bill Schiffner

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued Walgreens over allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions.