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[01/22] Illinois moment of silence ruled unconstitutional
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[01/22] Ex-US attorney to prosecute suspects at Guantanamo
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[01/21] Court rules for young girl in sex harassment case
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Civil Rights
[01/22] Illinois moment of silence ruled unconstitutional
[01/21] Nashville may make English government language
[01/21] Contrasting positions of Obama, Bush on abortion
[01/21] Colorado group lobbies in Wyoming on gay marriage
[01/20] Tuskegee Airman attends inaugural, recalls racism
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[01/15] ACLU challenges secrecy of US whistleblower law
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Drugs and Biotech
[01/20] Abbott Opens New Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory in Singapore
[01/19] As SEIU Prepares Hostile Takeover of United Healthcare Workers, Surveillance of Local Union Office Ends in Assault by Off-Duty Police Officer
[01/19] Stents Can Treat - Not Just Prevent - Strokes, Suggests Early Research
[01/19] Wrist Access Safer, Easier for Many Patients UndergoingsMinimally Invasive Treatment of Blocked Heart Arteries
[01/19] DaVita 'Flu Fighter Program' Vaccinates 85 Percent of Patients
[01/19] Zayed Future Energy Prize Recognizes Dipal C. Barua
[01/19] Aribex(R) Awarded Patents for Handheld X-ray
[01/19] DHA Hailed as Breakthrough Treatment for Lowering Risk of Developmental Disorders in Premature Infants; Animi-3(R) Prescribed to Women Who Are Not Eating Fish
[01/19] ACS is 'Best in KLAS' for Healthcare Financial Implementation Services for Second Consecutive Year
[01/19] The Amazing Heat Pack: The Most Innovative First Aid Solution Since the Band-Aid
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Family Law
[01/21] In re E.W.
Juvenile court order terminating defendant-mother's parental rights at hearing held under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 is affirmed over challenges brought under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) where any error was not prejudicial.
[01/12] Owens v. Auto. Machinists Pension Trust
In a suit regarding the denial of distribution of pension benefits to a quasi-marital spouse, denial of the defendant's motion for reconsideration is affirmed where: 1) because of the quasi-marital relationship, the Superior Court's distribution order did in fact relate to "marital property rights"; 2) the spouse was an "Alternate Payee" under ERISA; and 3) the Superior Court's order qualified as a valid Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
[01/07] First Colony Life Ins. Co. v. Sanford
Summary judgment for the insurance company, finding that defendant is not owed a $100,000 death benefit because he did not have an insurable interest in the minor who lived with him for the last year of his life, was improper because there is a factual dispute as to whether defendant stood in loco parentis to the minor.
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Drugs & Biotech
[01/15] Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. v. Cordis Corp.
In a patent case involving a drug-eluting expandable stent with a coating that has a non-thrombogenic surface, denial of defendant's motion for a new trial and judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) following a jury verdict of infringement of a patent claim is reversed where the district court erred as a matter of law in failing to hold the patent at issue to have been obvious.
[01/06] Rankin v. Longs Drug Stores California, Inc.
Although drug store chain violated California's Labor Code section 432.7 by asking prospective employees whether they had been convicted of drug offenses in the preceding seven years, it is relieved of liability under abatement principles, because the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act now expressly authorizes drug stores to pose such questions to their applicants "notwithstanding State law."
[01/05] Ashley County v. Pfizer, Inc.
In a suit by Arkansas counties against manufacturers and distributors of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine seeking recovery of costs stemming from the methamphetamine epidemic in the state, grant of defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings is affirmed where: 1) the circumstances connecting the sales of cold medication to the provision of government services were simply too attenuated to give rise to an implied contract between the manufacturers and county providers to state a cause of action for unjust enrichment; 2) common law nuisance and Arkansas statutory claims failed for lack of proximate causation.
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Wills & Trusts
[06/30] MICHAEL J. v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (ROGERS)
The conservator of the person and the estate of a mentally disabled person who is unable to communicate her wishes does not have the power to initiate and prosecute a petition for the dissolution of her marriage.
[03/12] E. ARMATA, INC. v. KOREA COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEW YORK
Under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), a bank is not liable to the beneficiaries of a PACA trust for receipt of funds in breach of the trust where, having extended revolving overdraft privileges to a produce dealer covered by PACA, the bank routinely applied deposited PACA funds to reduce the negative balance in the produce dealer's overdrawn account.
[03/12] E. ARMATA, INC. v. KOREA COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEW YORK
Under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), a bank is not liable to the beneficiaries of a PACA trust for receipt of funds in breach of the trust where, having extended revolving overdraft privileges to a produce dealer covered by PACA, the bank routinely applied deposited PACA funds to reduce the negative balance in the produce dealer's overdrawn account. (Amended opinion)
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