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US v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
Conviction of defendant for Medicare fraud is affirmed where: 1) defendant can show no plain error in denying her motion to exclude redacted recording...

In re Chapman

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Decision of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Inferences, finding that certain claims of an application directed at...

Mason v. Smithkine Beecham Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against the manufacturer of the drug Paxil, an antidepressant, claiming that the company was negligent for not warning that...

D.L. v. Unified Sch. Dist. No. 497

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law
In an action challenging a local school district's conclusion that plaintiff-students were ineligible for special education services, summary judgment...

Carreras v. Sajo Garcia & Partners

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's workplace discrimination and retaliation suit, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) district court acted well within...

Cooper v. FAA

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a Privacy Act action based on an exchange of information about plaintiff performed as part of a joint criminal investigation by multiple federal...

Johnson v. DiversiCare Afton Oaks LLC

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a nursing home employee who allegedly suffered retaliation due to reporting a violation of law, summary judgment for defendants is...

Rohrbough v. Univ. of Colo. Hosp. Auth.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's employer, a public hospital, fired her in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights, summary...

Lors v. Dean

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act action claiming that defendant employer removed plaintiff from a team leader position based on his disability,...

Peacock v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the U.S. for alleged breaches in the standard of care by veterans hospitals who operated on plaintiff, dismissal of the action is...