all - Opinion Summaries

Fox v. Elk Run Coal Company, Inc.

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving a claim for Black Lung Benefits, the Benefits Review Board's holding that defendant's conduct of failing to disclose all the...

Haro v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, a class of Medicare beneficiaries, in an action challenging the Secretary of Health and Human Services'...

Kennedy v. Colvin

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The district court properly affirmed defendant-Commissioner's denial of plaintiff's application for supplemental security income benefits under the...

Parker Shattuck Neighbors v. Berkeley

Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to challenge a proposed mixed-use commercial and residential project...

Allergan, Inc. v. Athena Cosmetics, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment holding that defendant violated California's unfair competition law (UCL) by marketing, distributing and selling, without regulatory...

US v. Wood

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
Defendant's commitment after a finding that he was a "sexually dangerous person" under the Adam Walsh Act is affirmed, where: 1) there was no due...

County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
The trial court did not err in ordering the public guardian to petition for a conservatorship and to act as conservator for a defendant who was...

Beeman v. Anthem Prescription Mgmt.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Civil Code section 2527, which requires prescription drug claims processors to compile and summarize information on pharmacy fees and to transmit the...

Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In response to the 2nd circuit's certified question: under New York Law, a current or former longtime heavy smoker who has not been diagnosed with a...

Kolbe v. Tibbetts

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Appellate Division's grant of summary judgment to defendants in a breach of contract action, in which plaintiffs allege that by increasing their...