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Wright v. Superior Court (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a commitment proceeding under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), a petition for writ of mandate and prohibition is denied, but without...

Boysel v. Superior Court (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a commitment proceeding under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), a petition for writ of mandate and prohibition is denied, but without...

Reilly v. Superior Court (People)

Health Law
In a commitment proceeding under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), a petition for writ of mandate and prohibition is granted, where: 1) an...

Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an airline pilot's suit alleging that government agencies violated the Privacy Act of 1974 by unlawfully disclosing his confidential medical...

Sec'y of Labor v. Doyle

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the Secretary of Labor against individuals arising from their alleged breach of fiduciary duties to a union health benefit plan...

California Ass'n for Health Service at Home v. State Dep't of Health Care Services

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a case challenging the Department of Health Care Services review of Medi-Cal reimbursement rates paid to providers of home health agency services,...

Ergo Licensing, LLC v. CareFusion 303, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent infringement litigation over a patent on an infusion system used to meter and simultaneously deliver fluids from multiple fluid sources into...

E.M.A. v. Cansler

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a contest between the victim of medical malpractice and the State of North Carolina over the proceeds from a lump-sum settlement of the malpractice...

Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that a state employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 USC section 2612(a)(1)(D), by denying the plaintiff...

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case involving two patents that concerned the use of thiopurine drugs to treat autoimmune diseases, the Federal Circuit's...