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Attention Shoppers: Is There a Duty to Provide an AED?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Target sells Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) on its website for approximately $1,200. An untrained person can use this type of AED; the devices...
Ninth Circuit Approves Lower Medi-Cal Provider Payments
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Four cases. Eleven consolidated appeals. A bunch of big-name healthcare administrators. What more could you want? Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Can Four Pages be Worth $1 Million?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a four-page decision this week that could be worth almost $1 million to Michael Simard. Tuesday, a Ninth Circuit...
No, Really? Dragging Man Through Car Window is Excessive Force?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Is breaking a car window and dragging a person through it excessive force? Our gut says it is. To Honolulu cops, such conduct is "reasonable" and worthy of...
Anthrax Hoax Isn't Protected Free Speech
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Sacramento man’s conviction for mailing fake anthrax to people to promote his book about...
You Can't Use an APA Claim to Circumvent a BIA Ruling
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Saul Martinez filed a false application for asylum and withholding of removal based on his alleged political opinion. Four years later, he admitted that he...