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While Hawai‘i is home to some of the best weather and most scenic beauty on the planet, it also has its share of spots where the forces of nature can collide to create extremely unsafe conditions for residents...

Attorney Ilana Waxman, managing partner of Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman, has been selected to address a national audience of experts at the 7th annual Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference on March 6 and March 7, 2017, at...

As we remember last month’s 75th anniversary of the historic attack on Pearl Harbor, let’s not forget the Pearl Harbor shipyard workers, whose struggle followed. The heroic efforts of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, assisted by tenders and...

Above: Gary addressed an audience at the unveiling of a new mural at the Gary Galiher Law Building in 2016. By Cynthia Davis, RN, Medical Legal Assistant at Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman Those of us who knew and...

Scientists are continuing to develop new methods of treating mesothelioma, and looking for improvements to existing treatments such as chemotherapy and surgery. Their innovations are advancing care practices not only of mesothelioma, but of cancer in all its...

Elderly people are the targets of many forms of abuse. While it will sometimes be obvious, it goes undiscovered far too often. The elderly are frequently unable—too afraid or too frail—to report abuse themselves. Thus, different types of...

After a decade of intense advocacy by the American Association for Justice, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule prohibiting all federally funded nursing homes from using forced arbitration agreements against their residents. Because...

This is part two of a program about sports and concussions featuring Vince Goo, former head coach of the University of Hawai‘i Wahine basketball team. When the news broke about the discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy—the degenerative brain...