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Scientific advancements and a greater understanding of the issues that affect the health and safety of young athletes are key to reducing sports-related concussions in youth, reads Congress’s Youth Sports Concussion Act of 2013. States across the country...

Above: The connective neurons of the brain are stained green by an antibody to SNTF, which is a protein that could soon be used to detect concussive injuries. New Protein Biomarker Highlights Damaged Brain Wiring After Concussion, Finds...

It's About More Than Money We at Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman value social justice and fight for it every day. We bring cases to court on behalf of the people of Hawai‘i. Furthermore, when working with private individuals,...

Jamie Higa was on her college basketball team when she suffered her fourth concussion. Recovery has taken years. Her coach "did not take injuries seriously," and pressured her team to play through any pain. Concussions, Jamie learned, belong...

In today's podcast, we're delving into the subject of food-borne illness and the variety of fascinating subjects surrounding it. It's impossible to really know what we put in our mouths. We think we know, but when we buy...

Lies & Fraud Abounding In today's show, we hear the story of a company's willingness to lie in service of profit. Tune in, and learn about how Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman forced them to show the documents they...

Elder abuse is a broad term which encompasses several different forms of neglect, abuse, and exploitation of an older person. There are hundreds of thousands of victims of elder abuse across America every year, and the problem is...

Pat Nakata was an icon of his community in Hawai‘i, as good as a citizen can get. Suddenly, he was afflicted by a terrible disease, and only because asbestos was put in the products he worked with by an...