The Ninth Circuit Puts Up Road Block to Motor Carrier Arguing that...
On Wednesday, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision that, on its face, involved a technical preemption issue, but one that will have serious repercussions for those in...
View ArticleCourt to hear Arizona death row inmate's appeal
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Friday whether to postpone an Arizona death row inmate's July 23 execution until officials reveal details about the two-drug combination that will be used to...
View ArticleFox Loses Latest Bid to Halt Dish's Place-Shifting Technology
Fox Broadcasting has lost again in its attempt to stop Dish's Hopper with Sling, also known as "Dish Anywhere."
View ArticlePress release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings
Horacio D. Rozanski was appointed as CEO, effectiv... )--Microchip Technology Incorporated , a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the...
View ArticleCourt Urged To Reject Facebook's Defense Of 'Sponsored Stories' Settlement
A coalition of parents is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reject Facebook's "unpersuasive" attempts to defend a $20 million settlement of a lawsuit about the sponsored stories program.
View ArticleNinth Circuit Court of Appeals TCPA Ruling: Thomas v. Taco Bell Corporation
In Thomas v. Taco Bell Corp. , No. 12-56458 , the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of Defendant Taco Bell Corporation, holding that Taco Bell could not be held liable...
View ArticleRedbox Collection of ZIP Codes Does Not Violate Song-Beverly Privacy Rights
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC , provider of the popular self-service kiosks that rent movies and video games in airports and other locations, received confirmation last month from the Ninth Circuit...
View ArticleDigital Privacy's New Age: Supreme Court Turns off...
In another installment of "Google does WHAT?!?," the Supreme Court on June 30 rejected the Silicon Valley giant's bid to stop a lawsuit accusing the search company of wiretapping.
View ArticleGroup asks court to block Arizona abortion law
Civil rights groups asked a federal appeals court Monday to let them try to block an Arizona law banning abortions based on race or gender because the statute was passed because of racial stereotypes...
View ArticleCalifornia Seeks Rehearing In Case on Whether Initiative Proponents Must be...
On June 30, California election officials asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider Chula Vista Citizens v Norris, 12-55726.
View ArticleIs the 'Food Court' Losing Steam? - An Update on Food and ...
Is the 'Food Court' Losing Steam? - An Update on Food and Beverage Consumer Class Actions in the Northern District of California In 2013, we examined the state of the ''Food Court'' in the Northern...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2014 John Marshall Fellows
Joel Alicea is a Clerk for Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and he will join Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, as an Associate in Fall 2014.
View ArticleFederal Judge Rules California Death Penalty Unconstitutional
The rationale behind the ruling is that the administration of capital punishment in California, specifically the significant delays and the high unlikelihood of execution, cause a violation of the...
View ArticleCaliforniaa s death penalty ruled unconstitutional
Judge Cormac J. Carney of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California vacated the 1995 death sentence of Ernest D. Jones.
View ArticleDeath Penalty Struck Down in Calif.
A federal judge in Orange County on Wednesday declared the death penalty "unconstitutional" in the state of California the first ruling of its kind in the United States.
View ArticleClass Claim Arbitration Waivers Win Big in Ninth Circuit
In two cases from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on June 23, 2014, arbitration agreements won big on the class-claims waiver issue.
View ArticleFact Check: Greg Abbott at the State GOP Convention
With help from The Washington Post 's fact-checking platform Truth Teller , we're analyzing the speeches that Texas' candidates for governor and lieutenant governor gave at their respective state...
View ArticleCalifornia death penalty: Executions so 'dysfunctional'...
Tim Walker is The Independent's Los Angeles correspondent, covering entertainment and other concerns from the West Coast of the US.
View ArticleIdaho Nurse's NSA Lawsuit Gains Firepower From ACLU, EFF
Anna Smith, an emergency neonatal nurse in Idaho, says she was shocked when she learned the National Security Agency collects and stores her phone records.
View ArticleCourt revives Idaho death row inmate's IQ claim
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says a federal judge in Idaho must reconsider whether a death row inmate is too mentally disabled to be executed.
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