Company Sues Former Officer For Failing To File Form 4s
A complaint filed in the Central District of California caught my eye because it involved the rather unusual circumstance of a corporation suing a former director and officer for, among other things,...
View ArticleMarriage bans are questioned by federal judges
Federal appeals judges bristled yesterday at arguments defending gay-marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin, with one Republican appointee citing the demise of past bans on weddings between blacks and...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Executive Order 13673 will wipe out California jobs
Earlier, I discussed President Obama's Executive Order 13,673 , which "will allow trial lawyers to extort larger settlements from companies, and enable bureaucratic agencies to extract costly...
View ArticleU.S. rules FedEx Ground drivers are employees, can file lawsuits
A Federal Express truck makes its way down a freeway in San Diego, California on August 22, 2014.
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court: Officers Can't Anally Probe Inmate Without Medical...
Corrections officers violated the Constitution when they probed an inmate's anal cavity to search and remove suspected drugs without any medical assistance, a federal appeals court ruled this week.
View ArticleReversal by 9th Circuit in FedEx Overtime Case
FedEx misclassified more than 3,000 delivery drivers in California and Oregon as independent contractors rather than employees, the 9th Circuit ruled Wednesday.
View ArticleFederal appeals court dismisses anti-gay marriage group's bid to halt Oregon...
Deana Geiger and Janine Nelson kiss after exchanging vows in Multnomah County's first gay marriage of 2014.
View Article'Plebiscite appeal heard: 9th Circuit judges take on political status vote.'
"Plebiscite appeal heard: 9th Circuit judges take on political status vote." The Pacific Daily News of Guam has this report .
View ArticleReagan Appointee 'Unravels FedEx's Business Model' In Court Ruling
In a decision that one judge wrote "substantially unravels FedEx's business model," a panel of federal judges ruled Wednesday that FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery drivers are employees of the...
View Article9th Circuit Rules For Repatriating Skeletons
The 9th Circuit on Wednesday refused to overturn the repatriation of 9,000-year-old skeletons to the Kumeyaay Indian Tribes.
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: Fed-Ex misclassified workers, court panel rules
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday concluded that Moon-based FedEx Ground drivers in California and Oregon were misclassified as independent...
View ArticlePlebiscite appeal heard: 9th Circuit judges take on political status vote
The Office of the Attorney General yesterday defended Guam's Decolonization Registry against claims that it discriminates along racial lines.
View ArticleN.D. Cal. Just Opened the Damages Umbrella
In County of San Mateo v. CSL, Limited , Case No. 3:10-cv-05686-JSC , the Northern District of California held that California's antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, allows the recovery of umbrella damages.
View ArticleNinth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of CERCLA Contribution Action
On August 27, the Ninth Circuit ) issued a decision in Asarco, LLC v. Union Pacific Railroad Company , No.
View ArticleKiller-Cop Case Revived by 9th Circuit in Ferguson's Wake
A jury must decide if a man reached for his gun before five Anaheim police officers opened fire and killed him, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday.
View ArticleCopyright and performance rights in an online video world
We can chalk up another Internet-prompted intellectual property frontier: performance rights.
View ArticleBid to Suppress Evidence Granted by 9th Circuit
Cops who allegedly saw a man standing on his porch with a firearm had no cause to surround the Los Angeles home and order him outside at gunpoint, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday.
View ArticleCalifornia high court nominee's life at a glance
Stanford University law professor, 2001-present; law clerk to U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Mary Schroeder, 2000-2001; research assistant at Hoover Institution, 1999; senior adviser to the...
View ArticleAlaska Land Dispute Nixed by 9th Circuit
Landowners cannot sue Alaska over control of the land beneath the "navigable waters" of rivers and streams, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday, affirming the case's dismissal.
View Article2,300 FedEx Ground staff vindicated in Court of Appeal
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that a class of 2,300 individuals working for FedEx Ground was misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees.
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