Federal Appeals Court Certifies Class Action Against Allstate...
In a stunning defeat for Allstate Insurance Company, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 16 page ruling that a class action lawsuit involving 800 Allstate employees in California who alleged...
View ArticleSea Change: Ninth Circuit Holds That FedEx Drivers Are Employees - Not...
The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the nearly decade long misclassification dispute between FedEx and its drivers, holding that drivers in California are FedEx employees, not independent contractors....
View ArticleThursday Must Reads: Court Says Yelp Can Extort Small Businesses;...
Although Yelp has long denied engaging in this type of extortion, small businesses throughout the nation have repeatedly said that they have been threatened by Yelp ad sales people. Regardless, the...
View ArticleMarriage equality is spreading l...
Proponents of marriage equality have been kicking butt and taking names over the last year-and-a-half! These victories leave us with 19 states plus Washington, D.C., where LGBTQ individuals have the...
View ArticleCourt says coal discharge into bay is illegal
A permit covering storm-water runoff does not apply to coal falling from a conveyor belt into Resurrection Bay at Seward, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit...
View ArticleCongressional Aide Guise Supports Conviction of Calif. Tax Preparer
A tax preparer was properly convicted of impersonating a congressional aide in a scheme to calm a client, the divided 9th Circuit ruled Thursday. Susan Tomsha-Miguel, owner of a small tax-preparation...
View ArticleHere's something you don't often see -- Opinions concurring ...
Here's something you don't often see -- Opinions concurring in and dissenting from a grant of rehearing en banc: Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order granting rehearing...
View ArticleYelp Wins Yet Another Lawsuit Over Online Reviews and Ratings
Online review site Yelp can lower or raise the rating of a business depending on whether it advertises with the company, a federal appeals court ruled in a lawsuit filed by small businesses claiming...
View ArticleTech Giants Appeal Rejection of $325 Million Hiring Settlement
Four technology companies including Apple and Google blasted a U.S. judge for rejecting a proposed $324.5 million settlement over hiring practices in Silicon Valley and asked an appeals court to...
View ArticleThe rarest of judicial opinions?
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted en banc rehearing in Henry v. Ryan , a habeas case.
View ArticleAppeals Court Reinstates Ivory Coast Child Slaverly Lawsuit
A federal appeals court in San Francisco today reinstated a lawsuit filed by three citizens of Mali who say they were forced to work as child slaves on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast. The lawsuit was...
View ArticleCouples challenging Nevada's gay marriage ban ready for court
When Sara Geiger gave birth to her daughter five years ago, she and her partner couldn't avoid being reminded that they did not enjoy the same legal rights as other parents. Hospital staff, Geiger...
View ArticleHow the 9th Circuit drove secondary cybersquatting liability off the cliff
We've had a lot to say - and with good reason - about Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com, Inc. , the Ninth Circuit decision that held there is no cause of action for contributory cybersquatting...
View ArticleIdaho company officials appeal fraud convictions
Four officials at a failed southwest Idaho property management company convicted of fraud for bilking investors out of billions of dollars have filed appeals. The Idaho Statesman reported the appeals...
View ArticleCircuit Questions Long Sentencesfor Some Child Pornography Cases
Two 9th Circuit judges have questioned the long sentences that federal courts hand normally law-abiding people who might download child pornography because of ignorance or psychological problems. The...
View ArticleThis Week In Marriage Equality - Ninth Circuit Panel To Hear Oral Arguments...
First, in Louisiana a federal judge has upheld that state's ban on marriage equality in a problematic decision/opinion. It has been widely criticized in the media this week.
View ArticleTribe plans emergency appeal, says court may have misunderstood about...
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe says it will immediately file a motion to stay Judge Lynn Winmill's ruling today granting an injunction ordering the tribe to shut down the poker room at its Worley casino, and...
View ArticleIdaho joins states calling for U.S. Supreme Court to take up Utah, Oklahoma...
Idaho has joined sixteen other states in two briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, led by Colorado, urging the high court to take up the issue of same-sex marriage in cases from Utah and Oklahoma. The 17...
View Article$28.4M verdict in bus software lawsuit upheld
An appeals court has upheld the entire $28.4 million jury award in a lawsuit filed by a Missoula software company against the largest school bus company in North America. Education Logistics Inc. sued...
View ArticleSilicon Valley fights order to pay bigger settlement in tech talent hiring case
Silicon Valley is holding on tight to its wallet. Last month, a federal judge ordered four leading tech companies to come up with more money to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses them of...
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