Maricopa County to settle pink underwear case; suit blamed policy in inmate's...
The estate of a mentally ill man has agreed to settle a suit that indirectly tied his death to a jail policy requiring inmates to don pink underwear. The case was set for trial a second time on Sept.
View Article9th Circuit voids L.A. murder conviction, cites prosecution bias
A federal appeals court unanimously overturned a Southern California man's second-degree murder conviction Tuesday, ruling that a Los Angeles prosecutor improperly struck a prospective juror because...
View ArticleCourt Rules for Yelp in Lawsuit
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that even if Yelp did manipulate reviews to penalize businesses, the practice would not constitute extortion. The court said businesses do not...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Panel Eviscerates What's Left of Anti-Equality Arguments: A...
A soft-spoken attorney representing Idaho started his state's anti-marriage equality argument by suggesting that allowing gays to marry violates the "bonding right" of children that they will be raised...
View Article'The Train Has Left the Station'
The long battle over marriage equality in Idaho reached a crucial stage Sept. 8, when the state's ban on same-sex marriage went before a three-judge panel at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Judges Hint at Favorable Ruling Coming Soon
It's impossible to predict exactly how a court will rule, but on Monday a three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gave every indication that they'll strike down same-sex marriage bans...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Holds That Loan Purchasers Are Victims Under the MVRA
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a restitution order in favor of both the originator and purchaser of two fraudulently obtained mortgages under the Mandatory Victim...
View ArticleSupreme Court Takes Up Federal Right to Same-Sex Marriage
From the former capital of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, comes the spark for a Supreme Court decision that could extend same-sex marriage to all fifty states within a year. On August 20, 2014,...
View ArticleIs Your Browsewrap Terms of Use Agreement Enforceable?
Many websites use browsewrap terms of use agreements, which say that by virtue of using or making a purchase on the website, the user agrees to those terms of use. However, the 9th Circuit's recent...
View ArticleCourt: 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 Sept. 3. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit...
View ArticleNational Organization for Marriage continues legal battle against Oregon's...
California attorney John Eastman, who represented the National Organization of Marriage in federal court in Eugene last April, is involved in the group's latest legal effort to halt same-sex marriage...
View ArticleSenators and Other Experts to Appeals Court: NSA's Phone Records ...
Smith v. Obama , a challenge to the NSA's warrantless collection of phone records, currently before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, has received some high-profile support.
View ArticleMental Health Parity Act: A Litigation Update
The Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act , like many similar state parity laws, mandates that financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to mental health benefits...
View ArticleThird Circuit Upholds New Jersey's Ban On Ex-Gay Therapy
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that New Jersey's ban on sexual orientation change efforts , also known as ex-gay therapy, is constitutional. This was another defeat for the Liberty...
View ArticleFamily of Slain Security Workers Take on Uncle Sam in 9th Circuit
A shadowy federal policy gave hired guns in Iraq freedom to kill with impunity and created a "lawless environment" that led to the kidnapping and beheading of three security workers, an attorney told...
View ArticleNASHUA -- Police in Maine arrested a suspected fugitive from...
Richard Waite, 25, of 5 Shedds Avenue in Nashua, was arrested by Nashua Police in Portland on an outstanding warrant for domestic violence, simple assault, which occurred in Nashua on Aug. 19. Waite...
View ArticleCourt Rules Yelp May Demand Money for Adding and Removing Reviews
The owners of the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cats and Dogs animal hospital reported what now seems like a bad joke or a tired gag : a Yelp representative offered to sell them ad space with the promise...
View ArticleGroups sue over oil shipments in older tank cars
Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation over the shipment of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars. The lawsuit filed Thursday by the Sierra Club and ForestEthics...
View ArticleLongtime gay rights activist Cleve Jones on LGBT movement in Las Vegas,...
Las Vegas Pride celebrated its 31st year in Southern Nevada over the weekend. Then, on Monday, a federal appeals court in San Francisco heard oral arguments in a case challenging Nevada's same-sex...
View Article9th Circuit resurrects alien tort suit claiming companies aided child slavery...
A federal appeals court has resurrected an alien tort suit filed by former child slaves who claim three corporations aided Ivory Coast cocoa farmers who kept children in captivity. The decision by the...
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