When a Bad Yelp Review Gets You a Bigger Discount
The feud between a small Italian restaurant in California and the Yelp review site is getting more intense. The owners of Botto Bistro, an Italian restaurant in Richmond, California, are upset with the...
View ArticleCostco Dodges Luxury Watch Copyright Suit
Since Omega sold its luxury Swiss watches to foreign distributors, it cannot sue over inventory Costco bought on the "gray market," the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday. Swiss watchmaker Omega S.A., a...
View ArticleNorton Simon dealt setback in Nazi-looted art case
Marei von Saher, seen with daughter Charlene, is in litigation with the Norton Simon Museum over two paintings. The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Norton Simon Museum on Tuesday by refusing to...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Hears Case Regarding Private Enforcement of the Medicaid...
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a significant Medicaid-preemption case from the Ninth Circuit, Exceptional Child Center, Inc. v. Armstrong .
View Article9th Circuit Court of Appeals coming to Tucson
TUCSON, AZ - A branch of the federal appeals court system is coming to Tucson to hear cases. On Jan. 29, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a special sitting at the James E. Rogers College...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Decides Trademark Tacking is Issue for Jury
On January 21, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank that the issue of whether two trademarks may be "tacked" for purposes of determining a priority claim is a question for...
View ArticleJudge: Prioritize work on Route 4
Poor road conditions in southern Guam: Yona resident John Dennett expresses his concerns about the poor conditions of the roads leading to Layon landfill. Passing: Trucks pass each other on a bumpy...
View ArticleOregon's Handling of Ex-Inmate's Funds Upheld
An Oregon man has no case against state officials who garnished his settlement proceeds to pay for his incarceration, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday. Lester Shinault served two felony stretches with...
View ArticleThursday thingies
A French update on JE SUIS CHARLIE trade mark applications: Following Jeremy's Sunday morning post about OHIM's statement about the making of speculative applications for the JE SUIS CHARLIE mark,...
View ArticleSCOTUS rules against Norton Simon Museum looted art apeal
The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Norton Simon Museum, which aimed to prevent a court case brought by the heir of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. The appeal claimed that...
View ArticleSupreme Court to take up same-sex marriage cases
The Supreme Court Jan. 16 agreed to hear four cases over the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, tackling the questions of whether the 14th Amendment requires states to allow such marriages and...
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Mr. Danas previously served as Senior Counsel to the firm, and manages Capstone's Appeals and Complex Motions department. Mr. Danas has argued more than twenty appeals in the California Courts of...
View ArticleNevada AG fighting new trial in slaying of FBI agent
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt said today his office has filed an appeal to stop the release of death row inmate Jose Echavarria, convicted of the 1990 murder of an FBI agent during a bank robbery...
View ArticleFederal Court Order: Explosive DOT-111 "Bomb Train" Oil Tank Cars Can...
A U.S. federal court has ordered a halt in proceedings until May in a case centering around oil-by-rail tankers pitting the Sierra Club and ForestEthics against the U.S. Department of Transportation ....
View ArticleSuit Over Austrian Train Mishap Heads to Wash.
A California woman suing Austria's national railroad after losing both of her legs in a train mishap must defend her case here before U.S. Supreme Court, the justices said Friday. A train crushed the...
View Article(Baby) Food for Thought: In Alleging Unlawful and Misleading Product...
Last month, Judge Lucy H. Koh of the Northern District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Gerber because the plaintiff failed to satisfy the "reasonable consumer standard" in backing up...
View ArticleJudge rules Arizona Dreamers can keep driver's licenses, overturning Gov....
Score a big victory for Dream activists this week. A federal judge issued a permanent injunction Thursday on an order from former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer that banned young undocumented immigrants who...
View ArticleCourt orders release or new trial in Sacramento slaying
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that Tio Dinero Sessoms' clearly requested a lawyer before he was interrogated and investigators violated his rights when they did not grant him...
View ArticleNevada AG Appealing Order Granting New Trial For Inmate
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View ArticleCourt to decide on gay marriage issue
An interesting and important recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court compels me to change the topic of this week's column. On Jan. 16 the Supreme Court agreed to decide the issue of whether all the...
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