CA Ban On Inhumane Farm Animal Cages Upheld
Egg farmer William Cramer was once again dismissed on Wednesday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the earlier decision of a lower court to toss out Cramer's lawsuit. Cramer's lawsuit...
View ArticleSupreme Court Update - Hana Financial v. Hana Bank
Sheppard Mullin's intellectual property group prevailed before the United States Supreme Court in the trademark matter entitled Hana Financial v. Hana Bank .
View ArticleNinth Circuit: CDA Does Not Bar Claims for Failure to Warn
Reversing the dismissal of a negligent failure to warn action, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals carved out a key exception to the immunity afforded to website operators under the Communications...
View ArticleLabor dispute rages on at Seattle's most famous landmark
The Space Needle, lit up in green and blue. The union that represents workers at the Space Needle are at loggerheads with the owners of the icon.
View ArticleDebt Collectors: Don't Overlook Vicarious Liability
The most common answer to this question is compliance. It holds top-of-mind awareness for the majority of debt management professionals across all markets, from both first and third party organizations...
View ArticleWhat a Senatora s confusion about charter schools illuminates
Funded by the public but privately operated - sometimes by for-profit companies - and allowed to operate outside rules that demand transparency from traditional public schools - some people make the...
View ArticleHawaii bill challenges counties' rights to regulate farming
A tug-of-war over control of the agriculture industry's use of pesticides and genetically modified crops is playing out in the Hawaii Legislature as lawmakers consider bills that would limit counties'...
View ArticleNotable Books
In this novel about the perils of unbridled ambition, Yale Law graduate Audrey Coyne lands a coveted clerkship with a conservative judge on the liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Like the...
View ArticleCouple charged in hit-and-run killing of judge's son expected to plead
Los Angeles Police Department Lt. John Radtke discusses the investigation into the Dec. 27 hit-and-run that killed 23-year-old David Pregerson.
View ArticleRiverdale Fire Department Responds to Apartment Fire
Prince George's County officials say a mentally ill Aquasco man used his dump truck in an effort to kill two police officers. Benjamin Oh of Burtonsville trains with the United Capital Blades...
View ArticleIdaho gay marriage case could cost state another $300,000
The legal team that successfully fought to overturn Idaho's ban on gay marriage has filed paperwork seeking an additional $300,000 in court costs. Boise attorney and lead counsel Deborah Ferguson filed...
View ArticleEmbattled Arizona sheriff buys 700 body cameras for deputies
Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is spending $1 million to buy 700 body cameras for sheriff's deputies as part of a court ruling that found his office racially profiled Latino drivers, the...
View ArticleAttorney: Ex-billionaire doesn't have resort sale documents
In this April 29, 2009, file photo, Tim Blixseth arrives at the federal courthouse in Missoula, Mont. An attorney for ex-billionaire Blixseth said Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, that the real estate mogul will...
View ArticleAttorney: Ex-billionaire doesn't have resort sale documents
An attorney for ex-billionaire Tim Blixseth said the real estate mogul could not meet a Friday deadline to produce all of the information on the sale of a resort in Mexico because some documents are...
View ArticleCrooked Prosecutors
Here is a fascinating way to spend an hour- watching three judges basically grill a prosecutor about why it is ok for his office to lie at will, construct fake cases, perjure themselves, and then...
View ArticleAnother voice: Cameras in court
In his 2014 end-of-the-year report on the federal judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that courts "have proceeded cautiously when it comes to adopting new technologies in certain aspects of...
View ArticleThis Day in Liberal Judicial Activisma "February 9
A three-judge district court consisting of three Carter appointees-Ninth Circuit judge Stephen Reinhardt and senior district judges Lawrence K. Karlton and Thelton E. Henderson-issues a "tentative...
View ArticleOn this day: February 7
The panel also continued a stay on the earlier ruling, barring any marriages from taking place pending further appeals. On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Proposition 8...
View ArticleFind Open Houses This Weekend in Cinnaminson
The mothers may be abandoning their pups as they search for food, researchers said.
View ArticleTimothy Dugdale: Why the Supreme Court Should Revisit the Doctrine of...
ImmigrationProf has posted a number of items about the case. See here , here , here , here .
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